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IS r« '!-:.!• \1 ' , \- : I ■-!• 'I UK I, n't' !;■.,. \- • i 1 L'l•:lM■ ■'•. !■; ■'•^J- I t T i r 1 > 1 U) 1 ) A 1 ) v !\ I.I L) i\ A K I A MON ',)GR,\ iM5 ]^'Ri':i>!..M!K (\ V.'' K'i'i \ V .nlM*- ^a^flW'- I'riNTEi' A'" 1)1 ; MORM N. I HKi 'NU VK ' I'l 1 l'"l'. •>^ WKI^Jk OUE LIBEAEY. Read Before the Society, 3rd February, 1888, — BY- LIBRAIllAN. In this paper I propose giving the history of our Library, rendered doubly interesting from its having absorbed tvro other libraries, whose vicissitudes I will also notice. The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec was found- ed January 6th, 1824, by the influence and generous liber- ality of the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor General of British North America. The .purposes of the Society were thus declared in a cir- cular to the public of Quebec : " To discover and rescue from the unsparing hand of time the records which yet re- main of the earliest history of Canada. To preserve while in our power, such documents as may be found amid the dust of yet unexplored depositaries, and which may prove important to general history and to the particular history of this province." The numerous historical records publish- ed by the Society prove that the purpojjes above set forth have always been the chief aim of each successive Council. In 1827 a similar society, called the " Society for promot- ing literature, science, arts and historical researches in Canada," was formed chiefly by French-Canadian gentle- men ; but under the auspices of Sir James Kempt, the Governor General, who was patron of both societies, a union was brought about on June 4th, 1829, and the name \ so- - *■ of the older society was retained. This increase of members and also funds, together with a liberal grant of .£250 From the Provincial Government in 18i30, enabled the Library to be started, as well as the Museum, and a set of philosophical apparatus was purchased. The Society was incorporated by Act of Parliament, dated October r)ih, 1831. The meetings, at which papers were read, were, by invi- tation of the Grovernor General, held at the Castle St. Lewis, and it is probable that the Society Iiad rooms in the Old Chateau till they were required by His Excellency after the Castle was destroyed by hre January 23rd, 1834 ; when by permission of tha Cloveriim'Uit, apartments for the Li- brary, now consisting of 360 volumes, were granted in the Union Hotel, at the corner of Fort Street, built in 1805, and then used for Government offices. This building, sub- sequently called St. George's Hotel, is now occupied and owned by Mr. D. Morgan . The corner stone was laid with great ceremony August 14th, 1805. Subsequently, by the same permission, more suitable rooms* were obtained in the Parliament Buildings, to which the Library was moved. The library had steadily increased both by purchases anj donations of valuable works on all subjects, wlien in 1853 the Librarian reported 4,000 volumes on the shelves. Here the Society sustained its first calamity, when, at 3 o'clock a.m., of February 1st, 1854, the Parliament Buildings were destroyed by fire and the whole Museum was burnt ; fortu- nately, almost all the valuable manuscripts relating to the history of Canada were saved, together with a large portion of the Library, but the Society's minute books and private records were lost. The residue was placed in rooms rent- ed in Mr. George Henderson's house, at the south-west corner of St. TTrsule and St. Lewis streets, now the resi- dence of Senator P. Pelletier, :l w ,.] * These rooms were occupied by the Society io 1341, but the exact d»tc gf Bjoving in there is not on record. * ^ 'mUR m ii''>r • — 81— The Government came to the Society's assisidnce with a grant of .£250, which enabled the Library to make a IVosh start. As these rooms were not very suitable they were vacated and the Society, in April, 1858, removed the 2,r)(K) volumes it possessed to others i)i the Union or St George's Hotel, and occupied them lor one year ; when, the Govern- ment requiring them, new quarters had to be found. In June, 1859, the removal was made to the upper flat of the *' Banque d'Bpargne " buildings in St. John street. The Society remained there until 1862, when more eligible rooms were found in the Masonic Hall, St. Lewis street, but, while it was under discussion, the removal was de- cided for them in an abrupt and disastrous manner, for, at 10 o'clock, p.m., of October 25th, 1862, the buildings were burnt, and out of 4,000 volumes only 700 w^ere saved, along with the manuscripts, but the Museum was totally des- troved. An agreement, dated November 1st, was entered into wdth Morrin College, which occupied the Masonic Hall, and the remnants of the Society's belongings were gat hered to- gether and placed in rooms in that building. The agree- ment was for three years, subject to renewal at its expira- tion, by which the Society got free accommodation for its Library, Museum and Assistant-Secretary, but had to lay out annually the sum of c£30 in books j;o be selected by the Governors of the College, «aid books to become the pro- perty of the College should the agreement not be renewed ; also that their Governors, Professors aTid students would have free use of the Library and Museum, subject to rules made by a Joint Committee. Separate catalogues of the books and specimens belonging to each institution were to Ije kept. In 1864 a printed catalogue of the Library was issued and the number of volumes therein w^ere 1,115. I» 1865 the agreement expired, but as the College au- vl I fe, m -32- ihoritics had only renewed their lease lor one year, things were left in statu o/wf^, In 186G the College purchased the old Jail, corner of St. Anne street and Stanislaus Hill, and fitted it u]). In June, 1 8()8, the Society removed to the fine rooms they now occupy in that building, when a now agi-eement was entered into on March 5lh, 18G8, for 10 years, to date from 1st May, for the annual rental of ^120 with the fol- lowing conditions:— " Should the Society receive at any time, during the lease, a grant from the Legislature of not less than |400 per annum, the annual rent would then be $200 instead of the former sum during the continuation of the grant. Also, that the Grovernors, Professors and stu- dents of Morrin College would have free use of the Library and Museum, the same