dwelling. Mr. KcSachern having in addition to the Scotch, the few Irish acd English Catholic families who had settled in the Province. There is no historical record to show whether Mrs. Callbeck 's offer of land was accepted or not, but tnere is extant a pastoral letter in the handwriting of Mgr . Plessis addressed to Father KcEachern end written from Bay Fortune , F.E.I , on the 18th of July 1812, in which the Bishop says:- "You will obtain as soon as possible the title deeds of the site that is offered you in Charlottetown and engage the faithful of the town and the surrounding country to begin at once to build a chapel eccording to what¬ ever plan you may give them, so that by next spring you will be in a position to celebrate the Holy mysteries therein and to fulfil tne duties of your ministry." The next reference to this church in the archives is contained in e letter from Monseigneur Flessis to Father LcEachern dated from Quebec - August 3r^t 1818, in which the Bishop writes:- "In putting the pews of your nev; church up to auction you are not absolutely obliged to give one to Mr. Callbeck ? nevertheless, it would be proper to leave one in reserve for the seigneur whoever he might be, end Mr. Callbeck could occupy it if he chose." These smell links are all that we have to connect the existence of a Catholic Chapel in Charlottetown in the second decade of this century with the generous offer of Mrs. Callbeck made in 1812,- that such a chapel did exist seems pretty clear from the testimony of some of the pioneer Catnolics of the Frovince. Mr. Murdock McKinnon of Big Marsh, Township Fourteen, relates how, being in Charlottetown in the winter of 181J, he heard mass in a small chapel on which he says was called " McFhee *s chapel" owinL to a Mr. McFhee hevinr been principal contributor towards its erection. The Catholics of those days were for the most part poor as to this world's