Propaganda Fide 
143 
ff. 244 seq. (of various dates). Briefs of the erection of bishoprics in 
the United Provinces of America. 
1815 . if. 62, 74, Feb. 6, and f. 285, Dec. 11. On the choice of a bishop for 
Philadelphia. 
ff. 67, 74, Feb. 6. Projects of Mgr. Plessis on the erection of new bish¬ 
oprics in Canada, and the resolutions of the Sacred Congregation, 
fp. 65, 74, Feb. 6, and f. 287, Dec. 11. On the succession to the vicar- 
apostolic of Newfoundland, and the resolution of the Sacred Con¬ 
gregation. 
f. 296. Dec. 11. On the erection of a new see in the province of Louisi¬ 
ana, and fixing the confines of the same, 
f. 303. Dec. 11. On the illegal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Havana in 
Florida. 
f. 303. Dec. 11. On the question whether the Bishop of Louisiana 
should be immediately dependent on the Pope; on the provision for 
the new bishop; and whether the parish of St. Louis should be given 
to the same. 
ff. 304, 331, 345, 347. Dec. 11. Letters and decrees relating to the new 
bishopric of Louisiana. 
f. 359. Dec. 11. Report of audience on the spiritual administration of 
Florida. 
1816 (all action relating to America being taken in the congregation of 
Apr. 1). 
ff. 2, 11, 15. On a letter from D. Charles Nerinckx, parish priest of 
Bardstown, Kentucky, asking the confirmation of a society of the 
“ Friends of Mary ”, erected in that state, and various questions 
raised by this request. 
f. 21. Instructions to the Bishop of Bardstown on this subject, 
f. 29. Report on the spiritual regulation of Nova Scotia, 
f. 29. Questions raised by the aforesaid report: whether to assign Nova 
Scotia a vicar apostolic, to divide Lower Canada into bishoprics, or 
vicariates, whether to unite Nova Scotia with Quebec, 
f. 36. Papers apparently containing the opinion of the cardinal in 
charge, on the matter of Nova Scotia above mentioned. 
1817 . ff. 11-12. May 19. On the transfer of Mgr. Marechal from Philadel¬ 
phia to Baltimore, and the questions arising from it. 
f. 12. May 19. Whether D. Jean David be made bishop coadjutor of 
Bardstown. 
f. 13. May 19. Whether to appoint Mgr. Burche as vicar apostolic in 
Nova Scotia, with episcopal title. 
f. 13. May 19. Whether the care of the Catholics of Bermuda be pro¬ 
visionally committed to the same. 
f. 13. Whether a vicar apostolic with episcopal powers be established 
in the British islands of America, 
f. 178. Sept. 23. Relation of the diocese of Quebec, 
f. 183. Sept. 23. Note in the archives relative to matrimonial dispen¬ 
sations. 
f. 185. Sept. 23. Whether the project of Mgr. Plessis fo^ increasing 
the number of bishops, or the offer of the government, be most ad¬ 
visable. 
