File P879 - Williams, W.H.. Manitoba and The North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains, via Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, Rat Portage, Winnipeg, Qu'Appelle, Prince Albert, Battleford, Ford Calgary and Ford McLeod. And Return via Edmonton, Touchwood Hill, Etc.. Toronto: Hunter, Rose & Company

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Williams, W.H.. Manitoba and The North-West; Journal of a Trip from Toronto to the Rocky Mountains, via Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, Rat Portage, Winnipeg, Qu'Appelle, Prince Albert, Battleford, Ford Calgary and Ford McLeod. And Return via Edmonton, Touchwood Hill, Etc.. Toronto: Hunter, Rose & Company

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    • 1882 (Creation)

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    Octavo. (22 cm x 15 cm), pp. xi, [1], [9]-258. Original grey printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, sewn binding. Ink signature of prev. owner: 'R.H. Earle, Kingston, Ont.' Covers dust soiled, particularly at the spine and around edges, 2 small brown stains (2 cm x 2.5 cm & 1.5 cm x 2.5 cm) to upper cover extending within and diminishing through 24 leaves, else interior clean. Chipping to spine ends, with a very slight lean to the book. Peel (3) 1020. 'Williams, a journalist, accompanied the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor-General, through the West in 1881. He gives an informative description of the country. It appeared first as a series of letters in the 'Toronto Globe'.' [1998]

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        Pamphlets 865 to 942 were donated by Hugh Anson-Cartwright. These rare Canadian pamphlets were accompanied by detailed descriptions, which are continued in the scope and content. Numbers in square brackets reflect a numbering system in use prior to acceptance by the Archives.

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