M entitled "Mémoire En faveur de l'Ile et Maison de Montréal. dans le bas Canada pour LL.EE. les Cardinaux de la S Congrégation de la Propagande." A description of the deeds of the Sulpicians of Montréal, followed by a list of their rights; their fears re Plessis, Lartigue, the Montréal populace, the possible scandal caused by the controversy; their queries to the addressee; and a conclusion. The capitulation of 1763 [Treaty of Paris, 10 February 1763] confirmed the Sulpicians in the possessions of the goods of their Seminary, and Pitt [1759-1806]'s attempt was thwarted by La Marche, bp. of Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
The Sulpicians' missionary activity with Iroquois, Algonquins and Illinois is recalled, which was meant "à humaniser les hordes Sauvages ..., à les catéchiser, à les policer à les arracher a l'idolatrie". Plessis is accused of having accepted a seat in the Legislative Council [in 1817] and a pension of £1,000 in exchange for not opposing the Protestant government's attitude towards the Recollets, the Jesuits and the Sulpicians; of trying to use Lartigue in order to take possession of the Montréal Seminary; to defer the appointment of a bp. in Halifax ([E.] Burke, vicar apostolic in Nova Scotia, "qui l'avoit mieux connu que tous", was of this opinion).
Lartigue's intention of remaining in Montréal leaves the south shore of the St. Lawrence without spiritual assistance during spring and autumn, when the river cannot be crossed, and paves the way for a schism similar to those of Norfolk and Philadelphia. The Montréal populace revolted against Roux and the Sulpicians, and made it impossible for them to communicate with Rome. The writer's queries recall [A.] McDonell and [A.B.] MacEachern and ask upon what authority Lartigue's appointment was based. The suggestion is made that Lartigue be transferred from Montréal to Longueuil or Saint-Denis[-sur-Richelieu]. Bs: fol. 268v, 284v-289rv.
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