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View document: Letters to the 4th Earl from the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 1879-1911..

Letters to the 4th Earl from the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 1879-1911.

MS. 12378. Most of this correspondence consists of material (including notes of a conversation and some draft replies) relating to the 4th Earl's service as military secretary to Lansdowne in...

Pages:397
Date:1879-1911
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-01
View document: Account of the events surrounding the execution of Louis Riel, 1885..

Account of the events surrounding the execution of Louis Riel, 1885.

MS. 12507. An account of the public disorder, especially amongst French-Canadians, that commenced with the sentencing of Riel. This narrative follows events from the sentencing of Riel, on the 12th...

Pages:9
Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-02
View document: Correspondence and papers relating to the voyageurs.

Correspondence and papers relating to the voyageurs

MS. 12549. This correspondence regarding the voyageurs prominently features both the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and the 'Lord Melgrund' who would later become the 4th Earl of Minto. Items within...

Pages:411
Date:1884-1886
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-03
View document: Correspondence relating to raising Canadian troops for imperial service..

Correspondence relating to raising Canadian troops for imperial service.

MS. 12550 (i). The contents of this correspondence explore how the the Militia Act of 1883 was a key factor in enabling the dispatch of Canadian soldiers to Eygpt. Other...

Pages:80
Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-04
View document: Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion..

Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion.

MS. 12550 (ii). Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-94, including material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick...

Pages:293
Date:1885-1894
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-05
View document: Correspondence and papers relating to the Canadian Defence Commission.

Correspondence and papers relating to the Canadian Defence Commission

MS. 12550 (iii). Correspondence and papers relating to the Canadian Defence Commission, 1884-5. These papers commence with a Montreal edition of The Canadian Military Gazette dated 1st February 1894. This...

Pages:145
Date:1884-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-06
View document: Memorandum and correspondence concerning possible Fenian raids.

Memorandum and correspondence concerning possible Fenian raids

MS. 12550 (iv). Memorandum and correspondence concerning possible Fenian raids, 1885. These items focus on where a potential Fenian raid might come from, what its likely target might be and...

Pages:16
Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-07
View document: Miscellaneous papers and notes, 1883-1885..

Miscellaneous papers and notes, 1883-1885.

MS. 12550 (v). These Miscellaneous papers and notes feature a printed edition of 'The Consolidated Militia Act of 1883', as assented to on the 25th May 1883. This Act, by...

Pages:65
Date:1883-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-08
View document: Telegram book, containing both business and private material.

Telegram book, containing both business and private material

MS. 12551. Telegram book, 1885, containing both business and private material, some of which is in cipher. Various orders to staff and lower-ranking officers relating to military battles, getting supplies...

Pages:70
Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-09
View document: Notebook containing material on military subjects, including militia and Mounted Police, (1884?)..

Notebook containing material on military subjects, including militia and Mounted Police, (1884?).

MS. 12552. These notes which appear to date from 1884 (see Img 15) cover issues including: the Militia, the Mounted Police, and the North-West rebellion. This notebook discusses troop movements...

Pages:38
Date:1883-1904
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-10
View document: Notebook containing material on military subjects, including militia and the Mounted Police 1885-6.

Notebook containing material on military subjects, including militia and the Mounted Police 1885-6

MS. 12553, MS. 12554 and MS. 12555. These notebooks explore mass troop movements less than a week after the Massacre at Frog Lake; HMM Lawrence Clarke provides an account of...

Pages:202
Date:1885-1886
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-11
View document: Letters to the Hon. A.R.D. Elliot, 1862-1904.

Letters to the Hon. A.R.D. Elliot, 1862-1904

MS. 12372. Letters to the Hon. A.R.D. Elliot, 1862, 1879-1880, 1901-1904. The letters of 1901-1904 contain information on Canadian politics, both internal and external. They include a reference to the...

Pages:576
Date:1862-1904
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634b-01
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