Quebec Literary And Historical Society
Founded at Quebec in 1824,
largely through the influence and liberality of the Earl of Dalhousie,
then governor-general. Its purposes were "to discover and rescue from
the unsparing hand of time the records which yet remain of the earliest
history of Canada. To preserve while in our power, such documents as may
be found amid the dust of yet unexplored depositories, and which may
prove important to general history and t
the particular history of this
province." In 1829, another similar organization was absorbed; and in
1831 the society was incorporated by Act of Parliament. The library had
been started the previous year, as well as the museum. Both have grown
steadily, despite serious losses from fires. =Bib.=: The publications
consist of Transactions and Historical Documents. The first volume
of the former appeared in 1829, and the first part of the latter in
1838. The Trans., for 1887-1889 contain an account of the Society, its
publications and its library, by F. C. Wuertele, who also published in
1891 an Index to the series of publications.