Development of Canadian Governance and Foreign Policy, 1883-1904 - Volumes
Volumes
2 volumes in Development of Canadian Governance and Foreign Policy, 1883-1904
Military Secretary, 1883-1885
Papers relating to the 4th Earl's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, 1883 -5. His main preoccupations were with the raising of a voyageur force for service in Egypt, the employment of Canadian forces in the imperial service, and the rebellion of Louis Riel in the North-West in which he was personally involved. Also includes a published account of suppressing the North West... Read more →
Governor-General, 1899-1904
Papers relating to the 4th Earl's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada, 1898-1904. These represent his official papers: private correspondence of this period (MSS.12391-7) is not reproduced in this collection. The Earl's primary concerns during this period consisted of reforming the militia into a formalised military force, resolving the Alaskan Boundary dispute alongside other diplomatic issues concerning the United States, and the development of cable and rail networks across... Read more →
