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by John Alexander Macdonald, Joseph Pope
1921 · Garden City, N.Y. ; Toronto : Doubleday, Page
Being a compilation of the legislation, the legal proceedings, the proceedings before the Governor-General-In-Council. An historical account of the Red River Outbreak in 1869 and 1870, its causes, and its success, as shewn in the treaty--The Manitoba Act, and a short summary of Protestant promises.
"A book of gossipping history, of which the scenes are laid out as much in Italy as in Ireland ... The principal figure introduced is Rev. Dr/ Lanigan, the learned ecclestical historian" -- Preface.