Guide to Documents Relating to French and British North America in ...

document was written. Documents that have subsequently been certified are sometimes given according
to the date of certification, although original dates are given in the subsequent description of the
document. Unless otherwise stated, all incoming documents are dated according to the New Style
calendar. One must note, however, that information about sender and addressee, place and date of a
document, is seldom complete, and that details lacking in the original document have been
supplemented by this editor whenever possible.
Each entry also includes a summary of the contents of the document. In the case of Acta, the
summary is usually preceded by details about the number of 1:herelating General Congregation, of
the item in question (for example, "CG 290/13"), followed by the name of the member of Propaganda
to whom the matter was entrusted (for example: "ReI.: Pallotta"). In the case of SOCG or other series
containing incoming documents, the summary is predeeded by archival indications of the type of
document (for example "ALS", or "M", or "PM"V
Additional information is given between brackets only when it offers data that are not in the
original document and that this editor considers to be necessary or of particular significance. Whenever
a document has too many names, and they cannot be contained in the summary, all names are listed
in the remarks following the summary. When the document touches upon matters other than North
American, this is indicated at the end of the description.
The summary is followed by a number of additional indications, which may vary according to
the series. They are as follows:
MN(s)
PF notes
PF S
Df of PF answer
Df of R
R
Re CG155/1 of 29 Mar.
1632
Re PF answer of
1789
Bs: 8Ov, 87r
Marginal note(s) by Propaganda officials
Additional notes or comments on the matter in question by Propaganda
officials
Summary of the contents of the document prepared by Propaganda
officials
Draft of the reply to be written as it will appear in Lettere. In some
cases, the date of the reply may also accompany the draft or simply
replace it.
Draft of the rescriptum as it will appear in Acta (only in SOCG)
Rescriptum (only in Acta)
There is an explicit cross-reference with the CG 155 of 29 March 1632,
where the document in question was discussed as item no. 1 of the
cardinals' agenda (only in SOCG).
There is an explicit cross-reference with the 13 June 1789 date of the
reply as it will appear in Lettere.
The verso of folio 80 and the recto of folio 87 are (blanks are
considered part of the document).
In the last section of each entry, general details on the documents are given, such as their
forming part of a dossier, the existence of enclosures, other copies, translations, erroneous pagination,
etc. Cross-references with documents of other series (Le., with entries of other volumes of this
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