The Intendant's Palace Archaeological Site In Québec City

The Intendant's Palace Archaeological Site In Québec City

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... the neighbourhood 1845 Fire in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood 1849 Inauguration of a coal gas lighting system for Québec’s main streets 1852-1974 Boswell-Dow brewery and dwellings 1854 Inauguration of the city’s water supply and sewer system 1871 ...

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... The first palace was inhabited by a few families – those of the intendant, the prison keeper and the storekeeper – and members of the staff, such as the intendant’s private secretary as well as butlers and servants. ...

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... Thus a variety of people gravitated around the palace complex or were confined to the premises: workers, prisoners, and the families of several key people associated with the Intendant. ...

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... its interest in belles-lettres, history, arts and science. ...

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... 86 t h e i n t e n d a n t ’s p a l a c e a r c h a e o l o g i c a l s i t e i n q u é b e c c i t y Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Femme occupée à cacheter une lettre (“Lady sealing a letter”), ca. 1732. 5 mm Bone quill knife handle. ...

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... In New France, house servants were often either the eldest or the youngest daughters of large families. ...

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... Palace pets If a number of so-called “feminine” objects help to shed light on the lives of the palace site’s female occupants, the same may be said of the presence of pets, with dogs being the companion of choice in well-to-do families. ...

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... This regiment was stationed in the colony from 1759 to 1871. ...

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... This regiment was stationed in the colony from 1759 to 1871. Metal button of the 69th Regiment of Foot (South Lincolnshire) bearing the mark “P. TAIT & Co/ LIMERICK”. This regiment was stationed in the colony from 1867 to 1870. ...

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... The following year, he set up shop in Québec, where he worked until his death in 1803. Potters Jean-Baptiste and François Poitras were active from roughly 1797 to 1842. ...