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COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN THE FRASER'S RIVER DISTRICT, in British North America. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, July 2, 1858 by Great Britain (Colonial Office) - 1858
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COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN THE FRASER'S RIVER DISTRICT, in British North America. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, July 2, 1858
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London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1858. 33.5 cm x 22 cm, pp.18, hand-coloured folding map, "Reconnaissance of Fraser's River from Fort Hope to the Forks" by John Arrowsmith. Self wrappers, with cover title. Pamphlet-stitched binding. A little dusty around the edges, else a near fine copy. Lowther 67; TPL 3814.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio. Pamphlet.
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Queen Charlotte's Island. Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 16 June 1853; - for, "Copies or Extracts of Correspondence Relative to the Discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's Island." Colonial Office, Downing-Street, July 1853. Frederick Peel. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to Be Printed, 19 July 1853.
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Queen Charlotte's Island. Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 16 June 1853; - for, "Copies or Extracts of Correspondence Relative to the Discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's Island." Frederick Peel. Ordered, by the House of Commons,. To Be Printed, 19 July 1853. [With] Further Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 16 June 1853; - for, "Copies or Extracts of Correspondence Relative to the Discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte's Island." Frederick Peel. Ordered, by the House of Commons,. To Be Printed, 9 August 1853.
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Accounts and Papers; SeventeenVolumes. -(4)- Colonies, Canada. (Cover Title - [5 Documents]) : -(1):Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative to the Affairs of LowerCanada. (Presented by Her Majesty's Command.) Ordered, by The House ofCommons, to be Printed, 23 December 1837. -(2): Further Copies orExtracts of Correspondence Relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada andUpper Canada. (In continuation of Papers presented to Parliament on the23rd December 1837, No. 72, and the 16th & 29th January 1838, Nos. 80 &99.) -(3): Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative to the Affairsof Lower Canada . (Lower Canada. Upper Canada. Nova Scotia. NewBrunswick). (In continuation of Paper presented to Parliament on the 23rdDecember 1837, No. 72.). -(
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[London. Colonial Office]. 1837-1838. folio. 33cm,in 5 volumes, [iv], 114 & (ii)16 & 27 & 14 & iv,229pp., with 5 titlepages, disbound, cover titles dust soiled else fine. (cgc) T.P.L. 2068,2148, 2151, 2152, 2153. Cover title : Accounts and Papers: SeventeenVolumes.-(4.)- Colonies; Canada. Session 15 November 1837- 16 August1838. Vol. XXXIX. With handwritten note on verso : "The Book is to bepreserved in the Office of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of StateHome Department 1838." Extensive correspondence and dispatches betweenBritish Colonial Secretary, Lord Gleneig, and various administrators inthe British North America - Lord Gosford, Sir John Colborne, Sir FrancisBond Head, Sir Colin Campbell, Sir John Harvey, & Sir Charles A. Fitzroy.The correspondence relates to a critical time in the Canadas, theRebellions in both Upper & Lower Canadas and the growing demand forresponsible government.
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Copies or Extracts of Correspondence Relative to the Discovery of Gold in the Fraser's River District, in British North America. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. July 2, 1858.
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London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1858. Undetermined. very good. 1st edition. 18pp. Folio (33.5 x 21.5 cm.) in original wrappers, sewn as issued with large folding hand coloured map. very good Lowther 67. Large folding hand coloured Litho map of "Reconnaissance of Fraser's River from Fort Hope to the Forks" by John Arrowsmith. 1858
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Copies Or Extracts Of Correspondence Relative To The Discovery Of Gold In The Fraser River’s District In British North America. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. July 2, 1858.
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folio. pp. 18. folding coloured lithographed map ‘Reconnaissance of Fraser’s River from Fort Hope to the Forks’ by John Arrowsmith. new quarter cloth. "This fundamental document on the gold discovery on the Fraser River is the basis for practically all the guides and other pamphlets written on that famous gold rush." (Streeter) The blue paper includes correspondence between Governor James Douglas, Colonial Secretary Henry Labouchere and his successor Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and W.G.Smith, Secretary of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
The massive influx of miners attracted to the Fraser River district by the gold rush of 1858 led to the creation of the crown colony of British Columbia and was a major consideration in the British decision to terminate the Hudson’s Bay Company’s territorial rights in the West. In 1858 Governor Douglas renamed the former Hudson’s Bay Company post Fort Dallas at Camchin, the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, Lytton, British Columbia in honour of the… Read More
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