as the associate members of the Society." In 1866 a considerable accession was made to the Library ])y the jmrchase of the whole of the books belong- ing to the Quebec Library Association for the sum of $500, which increased the number of volumes to 8,500. Having related the vicissitudes of the Library to this point, wo will leave it for a space and now take up the his- tory of the Library thus purchased. On January 7th, 1779, this advertisement appeared in the Quebec Gazette : — " A subscription has been commenced for establishing a " publick library for the city and district of Quebec. It has •" met with the approbation of His Excellency the Governor "- and of the Bishop, and it is hoped that the institution, so *' particularly useful in this country, will be generally en- " couraged. A list of those who have already subscribed is " lodged at the Secretary's Office, where those .who chuse it, " may have an opportunity to add their names. The sub- " scribers are requested to attend at the Bishop's Palace, at " 12 o'clock, the 15th instant, in order to chuse trustees for *' the Library." ■ " ' ■ ■' '^ ■ ■, ^ '-r. -V'"' ' 'j'-^^-J^^^;--.- The meeting was held, and the following notice occurs iu the issue of the Quebec Gazette, of January 19th :— "Messrs. Griavo, Mabanc, Baby, Fargucs and Monk hav- " ing-, at the mtiotinjjf ol' the Nubscribtirs for the publick '* library, which was lioldcii at the Bishop's Palace (pur- " suant to the notice in the Quebec Gazette, lor that purpose "given) on the 15th instant, been elected by ballot Trustees " for two years,— Messrs. Robert Lester and Arthur David- " son appointed Treasurer and Secretary ; and siH'eral g(m- " tlemen of the District of Montreal having expressed their " wishes that the plan should be extended to the Province *• at large : The public is hereby acquainted, that a sub- •' scription is now opened at the oifice of Edward William " Gray, Esquire, at Montreal, on the following terras, viz : " <£!> on subscribing and the annual sum of £>'! afterwards. " The books will be lent out to the subscribers according to " regulations which are forming by the Trustees ; and the *' public may be assured that particular attention will be '* given that no books contrary to religion or good morals, " will be permitted. Those who have any books, for which " they have no immediate use, are requested to send a cata- " logue thereof, with the prices, edition and condition of "them to Mr. Davidson, {ane did not abandon his profession, for we find him in 176t> Surgeon of the Garrison of Quebec. In 1769 ho pur- chased the country seat called Samos, and changed its name to Woodlield, an(3 resided there. It is now Woodfield Ce- metery. One day, in December, 1791, he started as usual for town, in the face of a violent snow storm, and taking a path across the Plains of Abraham, he lost his way and after wandering about for a long time was found and taken home, almost speechless and chilled through. Inflammation of the lungs set in and he died 3rd January, 1792, at the age of 58. ,■ /■• . ,■ . H ^ ^^.m^^' •;'';■ 'si -86- 5v i 'Tx. ■ ,1,1 V tliB having been in opposition to Governor Carletoil, did not lower him in the estimation of his successors, for he was a personal friend of Governor Haldimand, who often employed him on divers missions. He also was most intimate with General Reidesel, the Commandant of the Brnnswick Legion, then serving in Canada. Fran9oi8 Baby was r Legislative Councillor, and in 1808 was Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia and held the position of Adjutant General. Peter Fargues was an eminent Quebec merchant and died on 20th January, 1780. James Monk was Chief Justice and member of the Legis- lative Council. At the death of the Duke of Richmond, in 1819, as senior Councillor, ho assumed the Governorship till replaced by Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Robert Lester was a Quebec merchant, and represented the L-ower Town in the first Provincial Parliament, in 1792 and also in 1801. Arthur Davidson resided at Point Levi, and the hill known as Davidson's Hill was named after him. Edward William Gray was Sheriff of Moiitreal The three foUov/ing letters taken from the Haldimand collection, copies of which were kindly furnished by Dou- glass Brymner, Esq., Dominion Archivist, show that the Governor General Sir Frederic k Haldimand was the origin- ator of the Quebec Library, and that the books were select- ed and purchased in England through his orders, by Richd Cumberland, the dramatist. In the letter dated March 1st. 1779, to his friend General de Bude, who seems to have been one of the gentlemen in waiting on His Majesty King George IIL Sir Frederick Haldimand, after relating the manner in which the citizens of Quebec amused themselves during the long winter, he thus continues .— " The few . iV^i resources here, and the reason I have every day for per- ceiving that tho ignorance of the people is one of the greatest obstacles that must be conquered to make them acquainted w^ith their duties and their own interests, have given me the idea of establishing a public Library. I have led the Di.shop and the Superior of the Seminary to see the advantage which would result from it. They have entered into my ideas and I have had a subscription opened, which they have signed with me, as have several priests, almost all the British merchants and several Can- adians, and not to allow the zeal of these gentlemen to cool I have charged the directors of the Library to form a catalogue, which I send by this opportunity to Mr. Cum- berland, of the Board of Trade, agent for this Province, with a credit of iJ500 sterling, and if he takes any trouble we may hope to receive the books for next winter, 1 am convinced of the advantage which will follow such an establishment, and it is desirable that it should be pro- tected." * Letter to Richard Cumberland, 2nd March, t Sir, — " The ignorance of the natives of this colony hav- ing been, in my apprehension, the principal cause of their misbehaviour and attachment to interests evidently injur- ious to themselves, I have sought to encourage a subscrip- tion for a public library, which moie are come into than could have been at first expected ; a pretty good sum has already been raised and when the scheme is sufficiently matured by experience, I hope it will' greatly tend to promote a more perfect coalition of sentiments and union