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The National Film Board of Canada; Lorraine Monk; Bruce Hutchinson; Allan FlemingBiblio.com

[Halkett, John]Biblio.com

Statement Respecting The Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan Upon the Red River in North America; Its Destruction in 1815 and 1816; and the Massacre of Governor Semple and His Party

181722895London: J. Brettell 1817. First Edition. True first edition issued prior to the John Murray trade edition and distributed only to Selkirkâ€™s and Halkettâ€™s close associates and certain highly-placed officials in the British Foreign Office. 8vo pp. 125 lxxxix with folding map by A. Arrowsmith titled "Sketch of a Part of the Hudson's Bay Company Territory" in a modern quarter-leather binding. Map has some offsetting and an old repair on the verso; binding sound text very clean. The Red River Settlement was an agricultural colony located in present-day Manitoba North Dakota and Minnesota established in 1811 by Thomas Douglas Fifth Earl of Selkirk on about 120000 square miles of land granted to him by the Hudson's Bay Company. Selkirk had become interested in settling the area after reading Alexander Mackenzie's 1801 book on his travels in the region. Poverty was on the rise in Scotland and Selkirk believed he could give settlers a chance at a better life in the new colony he called "Assiniboia." His chief opponents in this plan were the partisans of the Northwest Company who had long traded without interference in the territories now claimed by Selkirk and the Hudson's Bay Company. Although the colony was not very successful agriculturally the lure of free land added new settlers every year and scarce resources and disputes over land rights led to conflict with trappers and traders from the North West Company. This work written by Lord Selkirkâ€™s brother-in-law defends Selkirkâ€™s actions in response to aggressions instigated by the North West Company that ultimately culminated in the 1816 â€œMassacre at Seven Oaksâ€ and the death of the colonyâ€™s governor Robert Semple. The Appendix contains legal documents in support of Selkirkâ€™s case. Streeter 3672 opines that "The tone of the Statement is arrogant and was certainly poor 'public relations' as far as the Canadian public was concerned." TPL 1092; Sabin 20703. [J. Brettell] unknown

Walkabout Books · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

[Province of Canada – 19th Century – English Immigration] Senkler, Edmund JBiblio.com

