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Isbister, Alexander Kennedy (1822-1883) (compiler) [info]; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Hudson's Bay Company (Red River Settlement): Return to an address of the House of Commons dated 9 February 1849 for copies of any memorials presented to the Colonial Office by inhabitants of the Red River Settlement, complaining of the government of the Hudson's Bay Company: Of the instructions given to the Governor-General of Canada for the investigation of those complaints: Of the reports of the officers appointed by Lord Elgin, or by the Colonial Office for the purposes of such investigation: And of any correspondence which has passed between the Colonial Office and the Hudson's Bay Company and the inhabitants of the Red River Settlement respectively upon the subject of the above memorial. [London: Queen's Printer, 1849].

Physical description: iv, 115 p.; 34 cm.

Language: English

Running title: "Correspondence relative to complaints of the inhabitants of the Red River Settlement." As it became possible to trade with American settlements to the south, dissatisfaction with the monopoly increased at Red River. In 1847, a petition to Queen Victoria was drafted and sent to England, where Alexander Kennedy Isbister forwarded it to the Colonial Secretary. This paper contains evidence, etc. compiled by Isbister.

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