[HALKETT, John].

Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River, in North America;

its destruction in the years 1815 and 1816; and the massacre of Governor Semple and his party.

Stock Code 86900

London, J. Brettell, 1817

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Born near Dunfermline, Scotland, John Halkett (1768–1852) was Governor of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Company's London committee he supported the Red River Settlement project of his cousin, Lord Selkirk, and visited Montreal and Red River in 1821 after Selkirk's death as executor of his will.

First edition. 8vo, viii, 194, c, pp., folding frontispiece map. Original drab boards with spine label, uncut (rubbed, label slightly chipped), a fine copy.

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Provenance: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor (armorial bookplate and ink signature).

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