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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, Thomas, b. 1832.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manitoba--Description and travel.

Manitoba.

Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel.

Northwest, Canadian.

Canada--Emigration and immigration.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Manitoba and the north-west of the dominion

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Hunter, Rose and Co., 1871.

Notes:

"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.

Publisher's advertising: [2] p., 2nd count.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 89289.

OCLC:

11