A letter to the author of "The clockmaker" : containing thoughts on the subject of a railway communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific from the magnificent harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia (North-eastern America), to the mouth of Frazer's River in New Caledonia (North-western America), or such other port as may be determined upon / [by Robert Carmichael-Smyth].
| Author/creator | Carmichael-Smyth, Robert |
| Other author | Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : W.P. Metchim, 1849. |
| Description | viii, 56 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Employment of the people and the capital of Great Britain in her own colonies |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Attributed to Robert Carmichael-Smyth. |
| General note | The "addressee" of the "Letter" is Thomas Chandler Haliburton. Cf. Halkett & Laing. |
| General note | Cover title continues: " by undertaking a great national work and thus opening the shortest road to the most extensive regions of wealth ever before at the command of any nation in the world (not regions of gold but for commerce and industry) so that at no future period (within at least the imagination of man) will Great Britain have to complain either of too great a population on her soil or too small a market for her labour : all of this fully explained in [A letter] ... ." |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 85258. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG05-B10431 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Employment of the people and the capital of Great Britain in her own colonies. |
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