of interests between the old and new subjects of the Crown than has hitherto subsisted. The gentlemen chosen by the majority of subscribers to be directors of this * This letter was in French and translated. Canadiaa Ai'oUiveti, gerics B, vol. 68, p. lOS. t OuiAdiM Arcbir^f, aeries B, toI. 60, p. 107.' ■J- ■ * ■« -■■f — S8 — infant esiablishment, well knowing your taste forleHers wish you to take the trouble of purchasing the books ihey write fcr, of recommending such as you think will tend to forward the benefits expected from the Institution, and in short to assist them with your advice and support in the management of this business. Though the intention ot setting up this Library is, I am persuaded, without any recommendation from me, very sufficient to recommend that establishment as well as the Directors of* it to your notice, I could not refuse them the satisfaction of adding my request to theirs of assuring you I shall consider any favour conferred upon it as done to myself, and on all occasions endeavour to convince you of the great regard and esteem with which, &c., &c.," I am, ike, Frederick Haldimand. p » : 1 1 i f - ( Quebec, 24th October, 1780. Sir, — •' I am favoured with your letter of 2nd May, and have received the books for the Library committed to your furtherance by Mr. Cumberland. I could have wished the French books had accompanied them, being more anxious for their arrival than for the English, which to prevent any jealousy, I shall not announce till the others arrive." ^ I am, &c., Fred. Haldimand. From these accounts the Institution seems to have begun w< U, but that bane of all these enterprises, " Arrears of 8v bscriptions," already in these eight years made itself felt, which the following extracts from the " Quebec Herald,' will show : Canadian Archives, series B, vol. 66, p. 201. i ?. ■•fr-t' wn /'^■••.■.V >V<. r- ■ : ':^>t--r — ss — November 29th, 1788. " The gentlemen subscribers proprietors of the Quebec Library, are requested to rrioet the Trustees at the Bishop's alace, on Tuesday next, the 2nd December, at eleven o'clock A. M., to deliberate on measures that may promote the usefulness of the Institution." # The meeting took laro and is reported as follows : — •' The subscribers of the Quebec Library, at a meeting held the 2nd December, observed with regret, that, the the Library is in debt, and that some gentlemen have neglected the advantages of its institution, by yet with- holding their promised support, although necessarily and frequently required to pay the arrears due, to sustain and promote the adv^antage of its institution. It was therefore resolved that Mr. Robert Lester, Treasurer, should send accounts to those who are yet in arrears to the Library, with request of payment, and that receipts should accom- pany the accounts when presented. And it is requested that those x^ersons who do not pay such accounts should bring the amount of their respectiA'e dues to the Library at the annual meeting ; ■ failing which, it will be necessary to pass such resolution as may support a collection of the suras outstanding. The subscribers are required to attend the annual meeting, on Saturday, the 20th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M , to examine the general account, elect Trustees and make such regulations as may be found beneficial and necessary." " Quebec Herald " of 29th December, 1788, viz :— " At a meeting, on Saturday, 20th instant, after the elec- tion of Trustees and Treasurer, viz : James Monk, Hugh Findlay, William Grant, Peter Panet, J. A. Panet, Esqs. Mr. Robert Lester, Treasurer. It was proposed and resolved * It may be hero stated that the Librarv occupied rooms in the Bishop's palace or south wing of the cditice used as Parliament Buildinge, at the head of Moun- tain Hill. I :<'''i\ ,-'■:.;! •i ':■■:> ' 1( % ;■ '.ft- -.40- that in future the proprietors of the Library should pay annually the sum of twenty shillings, and other persons might become annual subscribers and have the use of the books of the Library (without a vote or direction in the Society), on paying thirty shillings at entranct^ for one year. That the annual subscribeis yiiould be approved by the Trustees of the Library before issuing the books, and should conform to the rules of the Society, one of which is, that some one of the proprietors shall recomrtiend the annual subscriber, and be answerablt? for his conform- ing to the rules made for the preservation and free use of the books" The editor of the Herald supplemented these resolutions by a short editorial, as follows : — " A Society of gentlemen •' desirous to promote science and afford amusement and " instruction, by the general use and benefit of an extensive " collection of useful and entertaining books in the English " and French languages, have, by voluntary subscription, •' raised the Quebec Library to 2,000 volumes. It must *• afford satisfaction to the members of that Society to find '* themselves now enabled to present an useful Library to " the public. At present the terms of expense of having " the use of such a collection of books are little above those " of a newspaper. The benefit will not admit of compar- '* ison. The Library is preserved in the Bishop's palace " and open three days in the week, Tuesday, Thursday and •' Saturday. Any gentleman proposing to become an annual " subscriber or a proprietor, by sending his name to Mr. '•Robert Lester, Treasurer, will receive an answer to his " request. The proprietors have subscribed five guineas " each to be admitted to hold an interest in the Society. " And these subsciiptions they have increased to raise the *' Library to the state in which it is now offered to the " general use of the citizens and residents in Quebec." In Lambert's Travels in 1806-7-8, published in 1811, he ^(/;:-:"45':P:' — 41 — thui notices the Library, from which it seems that from want of energy in the management, the Library was not as useful to the citizens at large nor as successful as it should have been. No doubt new books were then both costly and difficult to obtain. — " The only public Library in " Canada is kept at Quebec, in one of the apartments at the " Bit^hop's palace. It is small and very indifferently supplied •' with new publications. The books circulate only in that " city among those inhabitants who subscribe." Hugh Findlay served under Benjamin Franklin, the first English Deputy Postmaster General for the then British American provinces, from 1750 to 1774, when he resigned. Findlay was then appointed Deputy Postmaster General for Canada, from 1774 to 1800, and was a member of the Lt^gislative Council. William Grant, of St. Rochs, after whom Grant street was named, was Receiver General of the Province, in 1770, and afterwards was member for the Upper Town of Quebec, during the first two Parliaments, from 1792 to his death, in 1805. Jean Antoine Panet was a member of the first Parliament, in 1792, and chosen Speaker of the House, which position he held for 22 years. In 1814 he was called to the Upper House, and just before the close of the Session, in 1815, a notice of motion was given, resolving that at the next ses- sion it would take into consideration the granting of a pecuniary compensation to him for his long and meritorious services as Speaker of the House.