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The First Fifty Years: A Brief History of the St. James Literary Society, Prepared to Commemorate the Successful Completion of its Fiftieth Jubilee Session
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The First Fifty Years: A Brief History of the St. James Literary Society, Prepared to Commemorate the Successful Completion of its Fiftieth Jubilee Session
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In the winter of 1897 a small group of Montrealers formed a society devoted to the intellectual improvement of its members by means of speeches, essays and debates on social, political and literary subjects. A few weeks later Messrs. Barrett, Natten, Parratt, Reddy, Saxe and Shaw, as well as the Rev. C. G. Rollit (the first president), met in the basement of the Church of St. James the Apostle on Ste. Catherine Street West and formally inaugurated the Literary Society which has ever since borne the name of the Church where it was founded. At first, members were drawn from the Church congregation, the fees were one dollar per year. In 1901 this was amended so that people not associated with the Church could join.
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Montreal
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The Society
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1948
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en
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Newman, Fred C. The First Fifty Years: A Brief History of the St. James Literary Society, Prepared to Commemorate the Successful Completion of Its Fiftieth Jubilee Session. Montreal: The Society, 1948.
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