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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Letter from St. Edmund's Bury reports that the signing of the Quebec Bill has emboldened local Roman Catholics, who anticipate similar privileges in England and operate four daily mass houses attracting the lower classes with presents.
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"The Signing the Quebec Bill has given great Spirits to the Roman Catholicks of this County; they now begin to triumph, and do not scruple to declare that in a few Years they shall have the same Privileges allowed them here as the Roman Catholicks have at Quebec. We have at this Time four Mass Houses, which are open every Day, one in the Southgate Street, one in the Northgate Street, one in the Westgate Street, and one in the Risbygate Street; they draw a Number of People after them, especially the lower Sort, whom they obtain by Presents, &c."
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Primary Location
Quebec
Event Date
July 5
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roman catholics in the county are triumphant and declare future equal privileges; four mass houses operate daily, drawing especially the lower sort via presents.
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The signing of the Quebec Bill has greatly encouraged the Roman Catholics of this county; they triumph and openly state that in a few years they will have the same privileges here as in Quebec. There are currently four mass houses open every day in Southgate Street, Northgate Street, Westgate Street, and Risbygate Street, attracting many people, particularly the lower classes, through presents and similar means.