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This is a community of women, particularly instituted for the care of the Sick; They had been in good circumstances but their House having been entirely consumed by Fire, a few Years ago, they are considerably indebted for the rebuilding of it.

This house has two distinct estates and Purses, the one belonging to the community, the other to the Poor — The former owes about 108,000 to different Artificers, and for sums borrowed towards rebuilding the Convent.

They have a Rent charge upon the Hotel de Ville at Paris which brings them in	1330	Livres
A Seigneurie in Charlebourg with estates & gardens in this Town	3500
For its share of the 7500 pd by the King	3000	— —	7830

They keep some pretty large Farms in their hands Cultivated by their domesticks, out of the produce whereof they are at present chiefly subsisted.

Number of Nuns	36
The Poor have a charge on the Hotel de Ville at Paris
Foundation of a Dutchess D'Aiguillon	646	12	0
The Lordship of St Augustine	1,200	0	0
Their other estates in the suburb of Quebec including a small one in the Island of Orleans produce about	500	0	0
Their part of the Kings bounty was	4,000	0	0
	6,346	12	0

They are not at present in circumstances to take in any.