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Les ouvrages les plus récents qui traitent de la carrière de Galt sont A. A. den Otter, Civilizing the west : the Galts and the development of western Canada (Edmonton, 1982) et H. B. Timothy, The Galts : a Canadian odyssey (2 vol., Toronto, 1984–1987), 2.
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Five letters written by Galt to his mother while he was Dewdney’s assistant have been published as “Letters from Elliott Galt: travelling the prairies, 1879–80,” ed. A. A. den Otter, Alberta Hist. (Calgary), 26 (1978), no.3: 21–33. The Manitoba Free Press for 9 Sept. 1904 has a comprehensive story on the Galt enterprises as well as an extensive interview with Elliott Galt, including the quotation cited in the text. The two most recent works which discuss his career are A. A. den Otter, Civilizing the west: the Galts and the development of western Canada (Edmonton, 1982) and H. B. Timothy, The Galts: a Canadian odyssey (2v., Toronto, 1984–87), 2. Marginally useful are C. A. Magrath, The Galts, father and son, pioneers in the development of southern Alberta . . . ([Lethbridge, Alta, 1935]); O. D. Skelton, The life and times of Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, ed. Guy MacLean (new ed., Toronto, 1966); and E. C. Springett, For my children's children (Montreal, 1937). a.a.den o.]§
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