Letters from Edmund John Senkler Describing Life In 1840s Canada

1847List2609Quebec City and Brockton Canada 1847. Four letters approximately sixteen total pages: four 8 x 12.5 inches twelve 8 x 10 inches and smaller. Two letters dated 1846 one 1847 missing final pages and one without date missing initial and final pages. Very good. Edmund John Senkler 1802â€“1872 was born in Norfolk England educated at Cambridge and in 1827 ordained as an Anglican minister. Senkler his wife Eleanor and their children immigrated to Canada in 1843 to live in Quebec City Canada East now the province of Quebec. They then moved to Sorel also known as William Henry and finally to Brockville near Kingston Canada West now Ontario. Offered here is a set of four letters from Senkler to his friend G. W. Chad back in Norfolk describing the activities of Senkler and his family as they settle into life in Canada. The Senklers had first moved to Quebec City but did not enjoy their time â€œin that pestiferous cloaca . over which the destroying angel seems evermore to hover with his drawn sword in his handâ€ May 8 1846. On planning to leave the Bishop of Montreal offers Senkler an unpaid position in â€œCoteau du Lac a lonely place 40 or 50 miles above Montrealâ€ whose previous missionary had â€œbeen enjoying for many years a handsome salaryâ€ and was now â€œon his return to England.â€ Senkler turns down this meager offer and takes his family to Sorel. The move is providential as â€œNot fewer than 27 persons with whom we had some acquaintance have died there Quebec City since we leftâ€ September 10 1846. The familyâ€™s acquaintances apparently died in a theater fire in Quebec Cityâ€”probably the St. Louise Theaterâ€”which seemed to have turned into a crowd crush: â€œI knew some of the sufferers: some were very pious people . What shocked the feelings of all who witnessed the scene with some of whom I have conversed was that the misery was so easily approachable and yet so utterly beyond relief. . In the case of poor Mr. Scott mentioned in all the papers particularly the Illustrated London News of July 18 where there is a view of the place his brother could not only see him but talk with him â€“ caress him petting his face weeping over him while the poor suffering man commended his wife family to his care; and yet no force could drag out his limbs from the entangled mass of human beings. They did pull at him until they pulled the ball of his shoulder out of the socket and he begged to be allowed to die.â€ By 1847 the family had sold their property in Sorel and moved west to Brockville in what is now Ontario. The family are noticing the effects of Englandâ€™s Panic of 1847: â€œThe great scarcity of money now felt in England will very shortly be felt here. The produce sent from hence home has not been paid for. Consequently our merchants must pay for the manufactures c. sent out by bills of exchange which must be in so much greater demand therefore fetch a higher premium.â€ December 8 1847 And around the same time an epidemic of typhus breaks out in Canada from Irish immigrants fleeing the famine: â€œProbably you have learned from the papers what misery the unfortunate Irish emigrants have brought and are likely yet to bring to this country. They have spread a pestilence through the city of Montreal. Grosse Isle the quarantine station below Quebec has been crowded with fever patients to an alarming extent. . The emigrants as they recover are forwarded by the steam-boats from Grosse Isle to Montreal without touching at Quebec where they are received in miserable wooden sheds. Many suffer a relapse; others first shew symptoms of fever when there; and spread the infection though the town by begging. You can imagine what hotbeds of infection those steam-boats must be. Last week 3 passed Sorel without touching at the port one had 1000 emigrants on board the other two about 800 500 respectively. . These unhappy people are forwarded to their destination in the Western Country. For many of them doubtless that destination will be an untimely grave in a strange place.â€ No Date. Nonetheless the Senkler family happily settles in the town of Brockville with â€œan orchard garden with plenty of pasture for a couple of cows and horses with ground for growing all the vegetables required for the familyâ€ December 8 1847. The land is rapidly developing with land prices increasing and a telegraph line from Toronto to Quebec running through it â€“ which to Senkler is â€œsurprising in a country in which 60 years ago there was only an Indianâ€™s hunting track for hundreds of miles.â€ Overall the letters provide an intimate look at life for settlers in Canada in the middle period of its rule by the British. unknown

Auger Down Books · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

Canada Atlantic Railway CompanyABAA

THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. CONTENTS. MAP OF THE RAILWAY. REPORT OF W. SHANLY C.E. TRUST MORTGAGE DEED TO SECURE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. ACTS OF INCORPORATION OF THE RAILWAY

188135023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also notes; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of May 2018 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown books

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

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British Columbia Telephone Company B.C. Tel./Telus Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1959 Through January/February 1960

