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BEP(F.774.057
7 Nov 1774:22 (2041)
Quebec, October 13, 1774. On the 18th ult, arrived from
London, in the Canadian, Capt. Abbot, a bell weighing 2500
lbs. being a present from his Lordship the Bishop of Quebec
to the Cathedral Church of Notre Dame in this city; and on
Thursday morning last, at ten o'clock, it was baptized by
the name of Louisa; The sponsors were the Abby Montgolphir,
Superior of St. Sulpice of Montreal, and Mademoiselle
DeLery: The ceremony was preformed in the aforesaid church
by the coadjutant bishop, assisted by a number of
respectable clergymen, and a crowded audience, with all the
solemnity usual on the like occasion; and the whole
concluded with a mass celebrated by the coadjutor, and a
solemn Te Deum.
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