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Portrait of the Pastor: Henry Esson Was Guiding Force Behind the Montreal Mechanics’ Institute
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Portrait of the Pastor: Henry Esson Was Guiding Force Behind the Montreal Mechanics’ Institute
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The Scottish-born Henry Esson (1793-1853), pastor of the St. Gabriel Street Scotch Presbyterian Church for twenty-seven years, founded the Montreal Mechanic’s Institute in 1828, the first of its kind in Canada. The Institute’s goal was to teach reading, arithmetic, geometry and drawing skills to young Montreal and newly-arrived immigrant workers. The Institute still exists today as the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
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Quebec Heritage News
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Vol. 4
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no. 12
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November-December 2008
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12-14
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en
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McGuire, Susan. “Portrait of the Pastor: Henry Esson Was Guiding Force Behind the Montreal Mechanics’ Institute.” Quebec Heritage News, December 2008. http://qahn.org/files/quebecanglophoneheritagenetwork/documents/qhn/QHN%20Nov-Dec_2008_web%20edition.pdf.
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