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Author Bio

412: Northwest British America and its relations to the State of Minnesota A report communicated to the Legislature of Minnesota by Governor Ramsey, March 2d and ordered to be printed . 1860.
Taylor, James Wickes (1819-1893.)
1819-1893. Associated with newspapers and railways in St Paul, Minnesota; reported on Rupert's Land to Minnesota Legislature, 1860, and to American Treasury Department, 1862; special agent of U.S. Treasury Department, 1859-1869; his discovery of plans for Fenian raid on Red River Settlement enabled authorities to disperse Fenians; appointed American consul at Winnipeg, 1870-1893; during rebellion of 1885 took steps to prevent American Natives from aiding Riel (Dictionary of American biography).