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Commission as Judge to Jacques Allier, January 6, 1760, French Text

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Placard from His Excellency, Gen. Amherst, Sept. 22, 1760, French Text....
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Proclamation of Governor Murray, Establishing Military Courts, Oct. 31, 1760, French Text.

General Murray's Report on the State of the Government of Quebec, June 5, 1762.......
Col. Burton's Report on the State of Government of Three Rivers, April, 1762.
General Gage's Report on the State of Government of Montreal, March 20, 1762....
Treaty of Paris, Feb. 10, 1763, French Text....

Papers relating to the Establishment of Civil Government in the Territories ceded to Britain by

English Translation.

Passing Governors' Commissions, Oct. 7, 1763

Additional clauses in new Commissions, Nov. 4, 1763

Commission appointing James Murray, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province

Statement by French Jurors in reference to the foregoing Presentments, Oct. 26, 1764, French Text

Address of French Citizens to the King regarding the Legal System, Jan. 7, 1765, French Text

Ordinance of July 1, 1766, to Alter and Amend Ordinance of Sept. 17, 1764.
Ordinance of July 26, 1766, in addition to Ordinance of Sept. 17, 1764.....

Report of Attorney and Solicitor General re Status of Roman Catholic Subjects, June 10, 1765..

Report the Civil Government

of Quebec, April 4, 1766.. ..

Considerations on the Expediency of Procuring an Act of Parliament for the Settlement of the

Province of Quebec, by Francis Maseres, 1766.........

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Irving to the Lords of Trade, Aug. 20, 1766..

Petition of Seigneurs of Montreal to the King, Feb. 3, 1767, French Text.....

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Remonstrance of Members of Council to Lieut. Gov. Carleton, Oct 13, 1766..

Resolution of Privy Council as to Information Required Concerning the Province of Quebec,

Aug. 27, 1767....

A Draught of an Intended Report of the Honourable the Governor in Chief and the Council of

the Province of Quebec, to the King concerning the State of the Laws and the Administra-

tion of Justice in that Province, by Francis Maseres..

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Attorney General Maseres' Criticism of Governor Carleton's Report on the Laws of the Province,

1769.

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Report of Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations Relative to the State of the Province

of Quebec, June 10, 1769

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Appendix to Report of Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations...

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Report of Committee of the Council on Administration of Law by Justices of the Peace, Sept.

11, 1769.

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An Ordinance for the more Effectual Administration of Justice, and for Regulating the Courts

of Law in the Province, Feb. 1, 1770..

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Petition for a General Assembly

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Petition for the Restoration of French Law and Custom, French Text

Abstract of such Regulations in Solicitor General's Report as may be established by Act of Par

liament, Dec. 6, 1772. .

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Report of Attorney General Edward Thurlow, Jan. 22, 1773.....

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Plan of a Code of Laws for the Province of Quebec, Reported by the Advocate General, James

Marriott, 1774.....

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Lieut. Gov. Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, June 22, 1773...

Earl of Dartmouth to Lieut. Gov. Cramahé, Dec. 1, 1773...

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Francis Maseres to Earl of Dartmouth, Jan. 4, 1774, with Proceedings of Quebec Committee... 340

Letter of Committee of English Inhabitants to Maseres..

Memorial from Montreal to Earl of Dartmouth, Jan. 15, 1774

Earl of Dartmouth to Lieut. Gov. Cramahé, May 4, 1774..
Lieut. Gov. Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, July 15, 1774...
Petition of French Subjects to the King, French Text, Dec., 1773..
English Translation.

Memorial of French Subjects in support of their Petition, French Text

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