^ Panet died before this good resolution was carried out, but on 11th March, 1817, his widow was granted an annuity of =£300, The Library had been removed from the Bishop's palace, and in 1822 it occupied rooms in the new building of the Quebec Fire Assurance Company, in St. Peter street, in the Lower Town. In that year there were 4000 volumes on the shelves, r 111 4 ■J — 42 — i ' the Library had continued in the even tenor of its ways for 61 years, when the Trustees found that it required more power than was possessed to enforce the payment of sub- scriptions. Therefore an act of incorporation was applied for and obtained by special Council at Government Houso in Mbntreal, on June 26th, 1840. This Act w as intituled an " Ordinance to incorporate the Quebec Library, 4th Victoria, Cap. 50;" viz: — " Whereas it hath been represented to His " Excellency the Governor General of this Province, by the " Reverend Daniel Wilkie, Doctor of Laws, "William Walker, " Henry Jessop, William Bristow, and Robert Hunter Gaird- " ner, Esquires, Trustees of the Quebec Library and others, " holding shares as proprietors therein, chat the said Library " was established at the City of Quebec, in the year 1779, " and has been in active operation ever since, that the '• management thereof is vested in Trustec^s appointed •' annually by a majority of votes, but that Irom tlie want " of power in the said Trustees to compel payment of the •* sums of money due to the said Library, great inconve- " nience and loss are sustained ; that it would tend greatly " to the advantage, instruction and improvement of the " inhabitants of Quebec and its vicinity, that the said insti- •* tution should be incorporated and it is expedient to accede " to the prayer of the said Trustees, subject to its provisions " and enactment hereinafter made and contained. Be it " therefore ordained and enacted by His Excellency the •• Governor of the Province of Lower Canada, by and with •' the advice and consent of the special Council for the affairs •• of this province, constituted and assembled by virtue and *' under the authority of an Act of the Parliament of the *' United Kingdom of Great Britain «,nd Ireland, passed the " first year of the reign of Her present Majesty, &c., &c., &c. " That there is hereby constituted and established at the " City of Quebec aforesaid, a body politic and corporate, " under the name of the Trustees of the Quebec Library. N • '<<: .' .'■ .(■ • ^ -43- " Which corporation shp.ll, until the first Tuesday of the ••month of April, in thj year 1841, consist of the Trustees " hereinbefore mentioned, and shall w. ing inscription on it : — " Presented to Henry Jessop, late •' Collector of H. M. Customs at Quebec, upon his leaving " Canada, by a number of friends who desire by this part- " ing token, as well to testify their general esteem of his " charactei, as, in particular to manifest their sense of his '• zealous and efficient services as Church Warden, for a " series of years, of the parish of Quebec ; and for his gene- " rous example and unwearied personal exertions in support *• of charities and benevolent institutions of the place." At the Easter meeting, it was moved by Hon. W. Walker and seconded by H. S. Scott, Esq. : — " That the special and cordial acknowledgement of this '• vestry as representing the Cathedral Congregation, are *' due and are hereby offered to Mr. Jessop upon the occa- " sion of his approaching departure from the country, for " his indefatigable and most efficient attention to the inter- " ests of the Church in every branch of the duties which " have devolved upon him during his occupation for many " successive years of the office of Church Warden in charge " of the pew rents." William Bristow was boin at Birmingham, England, 25th December, 1808. He came to Canada and becamie head clerk vsrith Mesws. G-illespie, Findlay & Co., and at Mr. m ^indlay^s death, had the management of the business tbf two years. He took great interest in politics and began his connection with Canadian journalism in 1836, by contrib- uting to a paper called the Union. In 1841 he contributed a series of letters to the Gazette, on Rfsponsible Govern- ment. When the Free Trade Association of Montreal estab- lished the Economist, in 1846, he was one of its leading contributors. In 1849, when the public mind was excited over the Rebellion Loss s Bill and the Parliament Buildings at Montreal were burnt, Mr. Bristow was invited to take the editorial chair of the Pilot, from which Mr. Hi neks had retired, and was connected with it at different intervals till its extinction, in 1864. Shortly after the general election of 1854, in which he unsuccessfully sought to represent Montreal, he established the Argus^ which only lived four years, after which he for two years was editor of the s Transmpt^ this closed his connection with the press of Canada. He delivered two lectures, one on a free trade subject, and the other, during the annexation furore in 1849, and from the able manner in which he handled that subject, annexation, w^as strongly eulogized by the London Times and other British periodicals. He occupied various positions of trust and importance in the province ; in 1837 was Secretary of the Constitutional Association at Quebec. In 1848 he w^as a member of a Committee to inquire into the conduct and management of the Provincial Penitentiary, and in 1862 was a member of the Financial and Department- al Commission. He was chairman of the Classes of Arts of theQ. and L. Hist. Society in 1838, and