04_A_blot_upon_the_fair_shame_of_our_Island_p_3-9.pdf
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| title | "A blot upon the fair fame of our Island" | |
| creator | Rider, Peter E. | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | <p>On 2 July 1874 a Grand Jury led by<br />Jedediah S. Carvell, a Charlottetown<br />merchant and aspiring politician,<br />entered the Lunatic Asylum at<br />Brighton to investigate the conditions<br />that existed there. What it found and<br />described in a report issued the following<br />day ignited a controversy that<br />earned the government of L. C. Owen<br />widespread denunciation at home and<br />the official reproach of Imperial<br />authorities in London.</p> | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1996 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-517 | |
| source | 39 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | <p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p> | |
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| title | "A blot upon the fair fame of our Island" | |
| creator | Rider, Peter E. | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | <p>On 2 July 1874 a Grand Jury led by<br />Jedediah S. Carvell, a Charlottetown<br />merchant and aspiring politician,<br />entered the Lunatic Asylum at<br />Brighton to investigate the conditions<br />that existed there. What it found and<br />described in a report issued the following<br />day ignited a controversy that<br />earned the government of L. C. Owen<br />widespread denunciation at home and<br />the official reproach of Imperial<br />authorities in London.</p> | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1996 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-517 | |
| source | 39 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | <p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p> | |