History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . been obliged to capitulate to the army ofGeneral Amherst. This city is, as youknow, without defenses. Our troops wereconsiderably diminished, our means andresources exhausted. We were sur-rounded by three armies amounting in allto twenty thousand men. General Am-herst was, on the sixth of this month, insight of the walls of this city, GeneralMurray within reach
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . been obliged to capitulate to the army ofGeneral Amherst. This city is, as youknow, without defenses. Our troops wereconsiderably diminished, our means andresources exhausted. We were sur-rounded by three armies amounting in allto twenty thousand men. General Am-herst was, on the sixth of this month, insight of the walls of this city, GeneralMurray within reach of one of our su-burbs and the army of Lake Champlainwas at La Prairie Longueil. Under these circumstances, with noth-ing to hope from our efforts, nor evenfrom the sacrifice of our troops, I haveadvisedly decided to capitulate to General Amherst upon conditions very atlvantag-eous for the colonists, and particularlyfor the inhabitants of , they retain the free exercise oftheir religion; they are maintained in thepossession of their goods, real and per-sonal, and of their peltries. They havealso free trade just the same as the propersubjects of the king of Great same conditions are accorded to. REV. .\. J. KEUL. iicjRX IX PHILADELPHIA, A. , ORDAINED BY ARCHBISHOP WOOD AT SEMINARV, FEBRUARY 26, 1876. the military. They can appoint personsto act for them in their absence. They,and all citizens in general, can sell to theEnglish or French their goods, sendingthe proceeds thereof to France, or tak-ing them \\ith them if they choose to re-turn to that country after the retain their negroes and PawneeIndian slaves, but will be obliged to re- 122 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF store those which have been taken fromthe English. The English General hasdeclared that the Canadians have becomethe subjects of His Brittannic Majesty,and consequently the people will not con-tinue to be governed as heretofore by theFrench code. In rega
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