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Publicado por John Murray, London, 1817
Librería: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Ejemplar firmado
Octavo. (9 x 5 1/2 inches). viii, 194pp., (2), xcx. Folding map: 'Sketch of Parts of the Hudson Bay Company's Territory,' 12 page publisher's catalogue at rear, dated June, 1817, edges uncut. Armorial bookplate of Charles Theodore Hart. Front endpaper signed 'John Arden, 1818.'. Contemporary boards, printed paper spine-label. Provenance: Charles Theodore Hart (1816-1887) A second and enlarged edition of Halkett's book on the Selkirk Controversy of the same title. This volume took part in the long battle between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company for the land and the furs of western Canada. In January 1817, John Halkett had printed privately his Statement 'Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River' based on Lord Selkirk's own papers. In it were chronicled all that Selkirk's people had endured at the hands of the North West Company, and it paved the way for the present volume. This revised edition of Halkett's Statement was printed in London to further respond to the North West Company's attacks on Selkirk. Staton and Tremaine 1093; Sabin 20704; Lande 1206; Peel 42.
Publicado por London: John Murray, 1817., 1817
Librería: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
8vo., (9 x 5 4/8 inches). Half-title, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end dated July 1817. Engraved folding map "Sketch of Part of the Hudsons Bay Company's Territory" (some minor offsetting). Uncut in original grey paper boards, printed paper spine label (front cover a bit loose); modern brown cloth clamshell box. "a mythical figure in the development of the Canadian west and a prophet of western agricultural settlement" (Bumsted). First published edition, revising and enlarging with "Observations upon Recent Publications" the privately circulated edition of the same year. This is Selkirk's brother-in-law's account of the settlement and massacre at Red River. Thomas Douglas, fifth earl of Selkirk (1771-1820), first became interested in the colonization of America in about 1801. By 1802 he had prepared the draft of a memorial to the British government proposing that he take charge of a plan for Irish Catholics to set up a colony in Louisiana. The venture was opposed by the British government and an alternative scheme changing the location to the confluence of the waters which fell into Lake Winnipeg and the rivers which drained into Hudson Bay, and broadening the demographic to include Scots, failed except for a small colony on Prince Edward Island, which Selkirk had bought with his own money. In 1808 Selkirk, after meeting explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie, purchased stock in the Hudson's Bay Company, and began the process that would be the adventure of his life: the establishment of a colony at Red River, the first European settlement in what is now western Canada. In 1815 Robert Semple was appointed governor of the Hudson's Bay Company territories through Selkirk's influence "he arrived at the Red River settlement in November to find that it had been destroyed by the North West Company. Both companies were trying to destroy the supply lines of the other and win the support of the local métis (mixed-race) population. The cause of the Hudson's Bay Company was not helped by disagreement between Semple and Colin Robertson, an experienced Hudson's Bay Company man, which resulted in Robertson's leaving the area in June 1816. Without Robertson's advice, Semple misjudged an encounter on 19 June 1816 at Seven Oaks between himself and a party of Hudson's Bay Company men on the one hand and a party of métis traders on the other. Having realized too late the need for heavy arms, Semple and about twenty others of his party were killed in a skirmish. The North West Company was later shown to have rewarded some of those involved in the killings. The massacre demonstrated the need for firm action to halt the feud and ultimately led to the amalgamation of the two companies in 1821. Semple's death was due in large measure to his appointment to a post for which he was unqualified" (C. A. Harris, rev. Elizabeth Baigent for DNB). Hearing of the massacre, Selkirk started west for Fort William with a large party of Swiss mercenaries and captured it easily. "Selkirk arrested the leading partners, who happened to be present for the annual company meeting, and shipped them east for trial. But he then proceeded to make one of the great blunders of his life: he purchased all the furs held in Fort William from one of the more vulnerable North West Company partners for a pittance, and thus exposed himself to charges of personal profiteering. Selkirk's forces recaptured Red River early in 1817, while he wintered at Fort William. He finally arrived at his settlement in the spring of 1817. Meanwhile, the colonial secretary, Lord Bathurst, angrily ordered the governor of Lower Canada, Sir John Sherbrooke, to arrest Selkirk"( J. M. Bumsted). Selkirk would spend the rest of his life trying to vindicate his position "Some contemporary breakthrough did occur in his favour when his brother-in-law Sir James Montgomery called successfully in the House of Commons in June 1819 for the tabling of the relevant Colonial Office documents of the Red River settlemen.
