Excerpt from Hawkin's Picture of Quebec: With Historical Recollections With a desire, therefore, of embracing the most important historical facts connected with this city, I have availed myself of the valuable information which has been kindly afl'orded by several gentlemen conversant with the early history of this coun try and I beg to express my acknowledgments to those gentlemen, and to the many friends who have taken an active interest in the progress Of this work. I should be wanting, indeed, in justice, if I did not here express how deeply sensible I am of the obliga tions which I owe to A. Thom, Esquire, M. A. For the original Prospectus of this work, which has been duly estimated wherever it has been read; and I es teem myself particularly fortunate ih having obtained the assistance of J. C. Fisher, Esquire, L. L. D., who arranged and classified the various materials sub mitted to him, and from whose classical pen the greatest portion of the following pages proceeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.