John Galt (novelist)
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John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Galt has been called the first political novelist in the English language, due to being the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution.
John Galt (novelist)
Canada Company office, 1834
The old Greenock cemetery entrance from Inverkip Street, with a plaque, commemorating John Galt, and in the immediate background John Galt House
The Galt family tomb, inscribed to John Galt, "Author of The Annals of the Parish &c &c."
Canada Company
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The Canada Company was a private British land development company that was established to aid in the colonization of a large part of Upper Canada. It was incorporated by royal charter on August 19, 1826, under an act of the British parliament, which was given royal assent on June 27, 1825. It was originally formed to acquire and develop Upper Canada's undeveloped clergy reserves and Crown reserves, which the company bought in 1827 for £341,000 ($693,000) from the Province of Upper Canada.
The Canada Company's arms
Plan of the town of Goderich, Upper Canada, which was founded by the Canada Company, 1829
The Canada Company's office in Toronto, 1834
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Plaque. Erected 1929.