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Excerpt from The Diary of the 'Blue Nuns', Or Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at Paris: 1658-1810
The Diary of the English community Of the Immaculate Concep tion of Our Lady at Paris, commonly known as the Blue Nuns, is contained in a large folio volume, measuring 17% XII inches. It is divided into seven parts (1) transcripts of public instruments relating to the foundation of the convent; (2) the diary of the convent, from 1658 to 1703, in the handwriting of Mother Susanna Hawkins, apparently transcribed from an earlier document, and thenceforward in different hands till its abrupt termination during the French Revolution in 1792 (3) transcripts of official documents relating to the election of abbesses and other holders of Office in the community, from Feb. 2, 1660, till August 18, 1788 (4) the pro fessions of the community from Dec. 8, 1661, the formulae being transcripts of the originals in the convent archives down to 1690, after which, down to July 16, 1789, they bear the original signatures Of the nun professed, the abbess, Officiating priest, superior, and witnesses, one of the latter, on Jan. 30, 1693, being Queen Mary, consort of the deposed King James II; (5) an Obituary of the community from nov. 19, 1661, down to May 29, 1793, and thence forward in the handwriting of Lady Jerningham till the death of the last abbess on April 8, 1810; (6) the superiors appointed by the archbishop of Paris, from 1659 till April 3, 1782 (7) the confessors from 1658 till the convent was sold under the decree of the Directory, after which the remnant of the community were driven to seek an asylum in their native country in 1800. 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.
