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Egerton Ryerson Hand Written Letter, 1855

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 CAD
Egerton Ryerson Hand Written Letter, 1855
SOLD
100.00CAD+ buyer's premium (15.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Oct 03 @ 22:21UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Buyer’s Premium of 15% will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be available at the Coin Expo on Friday Otober 4th, or will be emailed out after close of sale starting on Monday October 7th.
An original hand-written letter by the controversial educator Egerton Ryerson, penned on May 2nd, 1855, on the subject of separate schools. As Superintendent of Education in Canada West, he is considered to be the founder of the Ontario Public School system. His involvement in the design of the Residential School system, however, has been the subject debate and controversy in recent years. A key textual artifact from this formative period in pre-Confederation Canadian history, with especially interesting reference in the final paragraphs to his views on the Roman Catholic Bishops of the time.