Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . ather of the de Ramezay who issomewhat maligned for surrendering Quebec, notwith-standing the impossibility of continuing its building later fell into the hands of theCompagnie des Indes Occidentals, and after theBritish conquest, was used for a considerable periodas a residence for the English Governors when other tablet relates to 1775, when the Americansheld Montreal for a winter, and sent as commissionersto win over the Canadians, Benjamin Frankli
Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . ather of the de Ramezay who issomewhat maligned for surrendering Quebec, notwith-standing the impossibility of continuing its building later fell into the hands of theCompagnie des Indes Occidentals, and after theBritish conquest, was used for a considerable periodas a residence for the English Governors when other tablet relates to 1775, when the Americansheld Montreal for a winter, and sent as commissionersto win over the Canadians, Benjamin Franklin,Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll. The formerinscription is as follows : Chateau de about 1705 by Claude de Ramezay, Governor of SIGHTS AND SHRINES OF MONTREAL. 65 Montreal 1703. Headquarters of La Compagnie desIndes, 1745. Official residence of the British Gover-nors after the Conquest. Headquarters of theAmerican Army, 1775 ; of the Special Council, latter tablet reads : In 1775 this Chateau wasthe headquarters of the American Brigadier-GeneralWooster, and here in 1776, under General Benedict. t- CITY HALL. Arnold, the Commissioners of Congress, BenjaminFranklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll ofCarrolton, held council. The vaults beneath arestrong and substantial. The council-room is in thefront, near the east-end entrance. It is oval at oneend. There Franklin and his friends, and Benedict 3 66 SIGHTS AND SHRINES OF MONTREAL. Arnold, retreating from Quebec, held their consulta-tions, and Franklins weapon, the printing-press, whichwas set up in the Chateau, must have been one of thechief subjects of discussion. The first printer ofMontreal, Fleury Mesplet, was brought by him fromPhiladelphia, and was, in 1778, to found the earliestnewspaper, the Gazette, a small sheet printed partly inFrench, partly English. His Gazette still nourishes asa morning paper—the third oldest journal in America. From the same council-room Lord Elgin, having,after the re
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