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f. 493. Nov. 28. In the French colonies of America there is accorded 
a most ample diminution of feasts. 48 
1786 . Nothing relevant. 
1787 . f. 231. June 18. Relation of the state of religion in Maryland. 
f. 243. June 18. Rules for the seminary established there by Mr. Car- 
roll. 
f. 243. June 18. Dispensation of vows to an apostate Capuchin. 
1788 . f. 2, no. 3. Feb. 18. A grant to Mr. Carroll, superior of the missions 
of English America, of one hundred scudi 49 for three years, for the 
benefit of his school. 
ff. 2-3, no. 6. Feb. 18. Father Michael MacCormick deputed mission¬ 
ary in Newfoundland. 
f. 316, no. 1. Sept. 10. Father Charles Franqois Bailly de Mefrein de¬ 
puted coadjutor of the Bishop of Quebec. 
1789 . f. 249, no. 3. June 22. At the request of Mr. Carroll, superior of the 
missions of the United States of America, one hundred scudi for 
three years is granted to a school in Maryland, 
ff. 378-381, no. 5. Sept. 14. Institution of the bishopric of Baltimore in 
the United Provinces of America, and designation of John Carroll 
as first bishop of that see. (Printed in American Historical Review, 
XV. 826.) 
1790 . Nothing relevant. 
1791 . f. 6. Mar. 21. The Bishop of Quebec calls attention to the subject of 
his coadjutor. 
1792 . ff. 142-155, no. 13. Aug. 13. First relation of the church of Baltimore, 
and response to doubts concerning said church, 
ff. 157-166. Mar. 1. Notes in the archives concerning the new Bishop 
of Baltimore, including extracts from his reports, 
ff. 188-197, no. 14. Sept. 17. Reduction of feasts in Quebec, 
ff. 198-199. Sept. 17. On the facoltd of missionaries, and on the obliga¬ 
tion of confession at Easter, in the diocese of Quebec, 
f. 199. Sept. 17. On the expediency of erecting a new diocese in Can¬ 
ada. 
ff. 199-225 (ff. 200-221 missing). Commission to the Bishop of Quebec 
with facoltd of secularizing the Minor Recollets of that diocese, 
f. 200. Sept. 17. Notes in the archives regarding certain rights of the 
Bishop of Quebec. 
ff. 227-233. Sept. 17. Copies of articles of the edict of the Bishop of 
Quebec. 
ff. 234-235. Sept. 17. Facoltd of the first form for the same. 
1793 . f. 55. Apr. 22. Questions of the Bishop of Quebec regarding matri¬ 
mony, and notes in the archives on that subject, 
f. 77, no. 5. June 11. Father Emmanuele da Silva of the seminary of 
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Zacatecas requests deputation of facoltd 
from the Sacred Congregation. 
1794 . ff. 442-446, no. 8. June 16. Presentation by Mgr. Carroll of the acts of 
the first synod celebrated at Baltimore and postulations, 
f. 445. June 16. Granted that the Bishop of Baltimore be accorded the 
same form of oath as that demanded of those of Ireland. 
45 This includes St. Pierre and Miquelon, and I believe was intended to include Canada. 
48 A scudo is equivalent to about one dollar. 
