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1081 :
Manitoba and the great North-West
The field for investment, the home of the emigrant: Being a full and complete history of the country by John Macoun: To which has been added the educational & religious history of Manitoba & the North-West by George M. Grant, D.D.: A history of the Roman Catholic missions in St. Boniface, contributed by His Grace the Archbishop Taché's secretary: Also Montana, and the Bow River district compared for grazing purposes by Alexander Begg…Also sketch of the rise and progress of Winnipeg by J.C. McLagan: The whole profusely illustrated with lithographs and engravings, city and town plans, and the most complete system of maps yet issued, to which has been added an appendix of statistics of the Dominion of Canada…An encyclopedia of information in regard to the great North-West
. 1882.
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Begg, Alexander merchant (1839-1897.)
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1839-1897. From Quebec City to Red River, 1867; first merchant to bring in goods of Canadian manufacture; connected with two ephemeral Winnipeg newspapers, Manitoba Trade Review, 1871 and Daily Herald, 1877; deputy treasurer of Manitoba, 1878-1884; immigration agent for CPR for some years; died in Victoria (Wolfenden, "Begg vs. Begg" in British Columbia Historical Quarterly, 1937; Begg, Ten years in Winnipeg).
Other authors of Peel 1081
- Macoun, John (1832-1920.)
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- Grant, George Monro (1835-1902.)
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- McCarthy, Joseph (1839-1914.)
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