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271: A proposal for a new penal settlement, in connexion with the colonization of the uninhabited districts of British North America . 1850.
Isbister, Alexander Kennedy (1822-1883.)
1822-1883. Born at Cumberland House; Métis son of an HBC employee; lived most of his life in Britain; championed rights of the Métis; left his library of 3,000 books to University of Manitoba (Robertson, A political manual of the province of Manitoba).