REPORT – HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. – TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, APPENDIX AND INDEX. Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed, 31 July and 11 August 1857. (224.260-Sess. 2. – 0.109 – 1858).
REPORT – HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. – TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, APPENDIX AND INDEX. Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed, 31 July and 11 August 1857. (224.260-Sess. 2. – 0.109 – 1858).
by Select Committee:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Lacks three (3) maps. Text clean and crisp, in very good condition.
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London: Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed, 31 July and 11 August 1857. C. 1857-1858. . Lacks three (3) maps. Text clean and crisp, in very good condition. . Binding: Recent full cloth preserving original blue wrappers; spine flat with two black morocco title labels. , Notes: Report on evidence taken concerning the ‘Licence to Trade’ held by the Hudson’s Bay Company over Indian Territories within British Possessions in Western Canada, which had been granted by British authority for the period of 1838-1859 was ending. A decision was needed on whether or not to extend such an agreement with the Company into the future, whether this would serve the best interests of the Indian population and other Canadians, whether or not the territories ought to be utilized in other ways, incl. by others than the HBC. The House of Commons ordered the proceedings of minutes of this ‘Select Committee’ appointed to consider the state of those British Possessions in North America which were under the Administration of the Hudson’s Bay Company, including its reports on questionings, to be submitted. , Size: Folio (335x210mm), Provenance: Non obstrusive stamp of “Archives – Seminaire de Chicoutimi” together with non obstrusive blind stamp on first few leaves., Pages: Title, blind(3), xviii, Minutes 1-356, Appendix 357-466, Analysis of Index 467-470, Index 471-546. , Category: Book Americas Indians; Book Canada
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- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
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- Title
- REPORT – HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. – TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, APPENDIX AND INDEX. Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed, 31 July and 11 August 1857. (224.260-Sess. 2. – 0.109 – 1858).
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- Select Committee:
- Book Condition
- Used - Lacks three (3) maps. Text clean and crisp, in very good condition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 31 July and 11 August 1857. C.
- Keywords
- Book Americas Indians; Book Canada
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