Copies of two dispatches upon the subject of the Welland Canal, 1827-1828
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Edie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-16T15:16:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-16T15:16:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09-16 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2993 | |
dc.description | The material is a printed record of two dispatches sent by Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada to secretary of state for the colonies, the first in 1827 to Earl Bathurst, the second in 1828 to Right Hon. W. Huskisson. The dispatches concern funding for the canal as well as an introduction of William Hamilton Merritt as managing agent of the Welland Canal Company. It was the intention of the Welland Canal Company to send Mr. Merritt to England to gain further assistance from the government and private investors. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | 6 pages ; 35 x 22 cm. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ;RG 258 | |
dc.subject | Maitland, Sir Peregrine | en_US |
dc.subject | Welland Canal | en_US |
dc.subject | Welland Canal Company | en_US |
dc.subject | Merritt, William Hamilton | en_US |
dc.title | Copies of two dispatches upon the subject of the Welland Canal, 1827-1828 | en_US |
dc.type | Other | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-07-30T02:45:10Z |
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