Things Necessary to Be Settled in the Province of Quebec, Either by the King's Proclamation, or Order in Council or by Act of Parliament
- Francis Masères (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This 1772 pamphlet was written by Francis Maseres and addresses matters the author believed needed resolution in the newly acquired British province of Quebec—whether through royal proclamation, an Order in Council, or an act of Parliament. As a legal figure with firsthand experience in colonial administration (Maseres served as Attorney General of Quebec), he was writing into the broader debate over how Britain should govern its French-Canadian subjects following the 1763 conquest, a debate that would soon culminate in the Quebec Act of 1774.
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