196073aa1960British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company Ltd. Very Good. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Rate increase approval; explansion plans for 1959 including new purchasing warehousing and repair centre to be built at Manitoba Street and Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver; Operator Distance Dialing Nears Reality; B.C.'s Biggest Television Events in 1958 as covered by mobile television links including the Ripple Rock blast the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret and the Grey Cup; Changes to Sales Organization; Automating Accounting; Expanding the Personnel Department; Conversion of manual systems to dial operation; Conversion of Glenburn to Cypress; New Long Distance Route to Kamloops; Dial phones come to Sidney Keating and James Island; Pension Plan Personalized; Adoption of Irregular Base Rate Areas; Closing of two historic switchboards in Victoria and Vancouver; Teletype Sale Made to East Asiatic; R.W.J. Angus becomes new General Commercial Manager; The Birth of N.P.A. 604 the 604 area code; High cost of workplace accidents; Long Distance Anniversary greetings to a New Westminster Rotary Club from around the Western Hemisphere; Removal of high-wire span that linked Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910 6 pnotos; Conversion jobs sparked romances; Maintenance men to match our mountains; The visit of the queen 14 photos; "Follow Me" - a child's-eye view of the telephone company through the medium of C.B.C. television; Vancouver General Hospital 3 photos; Electronic 'Detectives' Guard Microwave; The FW-1 intertoll switching installation in the William Farrell Building - the brain and heart of toll; Logging by Radio - New Switchboard serves radiotelephone subscribers; Laying cable in the Pitt River 2 photos; Opening of new headquarters in 700 block of Seymour Street in Vancouver 3 photos; A new approach to serving the public in the new addition; Activation of a new radiotelephone long distance system through the Cariboo - illustrated; Traffic Signs for Toll; New Woodland Central Office serves Whalley photos; Phone fashion; Network Television reaches the Interior; 500000th telephone installed; Night move of revenue accounting to 555 Seymour photos; Terrace phones now automatic photos; Traffic Staff Metering - Instantly; Service at New Denver is Personalized; The Heave-Ho Boys - name your antenna and they'll put it up! with great photos; new building for Gibsons Sechelt; Kamloops Editorial salutes operators; Transmission Levesl - an FW-1 Problem; Plans for 1960 including completion of Burnaby centre; Graph of telephone growth in B.C. since 1880; History of the Alma Central Office; The Happy Islanders on Calvert Trutch and Swindle Islands; Machines take over in the Accounting Field; Rough weather at Newcastle Ridge; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom edge of text. A photo and announcement re: Mr. Labelle is found in the July/August 1959 issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest t . British Columbia Telephone Company Ltd. hardcover

RareNonFiction.com · Canada595,00 $US≈ 503,43 €

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Canada: A Year of the Land

Travels Through Canada and the United States of North America in the Years 1806 1807 & 1808. To Which Are Added Biographical Notices and Anecdotes of Some of the Leading Characters in the United States

Beverages: An Export Business Journal for Beverage Producers etc. 1949: Aug. Oct. Dec.; 1950: Feb. Apr. June Aug. Oct. Dec.; 1951: Feb-Dec.; 1952: Feb-Dec.; 1953: Feb-Dec.; 1954: Feb-Dec.; 1955: Feb-Dec.; 1956: Feb. Apr. June

Maria Chapdelaine. Récit du Canada Français.

First Parliament Third Session. Laws of the Province of Upper Canada. 34th Geo.3 C.12. Ad. 1794. An Act for Regulating the manner of Licensing Public Houses and for the more easy Convicting of Persons selling Spirituous Liquors without License

Canadian Scenery Illustrated

Statement Respecting The Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan Upon the Red River in North America; Its Destruction in 1815 and 1816; and the Massacre of Governor Semple and His Party

Letters from Edmund John Senkler Describing Life In 1840s Canada

THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. CONTENTS. MAP OF THE RAILWAY. REPORT OF W. SHANLY C.E. TRUST MORTGAGE DEED TO SECURE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. ACTS OF INCORPORATION OF THE RAILWAY

Canadian Scenery Illustrated

Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Views of Canada and the Colonists Embracing the Experiences of an Eigh years' Residence; Views of the Present State Progress and Prospects of the Colony with Detailed and Practical Information for Intending Emigrants.

British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

Official Guide Of Intercolonial Railway of Canada And Prince Edward Island Railways

A Stó:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton Ontario

British Columbia Railway - From PGE to BC Rail

William Schurman loyalist of Bedeque Prince Edward Island and his descendants

416 Squadron - The Complete History of 416 Squadron RCAF

William and Isabella Masson Campbell of Hastings County Ontario - Their Ancestors and Descendants

British Columbia Telephone Company B.C. Tel./Telus Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1959 Through January/February 1960

History of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals 1903-1961

McMILLAN'S MAP OF NEW BRUNSWICK Corrected to latest Dates By Henry F. Perley C.E.

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