[[6]] See an interesting letter of January, 1838 in Christie, History of Lower Canada, v. 109.
[[7]] Lord Durham's Report, Appendix B. (ed. by Lucas), iii. p. 84.
[[8]] Kaye, Papers and Correspondence of Lord Metcalfe, p. 453. Metcalfe undoubtedly overestimates the influence of these men, as compared with the church, over the habitant class.
[[9]] Lord Durham's Report (ed. by Lucas), Appendix D, iii. p. 284.