s possession of, 265; painful
scenes at, described, 265, 266. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Cradle of New France_.

=Quebec, Hotel Dieu=. =F= Origin of, 28. =L= Laval lodges at, for a
time, 33; nuns of, take charge of the general hospital, 236. =Bib.=:
Doughty, _Cradle of New France_.

=Quebec Library=. Founded at Quebec in 1779. The first public library in
what is now Canada. On Jan. 7 of that year, the following 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 encouraged." The idea of the library
originated with Governor Haldimand, and the first lot of books was
purchased in England, under his instructions, by Richard Cumberland, the
dramatist. An Act of incorporation obtained in 1840. Five years later,
the library was absorbed by the Quebec Library Association, founded
1843; and in 1866 the Association dissolved and sold its books to the
Quebec Literary and Historical Society (_q.v._). =Bib.=: A detailed
account of the Quebec Library, and the Quebec Library Association, will
be found in Wuertele's paper, in Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc. _Trans._,
1887-1889.

=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 to 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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