RELATION D'UN VOYAGE A MANITOBA...ACCOMPAGNÉE D'UNE ANALYSE DE L'ACTE CONCERNANT LES TERRES DE LA PUISSANCE, ET D'UN EXTRAIT DU PAMPHLET PUBLIE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT AT SUJET DE MANITOBA. PUBLIÉ PAR LE DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA
by Shantz, Jacob Y
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: PUBLIÉ PAR LE DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA, 1873. first French edition - A somewhat scarce account by Jacob Y. Shantz who was sent out to Manitoba by the Waterloo County Mennonites and the Federal Government to scout out the lands, Indians and transportation for the possible settlement of the Russian Mennonite refugees / immigrants - Jacob Y. Shantz married Sarah Shuh ( his third wife ) sister of John Shuh, the city of Waterloo Merchant - a somewhat worn copy, bound into hard covers with flowered endpapers, printed in gilt on the front cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11082
- Title
- RELATION D'UN VOYAGE A MANITOBA...ACCOMPAGNÉE D'UNE ANALYSE DE L'ACTE CONCERNANT LES TERRES DE LA PUISSANCE, ET D'UN EXTRAIT DU PAMPHLET PUBLIE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT AT SUJET DE MANITOBA. PUBLIÉ PAR LE DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA
- Author
- Shantz, Jacob Y
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- PUBLIÉ PAR LE DÉPARTEMENT DE L'AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Manitoba Pioneer History Mennonite History Russian Mennonites
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Travel / Arctic / Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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- Gilt
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