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BC Historical Books

Last letter of Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, on the American title to Oregon Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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"Cowan described the item as having a folded map to accompany the text. Sabin does not mention the map and the British Museum, Bancroft Library, B.C. Archives and the Yale University copies are all without maps. 'A concise statement from the view-point of the United States, by its secretary of state. The Spanish-American title was held by the United States to reach 540° 40' north': - Cowan." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 37.

"For sale at one dollar per hundred copies." -- Title page.

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