APPENDIX E CXV 



lY. — From The Literary and Historical Society of Quehic, through 



F. C. WURTELE. 



We take much pleasure in reporting one of the most successful 

 Tear's work in our unbroken career of over three-quarters of a century. 

 But we must not forget to render full acknowledgment to those generous 

 benefactors to whom the greater part of this success is due. A splendid 

 legacy of $5,000, from the late Mrs. J. F. Turnbull, of Quebec, raised 

 our small endowment fund to over $8,000. Our generous landlords, 

 the Governors of Morrin College, went considerably beyond their 

 obligations in repairing our premises, which they then granted to us 

 rent free. And the same Board of Governors have also offered to pay 

 half the annual grant of $500 for the purchase of books. The other 

 half of this grant is made by the greatest single benefactor the Society 

 has ever kno^vn — Dr. James Douglas, our Honorary President, formerly 

 an active member and sometime President, and now of New York. Dr. 

 Douglas is also making an annual grant of $250 towards the expenses 

 of publication. 



This has enabled the Society to take up the most important task 

 of working out the complete history of the American Invasion of 1775-6. 



The active membership has been considerably increased during the 

 past few months and now stands at over 150. 



The annual general meeting was held on Wednesday, the 11th of 

 January, when the following gentlemen were elected as officers for 1995 : 



Honorary President: James Douglas, LL.D. 



President : IMajor William Wood. 



Vice-Presidents: J. T. Eoss, P. Johnson, J. Hamilton, D.C.L.; 

 G. W. Parmelee, D.C.L. 



Treasurer: James Geggie. 



Eecording Secretary: Alex. Robertson. 



Corresponding Secretary: A. H. Cook, K.C, 



Council Secretary: W, Clint. 



Librarian: Fred C. AVurtele. 



Curator of Museum : Eev. C. P. O'Leary. 



Curator of Apparatus: George Lampson. 



Additional T^Iembers of Council : Sir James Lemoine, Lt.-Col. J. F. 

 Turnbull, Cyrille Tessier, P. B. Casgrain. 



The following extracts from the preface to the forthcoming first 

 volume of original documents, relating to the Siege of Quebec in 1775, 

 will show what the Society has now undertaken, and accomplished : 



"All true Canadians will be glad to learn that a great and long- 

 " standing national reproach has now been fittingly removed. During 

 ".no less than one hundred and twenty-seven years — from 1775 to 



