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

by John Halkett

$500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary boards, printed paper spine-label. Provenance: Charles Theodore Hart 1816-1887 A second and enlarged edition of Halkett's book on the Selkirk Controversy. This work relates to the long battle between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company for the land and the furs of western Canada. In January 1817, John Halkett had printed privately his Statement 'Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River' based on Lord

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