Recording Secretary from 1839 to 1843. Robert Hunter Gairdner, nephew^ of William Fiudlay, was a Quebec lawyer, at one time partner of Sir Andrew Stuart. Mr. Gairdner was a member of this society and held the office of Recording Secretary in 1834-35. He was appointed judge of InBolvency at Quebec, subsequently c i 4 4ei- judge of the District of St. Francis, and resided at SKer- brooke where he died. Hon. William Walker came to Canada in 1816, and was a respected merchant of Montreal and subsequently of Quebec, and Was a member of the Legislative Council. He died here ISth May, 1863, at age of 73. So much for the old Quebec Library ; but another insti- tution arose ; evidently the public were not satisfied with the management or perhaps may have desire^d to assist the old library in some manner, for a public meeting was called and held at Payne's hotel, ?t. Ursule street, now the resid- ence of Dr. Lsmieux, on Tui.'sday, December 12th, 184^, which drew up a prospectus for a Library in the English and French languages, to be called the Quebec Library As- sociation. The new Library succeeded, books were pur- chased and a number of the proprietors of the Quebec Library joined the Association. In April, 1844, the Associa- tion occupied rooms in the Chien d'Or or old Post Office, also called the Free Masons' Hall, but applied for and obtained better quarters in the Parliament Buildings, to which they moved in May, and that same year made an arrangement with the Trustees of the Quebec Library, whereby the books of the latter were leased for one year and removed to the rooms of the Association. Finally the Quebec Library amalgamated with the Quebec Library Association on certain conditions, one of which was that the proprietors on making over their shares became life members of the Asso- ciation which was incorporated by Act of Parliament, March 17th, 1845. I may here say that in January, 1844, an attempt was made to amalgamate all the literary societies of Quebec, but for some reason it did not succeed. The societies who sent delegates to the meeting called at Payne's hotel, were the Literary and Historical, Quebec Library, Mechanics' Insti- ^4t- tute, Library Association, La Societedes etudes scientifiques ot litt^irairofi ; the Qurboc Garrison Library was also invited. On June 17th, 1847, a potition by Archibald Campbell and the proj)ri('tors of the Quebec Library was presented to Piirlianient, praying for the repeal of the Ordinance 4 Vic- toria, chapter 20, incorporating- the Trustees of said Library, which was ]>assed on July 23rd. 1847, and the old Quebec Library passed out of existence. Archibald Campbell was a native of Quebec, to which his parents removed soon after the American revolution. He ^3tudied his profession under the late Jacques Voyer, and was admitted notary public for the province, 6th June, 181-. Mr. Campb<»ll was appointed His Majesty's Notary. This office was conferred by special commission 18th May, 18'^1, during- the governorship of Lord Dalhousie, in acknowlelg-- meut of valuable services rendered to the Imperial author- ities. He was also doyen of the Board of Notaries of Quebec, and was held in the gn^atest esteem by his pro- 'essional ''onfreros. But it was in his capacity of Conimis- pioner for w^recked and destitute seamen that the generous qualities of his heart were most prominent. In him the shipmaster could rely on a considerate friend and council, lor. He was for many years President of the Harmonic Society, and it was through his exertions that the Music Hall was built. Mr. Campbell was Treasu^-er of the Quebec Literary and Historical Society in 1830 and 1831, and one of its Vice-Presidents in 1842 and also in 1850 to 1853. He died at his seigniory of Bio 16th July, 1862, aged 72, and rests at Mount Hermon. On February 12th, 1854, the Parliament Buildings wer^ destroyed by fire and a good portion of the books of the Quebec Library Association were burnt. The remnants were placed in rooms at 42 St. Ann street, and subsequently at 21 Famille street, which they occupied in 1864. The Association then moved to 13 St. John street, where the ■I M ".v,.Ji' 'i ' t ' ) ^4d- Library was carried on till 1866. Through had manag't^metii the Association was not tinaucially a su^x-css; however a catabji^ue was made by J. ThompHon Hanovver, Encj., and printed in 1805 by subscription. It contained H900 volumes, classilied as follows : — 4326 volumes of biography, travels, &c., 1217 novels and 1447 volumes of Freucli Literature. The reading room was kept well supplied with all the chid Canadian, as well as a good number of English and Ibreign newspapers. Also all the leading niagazineR and reviews were found on the table. In 1806, the Association sold the Library for $500 to tht^ Quebec Literary and Historical Society, and on March 8r(l, 1868, the Association dissolved, and after paying their debts found- that they possessed a balance of <£12. 2s. 2d. which was equally divided between Robert Rogers, the Superin- tendent, and Miss Meiklejohn, th(^ Librarian. Having recorded the decease and interment of the Old Quebec Library and the Quebec Library Association, the narrative of the Library of the Quebec I.«iterary and Histor leal Society will now be resumed. As before stated, the increase it received in books now made the number up to 8,500 volumes. The Library continued to increase, and by the catalogue of 1870, which was printed and issued in 1873, there were found to be 8,974 volumes on the shelves, classified as follows : — Mathematics 314 volumes. Natuflal and Physical Sciences 328 *' Natural and Physical Histoi y of animals 215 '* Natural History of America. 64 " Natural and Physical History of man 28 •' Engineering and useful arts 138 " Fine Arts 70 Domestic Economy. 