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Histoire de la Nouvelle-France: les sources narratives du début du XVIIIe siècle et Le Recueil de Gédéon de Catalogne Paris, 1940.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Histoire de la Nouvelle-France: les sources narratives du début du XVIIIe siècle et Le Recueil de Gédéon de Catalogne Paris, 1940.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Catalogne mentioned that, despite all this, the Canadian seigneurs were not as ostentatiously given tokens of the habitants 'respect as were the seigneurs in France.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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With the two maps Catalogne presented a long report on the ownership, resources, and general progress of the seigneuries.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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Catalogne remarks in his valuable report that if the fields of France were cultivated like the farms of Canada three-fourths of the people would starve.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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As Catalogne phrased the situation in 1712, its lands were 'yielding moderate harvests of grain and vegetables.'
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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The district of Three Rivers, extending on the north shore of the St Lawrence from Berthier-en-Haut to Grondines, and on the south from St Jean-Deschaillons east to Yamaska, was but sparsely populated when Catalogne prepared to report in 1712.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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Catalogne, who was a native of Bearn, born in 1662, came to Canada about the year 1685.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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Catalogne visited Longueuil in 1712 he noted that the habitants were living in comfortable circumstances, by reason of the large expenditures which the seigneur had made to improve the land and the means of communication.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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This, as Catalogne pointed out, was a gross extravagance, for there was no work for the horses to do during nearly half the year.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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