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Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the special agent of the United States recently sent to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

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"([United States] 35th Cong., 2d sess. House Ex. doc. no. 111). Special agent: John Nugent.
According to his instructions, the purpose of Nugent's mission was to infuse a spirit of subordination to British law among the American citizens in British Columbia and to inform the government about American emigration to the Fraser River mines." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 13.

Item Metadata

Title	Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the special agent of the United States recently sent to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia
Creator	United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Contributor	Nugent, John (Special Agent of the United States)
Publisher	Washington : Government Printing Office
Date Issued	1859
Description	"([United States] 35th Cong., 2d sess. House Ex. doc. no. 111). Special agent: John Nugent. According to his instructions, the purpose of Nugent's mission was to infuse a spirit of subordination to British law among the American citizens in British Columbia and to inform the government about American emigration to the Fraser River mines." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 13.
Extent	30 pages ; 23 cm
Subject	Americans--British Columbia; United States--Emigration and immigration; British Columbia--Description and travel--To 1871; British Columbia--Emigration and immigration
Genre	Correspondence
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Notes	Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12780439
Identifier	FC3822 .N944 1859; I-0099
Collection	British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Series	United States. Congress. House documents
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3822 .N944 1859
Date Available	2016-05-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=165982
AIPUUID	5cfb86c1-6d5f-401a-84b5-7065716006d5
DOI	10.14288/1.0221877
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.