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 TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN GILMARY SHEA, LL. D.,

THE INDEFATIGABLE HISTORIAN

OF THE

MISSIONS, LITERATURE AND HISTORY

OF THE

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA,

AND A

MAN OF MODEST, PIOUS AND BLAMELESS LIFE

THIS,

THE FINAL VOLUME OF A SERIES PROJECTED BY HIMSELF, OVER FORTY YEARS AGO,

IS

SINCERELY DEDICATED

BY

THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR.