PROCEEDINGS FOR 1895 LXXI 
pages, its contents and markings, its present condition, its authenticity, 
the public office to which it belonged, where it was deposited, and on 
every other point which might affect matters previous to the conquest. 
The report, seven hundred copies of which were printed in 1791, in 
English and in French, at the office of Neilson’s old Quebec Gazette, is at 
present a rare and valued document. 
This inventory showed that several important records thereim 
mentioned were missing. If not irretrievably lost, their absence from 
the shelves of the public office, which at one time had owned them, was 
established. 
I can recall visiting in my youth the damp, subterranean vaults of 
the old parliament house at Quebec (since destroyed by fire) and being 
struck by the prodigious mass of documents, bound and unbound folios, 
parchments and registers stored there. Some, however, were destined to 
escape the corroding tooth of time and decay, and one of the most zealous 
presidents of the Literary and Historical Society at Quebec, the late 
George B. Faribault had succeeded in inducing the society to have them 
transcribed. Others were removed to the dark cells of the Quebec court 
house, whilst many perished in the great fires that ravaged the city. The 
major part, however, one is happy to say, were safely stored, after 
Historical documents, 3rd series. Published under the auspices of the Literary 
and Historical Society. 1 vol., cloth 8-vo., Quebec and Montreal, 1871. Contents : 
Histoire de Montréal, 1640-1672. 128 p., 8-vo. Ouvrage attribué a M. F. Dollier 
de Casson, S.S. 
Journal des opérations de l'armée Américaine, lors de l’invasion du Canada en 
1775-76, par M. J. B. Badeaux. 43 p., in-8, Montréal, 1871. 
Recueil de ce qui s’est passé en Canada au sujet de la guerre, tant des anglais 
que des iroquois, depuis l’année 1682. 82 p., in-8, Québec, 1871. 
Voyage d'Iberville. Journal du Voyage fait par deux frégates du roi, la Badine 
et le Marin, 1698. 48 p., in-8, Montréal, 1871. 
Journal of the Siege of Quebec, 1759-60, by General Jas. Murray. 45 p., in-8., 
Quebec, 1871. 
Historical Documents, 4th series. 1 vol., 8-vo., paper, 1875. 
A journal of the expedition up the River St. Lawrence, 1759. 21 p. 
General orders in Wolfe’s army during the expedition up the River St. Lawrence, 
1759. 56 p. (Original in the hands of J. M. LeMoine.) 
Journal du siège de Québec en 1759, par Jean Claude Panet. 31 p. 
Journal of the siege and blockade of Quebec by the American rebels, in autumn 
1775 and winter 1776, attributed to Hugh Finlay, Postmaster-General. 25 p. 
Historical Documents, 5th series. 1 vol., 8-vo., 152 p., Quebec, 1877. Containing 
documents relating to the war of 1812. 
Historical Documents, 6th series. 1 vol., 8-vo. 
Tabular statement of arrivals from sea at Quebec, during the navigation season 
of 1793, showing dates of sailing and arrival, nature of cargo, names of ships, 
masters, owners, &c., extracted from the registers of the Quebec Exchange 
and contributed for publication in the archives of the Literary and Historical 
Society, by MacPherson LeMoyne, Seigneur of Crane Island, Montmagny, 
province of Quebec. 