10 *' Bnoyclopedias 98 ♦• ? — 49 — Geography and Travels 819 volumes. History 375 '* Modem History 1311 " American History and Antiquities 118 '• Canadian History 602 " Biography 667 " Political Economy and Sotial Sciencn 371 '• Lai*giiage 176 •' Grc^k and Roman Literature 115 " Modern Literature 1376 " Catalogues of Books 24 '• Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics 315 " Theology 349 '• Polygraphy 399 " The estimated nnmbef of volumes at present (in 1888) is about 16,000 and some 6,000 pamphlets. As the Society had always received a grant of $750 from the Government, a good many valuable works were aunually added to the Library, but in 1883 the Government taking an extremely economical turn, cut down the grant 20 per cent, thus mak- ing it I5G2.50 and in the following year abolished it alto- gether. This Society was not the only one thus treated. This loss has stopped all extensive purchases of new books, but by careful management the Society will gradually re- cuperate and the Library improve by new accessions A kindred institution was founded in London in 1831, named the Royal United Service Institution and one of the first measures passed at its second anniversary meet- ing was that : — "In order to guarantee as far as possible the permanent '• existence of the Institution, it is resolved to invest in " public securities all life subscriptions and any surplus " above the necessary expenses of the establishment." The result is that at present that Institution has some i!20,000 stg. invested. I do not for a moment compare the ■^ ' \ .-..,'. ■■ 4 ■ y '•.■■'■ — 50 m :^:^ ■?■■ m two institutions, but simply quote this to show with what little foresight o ar Society was begun ; had such a resolu- tion been made and acted upon in years gone by, this Society would now have been independent and not crip- pled by the abolishing of the annual Government grant. As soon as the Society was firmly established in 1829 it began publishing the Transactions and Historical Docu- ments which I will now describe. The first three volunjes of Transactions were issued in the years 1829, 1831 and 1837 respectively. In 1838 the first part of first series ol' Historical Documents appeared, called "M6moires sur le " Canada depuis 1749 jusqu'a 1760." This manuscript was communicated to the Society by Colonel Christie, the au- thor was supposed to have been M. de \ auclain, a naval officer in the French service in 1^59. The following re- markable circumstance concerning a copy of it, is thtfs re- lated by Francis Parkman, the historian i^ " The remark- " able anonymous work printed by the Historical Society " of Quebec, imder the title ' Memoires sur le Canada de- . •' ' puis 1749 jusqu'a 1760,' is full of carious matter con- " cerning Bigot and his associates, w^hich squares well with " other evidence. A .manuscript which seems to be the " original draft of this v luable document was preserved at " the Bastile, and, with other papers, was thrown into the " street when that castle was destroyed. They were ga- " thered up, and afterwards bought by a Russian named " Dubrowski, who carried them to St. Petersburg. Lv/fd " Lord Dufferin, when Minister there, procured a copy ol " the manuscript in question, which is now in the keeping " of Abbe H. Verreau at Montreal, to whose* kindness ^ *" owe the opportunity of examining it. In substance it " differs little from the printed work, though the language \ " and the arrangement often vary from it. The author, " v/hoever he may have been, was deeply versed in Cana- * Montcalm and Wolfe, vol. 2, page 37. ■ r •^4 — 51 1/ " dian affairs of the time, and though often caustic, is gen- •* erally trustworthy." It was reprinted by the Society in 1876. . In 1840 the second part of this series was published, called " Collection de memoires et de relations sur I'his- " toire ancienne de Canada d'apres des manuscrits recem- " ment obtenus des archives et bureaux publics en France." (Huit memoires relies en 1 vol. in 8-vo) viz. : — 1. " M6moire sur r6tat present du Canada, attribue a M. Talon," 7 p. 2. " M6moire sur le Canada (1736), attribue a M. Hoc- quart," 14 p. 8. " Considerations sur I'etat present du Canada (1758)," liOp. 4. " Histoire du Canada par M. I'abbe de Belmont," 36 p. 5. " Eelation du siege de Quebec en 1759 par une reli- gieuse del'Hopital General de Quebec," 24 p. 6. " Jugement impartial sur les operations militaires de la Campagne en Canada en 1759," 8 p. 7. " Eellexions sommaires sur le commerce qui s'est fait en Canada," 8 p. 8. " Histoire de Teau de vie en Canada," 29 p. The first three memoires are from manuscripts obtained from the archives of the Bureau de la Marine a Paris by Lord Durham in 1838, just before he left Europe to take charge of the Government of Canada, and shortly after his arrival at Quebec presented them to the Society, along with two others, leaving their publication to the discretion of the Council. The other five were from manuscripts presented to the Society by one of its members, Revd. John Holmes, Pro- fessor of Physics at the Quebec Seminary. He obtained them from the Royal Library and other public institutions in Paris, while there on a visit, and the Society chos^ these irom his series. ■'■;•?■ — 52 — m :,iJ Rev. Abbe John Holmes was born 7th May, 1799, at Windsor, Vermont. He became a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, studied theology, and was ordained 5th October, 1823, and subsequently appointed Vicaire of Ber- thier and Montreal, and then missionary at Drumraond- ville. In 1827 he was attached to the Seminary at Quebec and elected one of the directors of that institution. Among other studies, his great partiality for geography induced him, in 1832, to compile a French treatise on that subject for the use of schools, which went through five editions. In 1836, the Provincial Government sent him to Europe to procure teachers for the Normal School, at that time being established in Montreal. Mr. Holmes was considered by many men of science with whom he became acquainted while on this mission, as a person of superior ability and attainments, and was everywhere treated 'with the highest regard. He was one of the most active members of this Society, and when in Europe rendered it good service by establishing relations for it with other learned societies, and procuring important manuscripts. Abbe Holmes was an eloquent preacher, and the Cathedral was always crowded when he occupied the pulpit. He died at Ancienne Lo- rette, where he had retired for his health, on the 18th June, 1852, at the age of 53. The third part of the series, called " Voyages de decou- " vertes au Canada entre les annees 1534 et 1542 par Jac- " ques Cartier, le Sieur de Roberval, Jean Alphonse de " Xaintonge, etc. — suivis de la description de Quebec et de " ses environs en 1608, et de divers extraits relativemeiit " au lieu de I'hivernement de Jacques Cartier en 1535-36, " (avec gravures facsimile) re-imprimes sur d'anciennes re- " lations, 130 p., 8-vo," was published in 1843. Cham- plain's voyages being copies of manuscripts