Arthur G. Doughty [ed.]; Duncan A. McArthur [ed.] — Public Archives: Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada 1791ãâ1818
Ottawa, C. H. Parmelee, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. Edited by Arthur G. Doughty and Duncan A. McArthur, this is a very scarce collection of documents relating to the constitutional history of Canada. A very scarce publication from the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa.This volume compiles official documents, correspondence, and legislative materials that shed light on the political and constitutional development of Canada during the period following the Constitutional Act of 1791.It includes material relating to the establishment and administration of Upper and Lower Canada, debates over governance, and relations between colonial authorities and the British government.The records in this volume cover the years 1791-1818.Illustrated with three folding maps. Collated, complete.With the stamp of the General Staff Library War Office to the front board and title page.A fascinating resource for the study of early Canadian constitutional history. In the publisher's original cloth backed, paper covered boards. Stamps to front board. Ink library number to back strip tail. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Text block split between pages 222 and 223, and between pages 72 and 73, with one gathering preceding this working loose. Otherwise, internally firmly bound. Stamps to title page head. Pages clean and bright. One folding map detached and loosely inserted, with significant closed tears to folds. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .
