Old copy of a manuscript by Charles de Glandelet
![Old copy of the manuscript written in 1701 by Charles de Glandelet entitled "Le Vray Esprit de Marguerite Bourgeoys et de lInstitut des Surs Séculières de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame établi à Ville-Marie en lIsle de Montréal en Canada" Old copy of the manuscript written in 1701 by Charles de Glandelet entitled "Le Vray Esprit de Marguerite Bourgeoys et de lInstitut des Surs Séculières de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame établi à Ville-Marie en lIsle de Montréal en Canada"](/sites/default/files/image/le_vray_esprit.jpg)
Manuscript's title : "Le Vray Esprit de Marguerite Bourgeoys et de lInstitut des Surs Séculières de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame établi à Ville-Marie en lIsle de Montréal en Canada" written in 1701.
Charles de Glandelet, priest, preacher, writer, teacher and secretary to Bishop de Saint-Vallier, was the Congregations Superior. He wrote the first biography of Marguerite Bourgeoys shortly after her death, using testimonies and recollections of contemporaries of the foundress of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. This work was not published until 1976, but served as an important reference for biographies that were subsequently written.