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consist of Transactions and Historical Documents.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.



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