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DOUGLAS, Thomas, Fifth Earl Of Selkirk BUMSTED, J. M. (ed.) ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
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DOUGLAS, Thomas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk BUMSTED, J. M. (ed.) Collected Writings of Lord Selkirk, 1799-1809
Manitoba Record Society, Winnipeg, 1984,
DOUGLAS, Thomas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk. The Collected Writings of Lord Selkirk, 1799-1809 : Volume 1 in the Writings and Papers of Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk. Edited and introduced by J. M. Bumsted. Winnipeg: Manitoba Record Society, 1984. No. 86 of a limited printing of 750 copies. Pp. 372. 8vo, red cloth. A selection of the writings of the Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk, known by most Canadians as the founder of a colony at Red River in present-day Manitoba in 1811, from the years preceding his colonisation efforts in central Canada. Contents: 1) Untitled pamphlet on poor relief in Scotland, c.a. 1799 ; 2) Observations on The Present State of The Highlands of Scotland, with a View of The Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration ; 3) A Letter to the Peers of Scotland by The Earl of Selkirk ; 4) Substance of the speech of the Earl of Selkirk, in the House of Lords, Monday, August 10, 1807, on the defence of the country ; 5) On the necessity of a more effectual system of national defence, and the means of establishing the permanent security of the kingdom ; 6) A letter addressed to John Cartwright, Esq. of the committee at the Crown and Anchor on the subject of parliamentary reform. Vg in slightly rubbed dj. 50.00
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