Publicado por London: John Murray, 1817., 1817
Librería: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
8vo. pp. viii, 194, [2], c + 12(ads). with half-title. folding engraved frontis. map. A nice uncut copy in original bds., appropriately rebacked in paper (covers scraped, several institutional blindstamps, some offsetting on map & title). First Trade Edition, Revised And Enlarged. Halkett here defends his brother-in-law Lord Selkirk's settlement on the Red River against the aggressions instigated by the North West Company, which eventually culminated in the destruction of the colony and the massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816. The appendix contains legal evidence in support of Selkirk's case. The privately printed work elicited an immediate response in the form of an anonymous publication entitled A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries, which was avowedly sanctioned by the agents of the North West Company of Montreal. In order to counter the misrepresentations and injurious statements contained therein, this new edition of Halkett's Statement was prepared and published for general distribution in June 1817, with a new preface, fresh documentation, and an added section, Observations Upon a Narrative of Occurrences (pp. 113-194) Bell H11. Lande 1206. Peel 91n. Sabin 20704. Streeter VI 3673. TPL 1093. Vlach 365.
Publicado por Montreal: James Lane, 1818., 1818
Librería: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 234, [2], lxxxvii. complete with half-title. some light foxing & a few library stamps, otherwise an outstanding uncut copy in original bds. modern quarter morocco clam-shell box. First Edition of the French Translation by Montreal lawyer Hughues Heney [1789-1844], from the first trade (enlarged) edition, and the first edition to be published in Canada. The map was omitted in the French version. Halkett here defends his brother-in-law Lord Selkirk s settlement on the Red River against the aggressions instigated by the North West Company, which eventually culminated in the destruction of the colony and the massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816. The appendix contains legal evidence in support of Selkirk s case. The work elicited an immediate response in the form of an anonymous publication entitled A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries, which was avowedly sanctioned by the agents of the North West Company of Montreal. In order to counter the misrepresentations and injurious statements contained therein, a new edition of Halkett s Statement was prepared and published for general distribution in June 1817, with a new preface, fresh documentation, and an added section, Observations Upon a Narrative of Occurrences (pp. 113-194) Bell H13. Dionne I 126. Gagnon I 2796. Lande 1207. Peel 90. Sabin 20700. Streeter VI 3677. TPL 1095 (defective). Vlach 363. Vlach, Impressions Québécoises, 646.
Publicado por London: [J.Bretell, January, 1817]., 1817
Librería: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 125, lxxxix. folding engraved map. A nice uncut copy in later buff wrs. (some offsetting on map & facing page). First Edition. Privately printed. Halkett here defends his brother-in-law Lord Selkirk's settlement on the Red River against the aggressions instigated by the North West Company, which eventually culminated in the destruction of the colony and the massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816. The appendix contains legal evidence in support of Selkirk's case. The work elicited an immediate response in the form of an anonymous publication entitled A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries, which was avowedly sanctioned by the agents of the North West Company of Montreal. In order to counter the misrepresentations and injurious statements contained therein, a new edition of Halkett's Statement was prepared and published for general distribution in June 1817, with a new preface, fresh documentation, and an added section, Observations Upon a Narrative of Occurrences (pp. 113-194) Lande 1209. Peel 91. Sabin 20703. Streeter VI 3672. TPL 1092. cfBell H11.