Plessis, Joseph Octave:

$1,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

DISCOURS A L'OCCASION DE LA VICTOIRE REMPORTÉE PAR LES FORCES NAVALES DE SA MAJESTÉ BRITANNIQUE DANS LA MEDITERRANNÉE LE 1 ET 2 AOUT 1798, SUR LA FLOTTE FRANÇOISE. PRONONCÉ DANS L'EGLISE ... An important goodwill discourse extolling British control, issued soon after the British conquest of Canada. Plessis cites the advantages of British rule, including freedom of religion, popular participation in government, smaller tax burden, better criminal code, and the retention of respect for Catholic institutions. "Plessis, born in Montreal, was educated there and at the Séminaire de Québec. He entered orders, was consecrated priest in 1786 and succeeded Rev. Auguste-David Hubert as curé of Quebec in 1792...Plessis became one of the most distinguished prelates and efficient administrators of the Catholic church in Canada...He was created the first archbishop and reorganized his vast diocese from Prince Edward Island to Upper Canada" - Tremaine. Sixteen copies are located by Tremaine.

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