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Peel 635

Spence, Thomas (1832-1900) [info]. Manitoba and the North-West of the Dominion: Its resources and advantages to the emigrant and capitalist, as compared with the western states of America: Its climate, soil, agricultural and manufacturing facilities: Its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness in comparison with the older provinces, and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity: And containing land policy, latest information, cheapest and best way to get to Red River, and what is required. Toronto: Hunter, Rose & Co, 1871.

Physical description: 46, [2] p., front., illus.; 18 cm.

Language: English

The first of the flood of pamphlets written to advertise the agricultural possibilities of the West. Spence may be regarded as the progenitor of prairie immigration literature. Includes advertising. Also published, 2nd edition, rev. and enl., Ottawa: Free Press Printing Establishment, 1874 (39p.); 3rd English edition, Quebec: S. Marcotte, 1876 (36p.). The primary difference in the title of some later editions is the substitution of Manitoba for Red River near the end. For French version see Peel 716.

Subject headings:

• Advertising
• Farms
• Emigration and immigration
• Natural resources
• Prairie Provinces--Description and travel
• Prairie Provinces--Economic conditions

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