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Re: Scarce beaver gobelet from the St-Jean-Baptiste society june 24th 1880

Subject: Re: Scarce beaver gobelet from the St-Jean-Baptiste society june 24th 1880
by Jacdesterres on 2011/2/2 9:57:52

As you have rightly said: "They were made for 24th of June 1880 - so it could not have been that many."
The Banquet of this 24th of June 1880 was in the Skating Rink Pavillon, near St.Louis Gate. Catered by Hôtel St.Louis, the Rink was decorated for the occasion and the tables could accept more than 800 people (Admission Fee : $2.50): so we can presume everybody had one of those Beaver goblets and the count would be less than a thousand.

This is documented in "Fête NATIONALE des Canadiens-français célébrée à Québec en 1880" by H.-J.-B. Chouinard in 1881.
Chapter III is dedicated to this Banquet and there were as many as 16 Toasts with as many speaches but nowhere I could find an allusion to the glasses they held up for these toasts.
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