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Robert Hume's diary entries, May 26 to 29, 1836.
Robert Hume embarked for Montréal in the spring of 1836. He planned to spend the winter in North America and return to England the following spring, if he did not enjoy his experience. His diary entries about Grosse-Île are among the rare sources of information about the operation of the quarantine station four years after its opening.

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