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Rare Books and Special Collections Québec (Québec)
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Dinner menus from the Empress of Britain

6 dinner menus dating from April 8th,1958 to May 3rd, 1961, including a number of "diner au revoir" menus. Each menu depicts a historical figure as follows: Robert Burns; Major-General James Wolfe; William Shakespeare; and John Milton.

Jean Bourdon plans collection

  • CA RBD MSG 1332
  • Collection
  • between approximately 1635-1642

The collection consists of 10 ink manuscript maps and plans on paper, some hand-coloured, depicting the earliest settlements and fortifications at Montreal and Quebec City. The earliest dated document is a plan of the fort of Quebec and is dated 1635. The earliest document in the collection depicting Montreal is believed to date back to 1642. The maps and plans were prepared by Jean Bourdon, seigneur and surveyor for the French colony. Included in the collection is a plan of the earliest Fort Richelieu of which nothing had previously been known. There are also detail drawings of riverside fortifications, probably near Montreal.

Bourdon, Jean, 1601 or 1602-1668

Melon Festival menu

Menu consists of items made with melon (watermelon, cantaloupe and honey dew) at 6 different CN hotels.

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