in the Roya Library at Paris, and from the Hackluyt collection of 1810' and the plans and maps were copied from a rare editioi; oi Champlain's voyages ijublished at Paris 1613. "-«R- o8 «*• :, l*he fourth vohtme of Transactions came otU in IBoo, fol« lowed in 18G2 by the Hfth, which consisted of only the first part. In 1803 the new series was commenced by part one and continued to 1886, when part 18 w^as issued. At pre- sent the lirst three volumes are out of print and very rare. Three parts of the fourth volume are still in print, but the fourth i)art and appendix, are unobtainable. The fifth volume and all of the new series are in print, except num- ber five, cf which not one copy remains. The foTlrth part of first series Historical Documents w\is published in 1861, having been obtained by Gr. B. Fari- bault, Esq., from the archives in the ofiice of Marine in Paris in 1852 and presented to thp Society ; it is called " Memoires du Sieur de Ramsay, Commandant a Quebec, " au sujet de la reddition de cette ville, le 18 septembre " 1759." The second series was published in 1866 and 1867 in se- parate brochures, as follows : — 1. " Extract from a manuscript journal relating to the siege of Quebec in 1759, kept by Colonel Malcolm Eraser." Col. Fraser died in 1815, aged 82. The original of this manuscript is in the possession of the family of the Hon. J. M. Fraser, w^ho kindly allow^ed this copy to be made by the Society. 2. " Campaign of Louisbourg, 1750 to 1758." 3. "Dialogue in Hades, between Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, a parallel of military errors, of which the French and English armies were guilty during the campaign of 1759."- 4. "The Campaign of 1760 in Canada." These three documents are attributed to Chevalier John- stone, a Jacobite who fled to France after the battle of Crrt- loden, joined the French army, and was present in Canada as Aide-de-Camp to Chevalier de Levis. The originals are in the French war archives in Paris, and copies were made H' 1 nmi ■r:. by P. L. Moriii, Esq., draughtsman to the Canadian Crown Lands Department in 1855, and deposited in the library of Parliament, whence the Society obtained these copies. 6. "The invasion of Canada in 1776." This is a letter supposed to be to General Murray from Col. Caldwell, who was Assistant-Quartermaster Greneral under Wolfe. 6. *' Journal of an expedition up the Kiver St. Lawrence in 1759." This narrative appeared for the first time in the New York Mercury of 31st December, 1759, and was re- published by the Society. The third series was published in 1871 in one volume and is composed of the following narratives : — ' 1. " Histoire de Montreal, 1640 to 1672." This manu- script is in Paris, a copy having been brought to Montreal in November, 1845, by Hon. L. J. Papineau. The author is supposed to be Fran9ois DoUier de Casson, priest of St. Sulpice of Paris. 2. " Recueil de ce qui s'est pass6 en Canada au sujet de la guerre, tant les Anglais que les Iroquois, depuis I'annee 1682." 8. "Voyage d'Iberville. Journal du voyage fait par d§uz fregates du roi, La Badine et Le Marin. Commence dans I'annee 1698." Supposed to have been written by the Chevalier de Surgeres, Captain of Le Marin. The copy was furnished by Hon. L. J. Papineau. 4. " Jo irnal of the Siege of Quebec, 1760, by Gen. James ' Murray." A verified copy al this manuscript was obtained from the original, in the English public record office by Dr. W J. Anderson, and published by the Society. 6, " Journal des operations de Varm^e americaine lors de Tinvasion du Canada en 1775-76, par M. J. B. Badeau, notaire, de la ^ille des Trois-Rivieres." : The fourth series was published in 1875, in one volume, consisting of the following manuscripts : — 1. " A Journal of the expedition up the river St. Law- rence, 1759." mm ^ '^^ — ~~" »j.i — > 2. " G^eneral orders in Wolfe's army during the expedi- tion up the river St. Lawrence, 1759." The originals of those two documents arc in possession of J. M. LeMoine, Esq., given bo him by Charles Aylwin, brother of the late Judge T. C. Aylwin. They were found amongst the papers of the Allsopp family, with whom Mr. Aylwin was connected by marriage and w^ere originally the property of the late Hon. G-eorge Allsopp, their ancestor, who at one time had been private secretary to Col. Guy Carieton, who w^as Quarter- Master General to General Wolfe. 3. " Journal du siege de Quebec en 1769, par Jean Claude Panet." The author of this journal was the father of Hon. J. A. Panet, president of the Legislative Assembly oi Lower Canada. 4. *' Journal of the siege and blockade of Quebec by the American rebels, in autumn 1775 and wdnter 1776, attri- buted to Hugh Findlay." The manuscript was in the pos- session of the late Hon. J. M. Fraser, who kindly allowed it to be copied by the society.=^ The fifth series w^as iiublished in 1877 and contains documents relating to the war of 1812. The last manuscript printed is a detailed account of the vessels arrived at Quebec in the year 1793. It was extracted from the register of the Quebec Exchange and contributed for publication in the Archives of the Literary and Histor- ical Society by MacPherson LeMoyne, Seigneur of Crane Island, County of Montmagny, P. Q. And it was found among the papers of the late Chief Justice Sewell, and pre- sented to the Exchange in 1863 by his son, Rev. E. W. Sewell. ?;-,*. • A curious oircnrastance connocted with it is tliat the New Vork Historical Society have published in their collection for 1880 a similar diary called : " Jour- ual of the moat remarkable occurrences in Quebec, from 14th November, 177.1, to 7th May, 1776, by an otticer of the Garrison." It agrees exactly with that pub' liibed by our society, only it is moie detailed in many eventi. inmi MT-^. i - ^ ■: —fid-- besides these J)ubtished docUtnei)ts tke Society j)ossesseii a number of manuscripts both original and copies ; among whicli a.'e a number of memoires, letters, diaries, &c., ranging from 1753 to 1830, by the late James Thomson, Sr., a volunteer under Greneral Wolfe, and afterwards overseer of Public Works. '* Perrault L'Aine's Correspondence, 1775 to 1772." '' Histoire de I'Eglise ParoL«siale de Quebec et proces- verbaux, 1771." " Warrants of Lands, &c., 1764 to 176Y." " Memoire sur le Canada, 1.760 to 1764." " Minutes '.f the Agricultural Society of Quebec, 1789." " Memoirs and letters presented by J. M. LeMoine, Esq., in 1882, being