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Excerpt from Documentary History of Education in Upper Canad, Constitutional Act of 1791, Vol. 14: To the Close of the Reverend Doctor Ryerson's Aemisitration of the Education Department in 1876
A very handsome silver Trowel, with a Similar Latin inscription, was handed to His Excellency, who applied to the Stone the necessary amount of mortar. The Cope stone was then lowered to its place, and His Excellency having applied the Square and Plummet, and struck the Stone with the Mallet formally declared - The Cope-stone is now laid, - and, on a Signal being given a salvo of artillery was then fired by the Field Battery under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Denison in the Park, to announce the completion of the ceremony. His Excellency and the rest of the company then descended to the Museum, where the necessary arrangements for entering the Dining Hall, the place of each guest at the Tables having been fixed beforehand, were intimated.
The Dejeuner took place in this fine apartment, which is to be appropriated to the Library. Upwards of 250 invitations had been issued by the University Authorities for the Dejeuner. The Band of Canadian Ri?es was in attendance, and played a variety of airs during the entertainment. Lady Head and other Ladies were spectators of the proceedings from the Gallery.
The Governor General took the Chair, in his capacity as Visitor to the University.
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