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CANADA Papers relative to the exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by commpand of Her Majesty, June, 1859.
London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode … for H.M.S.O., 1859. Folio, pp. 163, [2]; 4 folding maps hand-colored in outline, 1 map in the text; original printed paper front wrapper laid down over boards, cloth spine; accession numbers in upper left corner of front cover, perforated stamp in margin of title-p. and small rubberstamp on verso of last map; otherwise very good. TPL 3908: “Three brief dispatches from Gov.-Gen. Sir Edmund Head to Sir E.B. Lytton, Colonial secretary, transmitting 1) copies of reports by S.J. Dawson and H.Y. Hind on the exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, July, 1858, p. [3]- 150; 2) another report by Hind, Sept. 10, 1858, and an excerpt from the N.Y. Evening Post, p. 150-155; 3) another report by Hind, Nov. 8, 1858 and an excerpt from the Chicago Press, p. 156-163.” Sabin 38673.
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