Old copy of a manuscript by Charles de Glandelet

Manuscript's title : "Le Vray Esprit de Marguerite Bourgeoys et de l’Institut des Sœurs Séculières de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame établi à Ville-Marie en l’Isle de Montréal en Canada" written in 1701.

Charles de Glandelet, priest, preacher, writer, teacher and secretary to Bishop de Saint-Vallier, was the Congregation’s 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.