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wrought by the same royal silversmith, Thomas Heming. The 

 chalice just mentioned was in use at celebrations of the Sacrament in 

 the Recollet church, Quebec, when the British troops in the Garrison 

 attended service there. A copy of this chalice was made by a Quebec 

 silversmith about the year 1835 for this Cathedral. 



A passing allusion has already been made to the danger of neglect- 

 ing new churches in searching for old silver sacramental vessels. 

 Trinity church in the City of Quebec is a case in point. In this 

 church, built by Jonathan Sewell, whose career is familiar to all 

 Canadians, as a chapel of ease to the Cathedral, are three old English 

 silver vessels, namely: A large paten, 1710-11, by Matthew Lofthouse; 

 a small paten, 1724-25, and a large plain chalice of the year 1785-86. 

 These vessels are believed to have been the gift to this church by the 

 heirs of its first rector. Rev. E. W. Sewell, who was the son of its 

 founder and benefactor. 



A set of silver vessels similar to that in St. Peter's Church, 

 Albany, was presented by Queen Anne to "Her Indian Chappel of the 

 Mohawks." This Indian tribe, as is well-known, was strongly 

 loyalist in the American Revolutionary war, and when it emigrated to 

 Canada, the above service was reverently carried away, and is relig- 

 iously preserved to this day. 



The writer will now endeavor to add a short account of the history 

 of some of the sacred silver vessels in the Roman Catholic churches 

 in the Province of Quebec, 



Some seventeen years before the actual founding of Canada by 

 the French, the Jesuits had sent missionaries among the Indians of 

 Canada and no doubt brought vessels in the precious metals for the 

 celebration of the Mass. With the founding of French Canada, 

 churches were erected and all the necessary silver vessels and orna- 

 ments for the altar were brought from France. Frontenac, when he 

 became Governor of Canada in 1672, is believed to have enriched 

 churches with silver vessels and other ornaments of great value, as 

 did the members of his staff and of his suite. 



Champlain and other pioneers in the history of French Canada, 

 Christian missionaries and others, were also benefactors of silver 

 vessels. 



In the early days of French Canada and on the establishment 

 of missions, the princes and prelates of France, courtiers and merchants 

 were generous in their gifts of money and of ornaments and silver 

 vessels for the celebration of the Mass. These early vessels in the 

 history of Roman Catholicism in Canada were wrought by French 

 silversmiths not only in Paris but also in the Provincial Guilds of 

 France, and have alas! perished in war and other destructive agencies, 