manuscripts, letters, essays, &c., by J. C. Fisher, Esq., LL.D., who was president of the society in 1846, and presented by his daughter, Mrs. E. Burstall. ^ 6 vols, original manuscript of Procedure Judiciaire, 1665 to 1759. ^ 1 vol. original manuscript of Matiere de police et Voie- rie, 1683-1756. * 1 vol. originail manuscript of Matiere de police, 1695 to 1755. ^ 2 vols, original manuscript of Matiere civile, 1682 to 1746. -^ *= 1 srol. manuscript copy of CaMer d'intendance, 1647 to 1725. * 1 vol. manuscript copy Registres des insinuations des cahiers d'intendance. * 1 vol. manuscript copy Table des ordonnances, &c., 1764 to 1775. =*^ 17 vols, manuscript copy from the Archives of Paris, 1631 to 1763 "^ 6 vols, manuscript copy from the Archives of London 1613 to 1779. ' , . • See Appendix. ti«. Bt -*' ^ 2 Vols, manuscript copy of Relations sur Ic CanaJd, 1682 to 1712. * 1 vol. manuscript copy of Voyages au Mississippi, 1698 to 1699. * 1 vol. manuscript copy of Histoire de Montreal, 1640 to 1672. * 1 vol. manuscript copy of Sieges of Quebec, 1759 and 1776. 1 vol. Ship registers, Quebec; 1779. 2 vols, miscellaneous notes, &c., &c., by J. Jamieson. All these contain material for more historical documents, should the society see tit to publish them. The library also contains many rare and valuable works such as Baron Maseres collections. The original copies of the Monileur de Paris, 1791 to 1803. Almost a complete set of the Quebec Gazette, 1704 to 1873. Also nearly a complete set of Quebec Mercurp, 1805 to 1803. Quebec Herald, 1788 to 1790. Canadien, 1806 to 1810. Berean, 1844 to 1849. Quebec Chronicle, 1848 to date. Exchanges are made . vv^ith the chief societies of G-reat Britain, India, New Zealand, Spain, Norway and United States, whose transactions, proceedings and collections con- tain much valuable information, both historical, geograph- ical, biographical, geological and scientific. The Dominion G-overnment sends regularly all the Blue Books and Session- al Papers, as also do the several Provincial Governments. The Society likewise has a complete set of the Canadian Greological survey reports and maps. Also the Dominion Archives reports. The following magazines, reviews and newspapers are found on the tables, the greater part of which are afterwards bound up and placed on the shelves, viz : — Blackwood's Magazine, Scientific American Supplement, 19th Century, . . Rovue Canadienno, ■■r: ! vi •M •v' •,! '• > ':5 * See AppendijL. ■":■'■ •/r. :i^'H%', -71 APPENDIX. According to an Act intituled 49 & 50 Vict., sect. 3, par. 8 to 10, Cap. 98, passed in 1886, by ihe Legislature of the Province of Quebec, these volumes* were given over to the Provincial Secretary, on November 19th, 1888. Statutes of the Province of Quebec 51 and 52 Vict., Cap. 1, page 12, Schedule B 58. Of these there were 28 volumes of manuscript copy thus described in the catalogue of the Library of Parliament, dated 1858, and were at some time deposited with the So- ciety. See also Report of Council of Q. L. H. S., 11th Jan- uary, 1854, page 6. On page 1448 of this catalogue the fol- lowing paragraphs occur : — '* La legislature provinciale ayant, sur requete de la So- " ciete Litteraire et Ilislorique de Quebec, vote une somme •' de jESGO pour obtenir des documents historiques, M. Fa- *' ribault fut, en 1845, depute a Albany, od il s'entendit '* avec les autorites de I'Etat de New York pour faire trans- " crire une volumineuse collection de manuscrits relatifs a " I'histoire du Canada, que le Col. Erodhead avait ete " charge de se procurer en Europe. De cette maniere il " obtint 17 volumes de documents tires des Archives de *' Paris, et six autres volumes du bureau colonial a Londres. " La premiers serie se compose des 17 volumes transcrits •' a Albany, et qui se trouvent deposes dans la bibliotheque " de la Soci§t6 Litteraire et Historique de Quebec." These are described in detail in this catalogue, on pages 1451 to 1498 inclusive. On pages 1622 to 1644 inclusive, ftre found the details of t^ie 6 volumes copied fron^ th^e Ap F" ■ I, mv If; !■ "■M m -72- chives in the colonial office in Loudon, and deposited in the library of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. At the foot of page 1448 is the following paragraph : — " Les quatre volumes de documents, mentionnes a la page " 1613, et qui sent deposes dans la bibliothequede la Soei6t^ " Litteraire et Historique de Quebec, ont 6te transcrits a •• Paris par les soins de I'hon. L. J. Papineau." The follow- ing is the detail of these volumes mentioned on page 1613. L 1682-1V12. — Relation de ce qui s'est passe en Canada, au sujet de la guerre, tant les Anglais que les Iroquois, de- puis I'annec 1682. II. 1695-1696.-^Relation de ce qui s'est passe de plus remarquable en Canada, depuis le depart des vaisseaux en 1695, jusqu'au commencement d»> Tann^e 1696. III. 1698 et 1699. — Journal d'un voyage fait au Missis- sippi en 1698 et 1699, par MM. Iberville et de Surgeres. IV. 1640-1672.— Histoire de Montreal, de 1640 a 1672, par M. Dollier de Casson. V. 1759-1776.— An account of the siege of Quebec, in 1759 and 1775-76, in 1 volume. List of documents contained in this volume : — 1. Manuscript Journal of the military operations before Quebec in 1759, kept by Colonel Malcolm Fraser, then a lieutenant in the 78th Regiment, or Fraser 's Highlanders. 2. Journal precis de ce qui s'est pass6 au siege de Quebec on 1759, redige par M. Jean Claude Panet, ancien notaire de Quebec. 3. Le temoin oculaire de la guerre des Bostonnais durant les annees 1775 et 1776, par M. Simon Sanguinet, avocatdu barreau de Montreal. 4. Journal contenantle rAcit de I'invasion du Canada par les Americains en 1775-76, redig§ par M. Jean-Bte. Badeaux, ancien notaire de la ville des Trois-Rivieres. 5. Journal of the siege and blockade of Quebec by the American Rfbels, in the autumn of 1775 and winter of 1776, kept by Hugh Finlay, Postmaster General. -.78 — 6. Journal tenu pendant le siege du fort Si. Jeau, en 1776, par M. Antoine Foucher, ancien notaire do Montreal. 7. Letter from Colonel Henry Caldwell, to (Veneral Mur- ray, dated 15th .Tune, 1776, containing an account of the siege of Quebec by the Americans, during the winter of 1775-76. All of the abov e five volumes have been published by our society with the exception of Vol. IT and parts 8 and 6 of Vol. V, which I believe have been published in Montreal. Quebec, 31st Dec, 1888. / ■X : W