INVENTORY #104950
Canada Company parliamentary documents
The House of Commons
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1) Minutes of the Intended Arrangements Between Earl Bathurst, His Majesty's Secretary of State, and the proposed Canada Company. 2) Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated 23d December 1830. 3) Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 14 May 1840
Publication Info
- Publisher: The House of Commons
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1825
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
1825; 1831; 1840. 14; 3; 3 p. Small holes in margins. First item has heavy foxing. Three parliamentary documents pertaining to the Canada Company. The large private chartered British land development company was incorporated by an act of the British parliament on July 27, 1825 to aid the colonization of Upper Canada. The Company assisted emigrants by providing good ships, low fares, implements, tools and inexpensive land. Scottish novelist John Galt was the company's first Canadian superintendent.