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Letter, 4 November 1882
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-183-0008
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4 November 1882 (Creation)
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- Huguet-Latour, L. A. (Louis Adolphe), 1821-1904
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- Montréal (Québec)
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(1821-1904)
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Louis Adolphe Huguet-Latour was born on December 31, 1821, in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a notary and historian. In 1857, he was in the military, promoted to Captain, 1st Prince of Wales Rifles, and retired at the rank of Major in 1862. In 1861, he was elected to the American Antiquarian Society and in 1873, to the Editorial Committee of Canadian Antiquarian. He became Chevalier of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1878 and in 1894, he became Librarian and Secretary of Société Historique de Montréal. He published "Les Annales de la tempérance" (1854) and numerous editions of the pamphlet "Annuaire de Ville-Marie: origine, utilité et progrès des institutions Catholiques de Montréal" (1863-1882) with reference to the Catholic Church for which Pope Pius X made him a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
In 1855, he married Marie Louise Justine Picard (1832–). He died in May 1904, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Letter from L.A. Huguet-Latour to John William Dawson, written from Mcgill college.