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Lecture Tour of America 1882

Writing and Research on Oscar Wilde

Saint John

New Brunswick


Mechanics’ Institute

Thursday, October 5, 1882


The Decorative Arts

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VERIFICATION

Newspaper reports

The Gazette (Montreal, QC), October 6, 1882, 1

The St. Andrews Bay Pilot, October 12, 1882, 2

The Gazette (Montreal, QC), October 14, 1882, 2


Wilde lectured again in St. John on October 13, 1882.




Mechanics’ Institute to the left of St. John’s Anglican church (the ‘Stone Church’), c. 1865.


Venue

Mechanics’ Institute

Carleton Street, Saint John, NB


Organized: 1838

Built: 1840

Accommodation: Lecture Hall, Museum, Library, Reading Room, Committee Room, other apartments

Closed: 1890, later demolished


Accommodation

Royal Hotel

King and Germain Streets, Saint John, NB


Built: 1881

Demolished: 1970s



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