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Authority recordDalhousie Library (Perth, Ont.)
- CA QUA00306
- Corporate body
- n.d.
The Dalhousie Library in Perth, Ontario, was the first rural library to be established in Canada. At the request of Lt. Col. W. Marshall, Lord Dalhousie agreed to sponsor a township library for the rising community near Perth, Upper Canada in 1828.
- CA QUA00455
- Person
- 1865-1938
Annie Charlotte Dalton (nee Armitage) was born in 1865 in Yorkshire, England and displayed an early interest in painting and poetry. A childhood illness rendered her totally deaf. In 1891 she married Willie Dalton and in 1904 moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Mrs . Dalton's works included numerous contributions to periodicals, nine published books, at least five privately printed pamphlets, and a large volume of unpublished works including a book-length collection of essays.
- CA QUA02108
- Corporate body
- n.d.
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