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860: Ten years in Winnipeg A narration of the principal events in the history of the city of Winnipeg from the year A.D. 1870, to the year A.D. 1879 inclusive . 1879.
Nursey, Walter R. (1847-1927.)
1847-1927. Arrived at Fort Francis, Ontario, 1874; special commissioner for the district of Keewatin during the small-pox epidemic, 1877; published Manitoba Telegraph, and with Alexander Begg (younger) launched Daily Herald, and tried to float the Manitoba Times Printing Co.; other journalistic and literary ventures were Quiz, Manitoba Merchant, and Manitoba Celebrities, 1877-1878; deputy minister of agriculture, 1878; provincial auditor, 1879-1889; held other special commissions from Manitoba government; later inspector of public libraries in Ontario (Morgan, Canadian men and women of the time, 1912; Begg, Ten years in Winnipeg; Robertson, A political manual of the province of Manitoba; Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).

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  • Begg, Alexander merchant (1839-1897.) [info].