Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665 by Patricia Simpson

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665

Patricia Simpson

247 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
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Born and raised in Troyes, France, in 1653 Marguerite Bourgeoys came as a new recruit to de Maisonneuve's tiny and beleaguered settlement of Ville-Marie, founded in 1642 as a Christian missionary society. These early years in New France marked a s...

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