Lord Minto's Canadian Papers: A Selection of the Public and Private Papers of the Fourth Earl of Minto, 1898-1904

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2 Volumes. 1889-1900: lxxx+467+[xxiv members list] pages with frontispiece, biographical dictionary and index. 1901-1904: x+582+[xxvi members list] with frontispiece, biographical dictionary and index. Royal octavos (9 3/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and insignia to spine. Volumes LI (51) and LIII (53) of the Champlain Society Publications. First editions limited 1650 copies of which this set is number 815. Lord Minto was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 17th. Minto was named Governor General of Canada in the summer of 1898, having campaigned for the post after he learned of the retirement of Lord Aberdeen. Lord Minto's term of office was marked by a period of strong nationalism which saw economic growth coupled with massive immigration to Canada. Relations with the United States were strained as border and fishing disputes continued to create problems between the two countries. In September 1901, after Queen Victoria's death in January, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later to become King George V and Queen Mary) visited Canada, and travelled with Lady Minto to western Canada and the Klondike. Following the tour, Minto recommended Thomas Shaughnessy, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to the government at Westminster, via the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for a knighthood, as recognition for his service to the Duke and Duchess of York. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, to whom Shaughnessy was no friend, opposed the idea; but, Minto made the recommendation anyway, invoking the ire of Laurier and prompting the Prime Minister to draft a policy dictating that all Canadian nominees for honors must be approved by the prime minister before the list was sent to London. Condition: Book plate to front paste down of volume one else a very good set. N° de ref. del artículo BOOKS005910

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