Letter from Marie De L'Incarnation

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The paper analyzes a letter from Marie De L'Incarnation, a missionary in New France, to a lady of rank in France. The paper proposes that the primary purpose of this letter was to persuade the lady in France to raise money for the mission in New France. The paper discusses how this letter tells us an enormous amount about 17th century inhabitants of the area today called Canada. The paper further discusses how white people such as Marie De L'Incarnation were foreigners, visiting the country on a specific mission.

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"This document is a letter from Marie De L'Incarnation, a missionary in New France, to a lady of rank in France. The primary purpose of this letter was to persuade the lady in France to raise money for the mission in New France. This letter tells us an enormous amount about 17^th century inhabitants of the area we today call Canada. For example, it reminds us that white people such as Marie De L'Incarnation were foreigners, visiting the country on a specific mission."

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