. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. alsh gives the Petition of the Acadians inPennsylvania to the King of England ; Imt the pathetic appeal producedno effect. Yet the facts show that intelligent public men in ^lassachu-setts and Pennsylvania then helieved that the Acadians had a just claimon the English for compensation. FIEST MASS IN BALTIMORE. 435 also drew up a petition for them to the King of England,but notliing was ever heard of it, A law was passed in 17


. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. alsh gives the Petition of the Acadians inPennsylvania to the King of England ; Imt the pathetic appeal producedno effect. Yet the facts show that intelligent public men in ^lassachu-setts and Pennsylvania then helieved that the Acadians had a just claimon the English for compensation. FIEST MASS IN BALTIMORE. 435 also drew up a petition for them to the King of England,but notliing was ever heard of it, A law was passed in 1756 empowering the justices in eachcounty to make provision for these Acadians, but the peo-ple were not dis-posed to bear theburthen. TalbotCounty addressedthe Assembly, ina most bigoteddocument, urg-ing some actionfor their removalfrom the province. Those in Balti- ?I fotterals house, where mass was first said more seem to have in Baltimore, prom moales more be-nevolent people. Some were lodged in private houses, and anumber were sheltered in a large unfinished structure, thefirst brick house in Baltimore, begun by Mr. Edward Fotteral,.


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