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1714 . f. 105, no. 5. Feb. 17. Prefecture of the Minor Observants in the West¬ 
ern Indies confirmed to Father Francisco Esteves. 
f. 182, no. 33. Mar. 20. Facoltd to Mgr. Francesco, Capuchin, coadju¬ 
tor of the Bishop of Quebec. 
f. 436, no. 26. Father Michele di S. Francesco deputed prefect of the 
Carmelites in the French islands of America. 
1715 . ff. 82-83, no. 8. Feb. 25. The English Jesuits, missionaries in North 
America, petition for facoltd to dispense from impediments to mat¬ 
rimony. 
ff. 91-92, no. 23. Feb. 25. Certain bishops of the Western Indies re¬ 
quest enlightenment on their facoltd. 
f. 387, no. 25. July 9. The Bishop of Rochelle requests power to ap¬ 
prove missionaries for America and the Western Indies, when they 
pass through that city for regions in which there are no bishops or 
vicars apostolic. 
1716 . Nothing relevant. 
1717 . f. 194, no. 9. Father Eustache Dumay nominated prefect of the island 
of Santo Domingo. 
1718 . f. 85, no. 16. Facoltd to the Bishop of Porto Rico. 
f. 692, no. 4. Sept. 12. An Augustinian requests permission to go to 
the missions of the Western Indies. 
1719 . f. 321. Father Massimiliano, Carmelite, provincial vicar of the French 
islands of America, is given the prefecture of those islands. 
1720 . ff. 308-309, no. 13. June 3. Father Giacomo di S. Martino, barefooted 
Carmelite, is deputed prefect, with facoltd without prejudice to the 
Sacred Congregation and in dependence upon it, in the new mission 
of Louisiana, formally “ Mysisipi ”. 
1721 . f. 86, no. 6. Mar. 17. Father Matteo, barefooted Carmelite, is deputed 
prefect of the friars of his order in the island of Louisiana, called 
“ Misissipi ”. 
f. 181. June 13. Facoltd to the Bishop of Quebec, 
f. 296, no. 19. Sept. 1. Doubts proposed concerning the functions of 
missionaries without a parish. 
1722 . f. 138, no. 25. Apr. 13. The procurator general of the Capuchins re¬ 
quests that the provincial of the province of Champagne in France 
be declared prefect of the missions of the island of Louisiana. Or¬ 
dered that the nuncio at Paris be requested to send information, 
ff. 183-184, no. 5. Apr. 21. The directors of the seminary of Paris, 
through Mgr. Maigrotte, petition that Dominic Despuylos, of their 
congregation, be sent as missionary to Canada, 
f. 313, no. 3. July 7. Facoltd for the Archbishop of Santo Domingo and 
the Bishop of Durango. 
ff. 410-411, no. 31. Aug. 3. The nuncio at Paris disapproves the re¬ 
quest of the Capuchins referred to him on April 13, on the ground 
that there are enough missionaries on the spot, 
f. 458, no. 4. Sept. Facoltd to the Bishop of Guadalaxara. 
f. 563, no. 2. Nov. 16. Facoltd to the Bishop of Durango. 
1723 . f. 11, no. 20. Request showing why there should be conceded to the 
prefects of the missions of the islands of America the facoltd of 
giving execution to apostolic briefs. 
1724 . ff. 186-187. July 3. On the prefects of the missions of the Minor Ob¬ 
servants in the Western Indies. 
