Manitoba and the north-west of the dominion : its resources and advantages to the emigrant and capitalist, as compared with the western states of America : its climate, soil, agriculture and manufacturing facilities : its unparalleled salubrity, growth and productiveness, and the elements of its future greatness and prosperity : and containing land policy, latest information, cheapest and best way to get to Red River, and what is required / by Thomas Spence.
| Author/creator | Spence, Thomas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto : Hunter, Rose and Co., 1871. |
| Description | 46, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Travel; Immigration. |
| Local note | 2011AE29400. |
| General note | "The first of the flood of pamphlets written to advertise the agricultural possibilities of the West. Spence may be regarded as the father of prairie immigration literature."--Peel, B.B.A bibliog. of the Prairie Provinces, 1973, no. 336. |
| General note | Publisher's advertising: [2] p., 2nd count. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 89289. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |