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MMi* 
 
A PASTORAL LETTER 
 
 OF THE BISHOP OF QUEBEC TO THE CATHOLICS OB 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 JOSEPH-OCTAVIUS PLESSIS, 
 
 •* ^rr!:«, of Oo. a.a .J 0. .fa.o,.r of M. Holy 
 L, Biskop of QusXec, *c. *c. To our .tear l,re^re 
 Oe Catkolic CUrgy and Laity of Nora ScoHa, Greet- 
 iug and Blessing in our Lord. 
 
 The PROVINCE .ouiivo ■'^■XZlfS^^^'^"^ 
 
 k„„™ b, the name of Acadia U ^'T&^Jioi^^-i^^ at the .late of 
 Snrth America, happened to be a part ol tlie ""'"^ ,"%„,,,„„„„ fillers of 
 
 ;„ch andV.atholic CoUmy c^^^^^^^^^^^ „f '„,,.», and Anna- 
 
 ;;i;7c"^here now lay the Kin-'s ^""nty ^ IfLlicity and purity of manners 
 Sis were distinguished by f»e.r faith, ^J*." ^JP^Uig of tlio last century and 
 a^nXen conquered by the K"^^^ *Vof l^^St in 1713, thev were happy 
 nX ceded to Great Britam by the treaty ot Utrec ^^^^ ^^^^ advantage 
 
 naiiyccuc . • ng hsion among a n't""'' \. . . . „itlioiioi treated 
 
 ,_ r land, aid their general aoponav,-, . .. •■- . ^^^.^ 
 
 Wit. the former -"Icrs n^'^-J-'- «*S^^^^^^ ^3l number of it, 
 atleMtit »as confined lo the M.cmak l"d.»ns 'n ^^ ^ 
 
 InS inhabitants having l«n at f ■ *,7^' ,v„,„ Scotland and Ireland 
 re"ll a?d emigration Jro,nCan.^a^^^ "Pir'-ilrlTSI 
 
 by «,b„rd,na,e ^Z to "i^™ ^T^ ^^^^S^ T'in "S S a ;U 
 
 Stri^tiiTnan'oW^^^^^ :L"s,r ^'-rivts 
 
 «rrCn. .cvisil«lyonr -^^l""-*'" "'J, of nr Province people eageriy 
 
 the sacrenicnts, lo procure l";'"^/'*" .«-,.4aandersofMertigonush,St ftlar- 
 ine siti-'c „f „„r hlesscdUehgion. *"^ "'o i. .i.u hv the unprecedented 
 
 i^mk 
 
stroke by the 
 In vain did 
 
 poor Micmak* of P^'"'^'* •"'*„^*^^art^Ln by their groans. 
 SuiUipUcity of thcrwajjU f "J ""Ji^'^'^'lfforf the spirituri 
 we try every means within our rea<J o an ^^^urcs. the litue «me. »h»v. 
 
 Tonge^d for/ We .vere disappointed » all our m ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ 
 
 T&dfor bread, and there was none to break t ^^^ 
 
 Now Our dear Brkthren. "^^'jt^t.nifbJi^^^^^^ 
 which S« a ^tor to hi- dock, vre ^«l^^";i^t1S*o?*3ort»eo Even from 
 Tver remain a pari of as ^"t««"^« *• ^'^^ we aJpUed to the Holy See on 
 Jh! vear 1806 the first one of our EpwcoP«^^K^V^.^^ j^ h, without reserve. 
 thatCoir^nd ^ith '""^^^ ^-^TnTvo^^pSu. It has been pleased 
 «h? whole of our Episcopal juriwliction on y«V^"3f ^^er all the churches in 
 Z SJereign PonU w^iose P»*:["l^'^ J^^C^u. from that Province {o 
 Ihe world to yield to our '*mon?P'"'^^' ;*?,„;! the »re of the same to the Right 
 ir^t iJ il an^postolical Vicarship and «n^ «rt the «w ^^ .^ ^ ^ 
 
 5CJd Doctor EdJuInd B.bke, ^^PP^ J,SS To him i. now committed the 
 or^, who succeeds us as yo«r ^h.e Pa^^^ henceforward you'^^''^^'^" "^JS 
 
 Ihe ^over both of an.«mg you^he t u^^^^ SwledL for jour mi««o„ar.e. 
 the wrremcnts of the Church. Toa^ and whenever fce wSttifeem proper to 
 
 „»ake use of their mmistry. Be««ie«h. at our parting 
 
 The unavoidable bitterness ^^J^*' V^^J^^e consider that in becoming 
 with you, is. in a gr^t ^^11 „^sS Tou acqui"^ for yonf Pastor a man 
 Ue flock of the Most Revd. Bishop "/^ ''^/J^^Sic ChurcKby a number of 
 who rendered himself commendable to jJ^^^f^Hf the whokwme doctrine ; a 
 Tearnod and luminous tj^*^'««» ^[^]'" *^ br»he kindnesa of his,,heart as well 
 nVan whose aflectioa is ^a'"'^"*?** J^veaL in your Capital We entertain the 
 Tby a dwelling of moi. than ^-^-^^}^ ]Z ^er t" -»•--*« h.m the 
 
 more than sixteen years m your ^»«. ^^^^ ^.^ ^y^^ 
 
 of our Lo»» Jkus.Cb».«. , . ^1 „a (k. counta-sign of o"r 
 
 and eighteen. 
 
 4l J. O. Cath. Bi»o»J>F Quebec. 
 
 By His Lordsbw's Co»ma», 
 
 P P. TURGEON* Priest and Secretary. 
 
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