Sir John A. Macdonald

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Doughty, Arthur G., "'Sir John A. Macdonald', lines written for the unveiling of the monument to the late Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.M.G., P.C.", in the programme for the Inauguration of Montreal's monument to the late Right Hon. Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B.: by His Excellency the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada, June 6th, 1895", [Montreal]: [publisher not identified], [1895], p. [4-5].

The poem was also published in The Daily Mail and Empire, 8 June 1895, p. 8; and in a collection of poems by AGD entitled, Nugae Canorae, Portland Maine: Smith & Sale, 1897, pp. 33-35.

AGD had submitted the poem to the design committee for the memorial on 27 September 1894. The programme listed him as one of the subscribers to the monument.

Print copy of the programme for the Inauguration of Montreal's monument to the late Right Hon. Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B.: by His Excellency the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada, June 6th, 1895", held by Queen's University (OCLC # 23294788) was reviewed; select image is pictured above. Digital copy from microform (CIHM 04468) available through Internet Archive (archive.org) was reviewed; select images are pictured above.

Print copy of Nugae Canorae, 1897, held by LAC (OCLC #976966849) was reviewed; select images are pictured above. Digital copy from microform (CIHM 03939) available through Internet Archive (archive.org) was also reviewed; select images are pictured above.