Archeologists have uncovered the charred remains of seven books in the destruction of Canada’s pre-Confederation parliament in Montreal.
Canadian Press journalist Melanie Marquis writes :”They are hardly recognizable as books and appear, in colour and consistency, like a cross between charcoal and bitumen.”
She reports 24,000 books and documents were destroyed in an 1849 fire, in Old Montreal, in what was recently a parking lot.
More information:
Melanie Marquis/Canadian Press – Traces found from 24,000 books lost when Canadian parliament burned down – here
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