An abstract of the several royal edicts and declarations, and provincial regulations and ordinances, that were in force in the province of Quebec in the time of the French government

and of the commissions of the several Governours-general and Intendants of the said province, during the same period. Faithfully collected, ... by Francis Joseph Cugnet, Esquire, ... By the direction of the Honourable Guy Carleton, Esquire, ...