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Peel 485

Mactavish, William (1815-1870) [info]. Red River Settlement destitute: An appeal from the Red River Executive Co-operative Relief Committee. [Fort Garry, NWT?: s.n], 1868?.

Physical description: Broadside: 45 lines.; 28 x 22 cm.

Language: English

Signed: "On behalf of the Committee, W. Mactavish, Chairman; R.P. Meade, Secretary, Ft. Garry, Red River Settlement, B.N.A., Dec. 6th, 1868." At head of text: "To the [Mayor of Goderich]. Grasshoppers had destroyed the crop and the buffalo hunt had failed." Not in Bruce Peel, Early printing in the Red River Settlement, 1859-1870 .

Subject headings:

• Grain