History of the Catholic Church in the United States . at Detroit, the most important of theFrench settlements in the Northwest. In 1797 Rev. induced his parishioners to revive the regulationsfor the parish established in other days by the Bishops ofQuebec; he obtained land for a new cemetery, repaired thepriests house, and regulated the payment of tithes. Volney, Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats Unis, Paris, 1803,p. 400. ?^ Rev. Gabriel Richard, Detroit, May 1, 1804; Dilhet, Etat deIEglise, ii., p. 125. ^ Kev. H. Alerding, A History of the Catholic Church in the Dioceseof Vinc
History of the Catholic Church in the United States . at Detroit, the most important of theFrench settlements in the Northwest. In 1797 Rev. induced his parishioners to revive the regulationsfor the parish established in other days by the Bishops ofQuebec; he obtained land for a new cemetery, repaired thepriests house, and regulated the payment of tithes. Volney, Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats Unis, Paris, 1803,p. 400. ?^ Rev. Gabriel Richard, Detroit, May 1, 1804; Dilhet, Etat deIEglise, ii., p. 125. ^ Kev. H. Alerding, A History of the Catholic Church in the Dioceseof Vincennes, Indianapolis, 1883, pp. 73-5. DETROIT. 489 Eev. Gabriel Richard and Rev. John Dilhet were sent toaid him, the latter taking up his residence at Raisin Rev. Mr. Levadoux was recalled in 1801 to Baltimoreand then to France, Rev. Gabriel Richard became parishpriest of Detroit, of which he was for many years the accom-plished spiritual guide. He commuted the payment of thetithes into a subscription of $600, and executed the projected. FAC-SIMILE OF SIGNATURE OP REV. GABRIEL RICHARD. repair of the church at a cost of 1,500 livres. He employeda chanter who was also to train the altar boys. Rev. joined him at Detroit in 1804 and opened a classicalschool, taking charge of the more remote missions. He had labored earnestly at Raisin River, endeavoring toexcite his flock to replace their crumbling church by a suitableedifice, but though meetings w^ere held and promises made,nothing was done, and even the contributions pledged forhis support were not paid. His parish extended from San-dusky to St. Josephs River, on Lake Michigan, extending asfar south as Fort Wayne.
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