Serie 2 - Register of Elections and Book of Chapter

A ledger which contains a Register of the Acts of Election of the Superioress of the convent. A hardcover notebook 1819 – 1880, the first page refers to the election of the Superioress and the following pages refer to the progress of the Postulants and the Novices. This series contains items associated with the organizational life of the community. It contains decisions taken by a group of Sisters in community known as ‘Discreets’. This group was comprised of the Reverend Mother, her Assistant, the Mistress of Novices and the Bursar. They had the right to make decisions on every aspect of community life that did not require episcopal sanction.