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NORTH-WEST TRANSPORTATION AND LAND COMPANY. Memoranda and Prospectus of the North-West Transportation and Land Company. Toronto: The Globe Office, 1858.
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NORTH-WEST TRANSPORTATION AND LAND COMPANY. Memoranda and Prospectus of the North-West Transportation and Land Company. Toronto: The Globe Office, 1858.
8o (222 x 154 mm). 12 pages. 20th-century blue half calf.
FIRST EDITION. The first eight pages are printed in smaller type in double-column and argue against the renewal of the license of the Hudson's Bay Company. Trade routes to the Red River settlement are outlined, and special consideration is given to the route by Lake Superior as against the old route by way of Hudson's Bay. The Prospectus is for a company to open direct transportation from Lake Superior towards the Red River, and includes a discussion of a railroad to the Pacific. Sabin 55735; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 3834; Streeter sale VI:3723.
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FIRST EDITION. The first eight pages are printed in smaller type in double-column and argue against the renewal of the license of the Hudson's Bay Company. Trade routes to the Red River settlement are outlined, and special consideration is given to the route by Lake Superior as against the old route by way of Hudson's Bay. The Prospectus is for a company to open direct transportation from Lake Superior towards the Red River, and includes a discussion of a railroad to the Pacific. Sabin 55735; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 3834; Streeter sale VI:3723.