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encouraging and introducing the Protestant religion into the 

 said province, and for settling the laws and augmenting the 

 public revenue of the same. By Francis Maseres, Esq., then 

 lately appointed His Majesty's Attorney-General for the 

 Province of Quebec, in North America. London, printed in 

 April, 1766. 



This work is the first that Maseres wrote on our affairs. As 

 may be seen by the date of his arrival in Canada, he wrote 

 this small treatise before leaving London to come here. At 

 the end of this pamphlet, which was re-printed in his " Occa- 

 sional Essays " in 1809, he says that he prepared this plan 

 of Act of Parliament at the request of Carleton and Chief 

 Judge Hey, and a few copies only were printed for the infor- 

 mation of the Marquis of Rockingham and of Mr. Dowdeswell, 

 Secretary of State, of Charles Yorke, Attorney-General, of 

 Mr. Grey, Solicitor General, and other persons in the employ 

 of His Majesty who had the task of seeing about the govern- 

 ment of Quebec. Not one copy of this act was given to the 

 public. This work of Maseres never came before the English 

 parliament ; ot which Maseres complained bitterly, pretend- 

 ing that they were afraid of clashing with the Catholics. 

 Maseres himself had no such scruples. 



1767. Things necessary to be settled in the Province of 

 Quebec, either by the King's Order in Council, or by Act of 

 Parliament. Without date, nor where printed, nor special 

 title ; ten pages in folio. 



A very interesting document written by Maseres in 1767, 

 while he was Attorney General, at Quebec, but printed under 

 this form only at the close of the year 1772, as he says him- 

 self in a note at the end of this pamphlet. 



1767. Plan of a General Assembly of the Freeholders of the 

 Province of Quebec. Without date, nor where printed, nor 

 special title, as the one which preceded it. The paging was 

 continued from the precedent under the same size, and filed 

 from the 11th to the 20th pages of this curious document, 

 which was also prepared while Maseres was Attorney-General 

 at Quebec in the year 1767. 



These two works in our constitution were very probably 

 printed by Maseres so as to cause the English government to 

 share his ideas on the kind of constitution which should be 

 granted us. In fact one sees there a resume of all that 

 Maseres preached at the time of the discussion of the bill of 

 Quebec, in 1774. 



1772. Draught of an Act of Parliament for investing the 

 Governor and Council of the Province of Quebec. Without 

 an Assembly of the Freeholders of the same with a power of 

 making laws and ordinances for the peace, welfare and good 

 government of the said province during the space of fourteen 



