Napoleon
Lessard put up Etienne de Lessart bench on sale.
11 avril 1931
To
the Fathers Redemptorists
Sir
In
virtue of an act of donation by our predecessors
of which I am the heir, being the direct descendant of Sir De Lessard (said
Lessard)
I
would be ready for a reasonable price, to concede for your benefit the
revenue of my bench for the future.
I
believe that the amount of $300 would not be exaggerated because it
represents only a few years.
I
am obliged to you because I have a family and of my financial situation,
in accepting my demand you would make a charitable act.
Hoping
hearing from you
Believe
in my sincerity
Napoleon Lessard
223, Daiguillon
St-Jean Babtiste
Quebec
The sales
contract
In
front of Jean-Baptiste Beauregard, notary for the Province of Quebec,
resident and practising in Beaupre, county of Montmorency, district of
Quebec.
Appears:
Mr
Joseph-Wilfrid-Napoleon Lessard, painter, resident in Quebec city, 223
Aiguillon street, son of late Elzeard Lessard, and oldest of his sons.
He
sells, by the present, with guaranty of no trouble, to the
Congregation of Tres-Saint Redempteur of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre,
political body properly incorporated, here represented by the Rev. Father
Emile Journault, priest of said Congregation and Rector, resident in
Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, presently authorized, by a resolution of the
Directors of said Congregation, dated yeasterday, copy is annex to the
original, presented and accepted for the said Congregation, purchaser, to
know:
Great
grand father, of Napoleon, the late Etienne Lessard or de Lessard, in a
Donation consented to Your Grace of Laval, first bishop of Quebec, on
February 9, 1684, in front of Genaple, notary, and in the act of January
24, 1688, by Sir Louis-Ange Desmarets, archdeacon, in front of the same
Genaple, notary.
As
Napoleon Lessard possess by the uninterrupted succession of his ancestors.
The
present sale is consented in consideration of the price of $65.00. That
the seller has received cash from the said Congregation, purchaser, of
witch it is discharge and final.
Act,
in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, under the number 9843 of my minutes.
In
good faith, every one as signed, with me notary and in my presence, after
the lecture.
Sign
"Joseph-Wilfrid-Napoleon Lessard
Emile Journault CssR
J.B. Beauregard. N. P.
The original copy of the minutes will stay in my study.
Mr. Victor
Tremblay priest, teacher at Chicoutimi Seminary is questioning the right
of Napoleon to sell the bench.
May 12, 1931
My
dear Alphonse,
I
am confused of having disturb your affairs by my intervention and having
again delayed your answer.
If
I had believe that the affair had been settle with the claimant owner of
the bench of Lessard, I would not had spoken.
I
was writhing because I had here a friend, descendant of the
generous Etienne de Lessart, who was interested in the family bench,
and seeing the bench on sale, I wanted to give him the occasion to acquire
it. Unfortunately he was away on a trip, and it is only yesterday that I
saw him.
The
other reason, was that my Lessard seems to be from the oldest branch of
the family (This branch had
migrated to Orleans Island, and from there to our region; those of Ste
Anne must of benefit from the bench more as residents than as the elder);
and it seems that the bench founded by Etienne was reserved to the
elder of his descendant. But I cannot verify the lineage of my
friend, so their his noting to do.
I
profoundly regret having caused You and to R. P. Rector so much trouble, I
had hope that these delays would of permitted to better understand your
side of the question.
The
donation of Etienne de Lessart and the conditions where made in front of a
notary around 1658. You must be able to verify the rights of the pretender
of Quebec. You are in a better place then any one for this.
I
will write to you in a few days to tell you of the sentence of judge Gelly,
awaiting the answer very soon.
With
hope of a pardon; my respects and my excuses to R. P. Rector.
From
all hearts in N.-S.
Victor
(Note:
Mr. Victor Tremblay priest, teacher at Chicoutimi Seminar)
The judge
Gelly sentence
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