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f. 185. Whether to procure the establishment of other vicariates apos¬ 
tolic in New Brunswick, Maddalena (Magdalen Islands), and Cape 
Breton. 
f. 185. Whether to assign to the jurisdiction of the vicar apostolic of 
Newfoundland the island of Anticosti and part of Labrador, 
f. 185. Questions and resolutions relating to the power of the Bishop of 
Quebec in the case of baptism by laics, etc. 
1818 . ff. 43k, 48. Feb. 23. O11 the establishment of a vicariate apostolic in the 
English islands of America, and notes and questions related to the 
proposition. 
ff. 117, 119, 124. Apr. 3. Report, with questions and illustrative docu¬ 
ments, on the approval of the institute of the “ Friends of Mary under 
the Cross of Christ ”, erected in Kentucky, including resolutions 
taken by the special congregation of 1819. 
ff. 181-187. Nov. 23. Report and illustrative documents on the situation 
in Quebec: whether the offer of the court of London be accepted; 
whether a bishop could be a member of a Protestant legislative coun¬ 
cil ; whether to erect into dioceses Upper Canada and Prince Edward 
Island, obtaining the consent of the government thereto, or into vi¬ 
cariates apostolic to be converted later into dioceses ; whether to erect 
Quebec into a metropolitan see; who should be chosen for the new 
vicariates or dioceses. 
1819 (all action relating to America being taken in the congregation of 
Aug. 2). 
f. 158. Appointment of a coadjutor to the vicar apostolic of Nova Scotia, 
f. 171. On the erection of Virginia into a bishopric, 
f. 179. Whether to accept the renunciation of Mgr. De Barth, elected 
Bishop of Philadelphia. 
f. 180. On the erection into dioceses of “ le due Georgie con la Caro¬ 
lina ”. 
f. 180. Special congregation appointed to consider the difficulties of the 
Archbishop of Baltimore; how to calm seditious spirits, and quiet the 
pretensions of the Catholic Republicans of that diocese; whether it 
is better that funds there be held in the public name or the private; 
whether it is proper to define the rights of builders and patrons of 
churches. 
1820 . ff. 5-9. Jan. 24. Report on the accession of the Archbishop of Canada to 
the legislative council of that kingdom, on the institution of new 
bishoprics, and on the metropolitan dignity accorded that prelate, 
ff. 36-39. Jan. 24. Acceptance by the vicar apostolic of Newfoundland 
of the jurisdiction over Labrador and Anticosti, 
ff. 42, 50. Report relative to the visitation of the archdiocese of Balti¬ 
more. 
ff. 54, 70. Questions proposed by the Archbishop of Quebec on matri¬ 
mony, etc., with discussions and resolutions. 
1821 . ff. 161-162. Feb. 12. Concession of a patent of honorary missionary for 
Philadelphia to Father Harold, Dominican, 
f. 274. May 21. Proposition of D. Dennis Lyons, priest, for the apos¬ 
tolic vicariate of Nova Scotia, 
f. 272. May 21. Institution of the bishopric of Cincinnati, 
f. 272. May 21. Project of the erection of bishoprics in Detroit and 
Michigan. 
