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...

Date:1885-1886
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-11
Police 19th Century Reports Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Canada 1880s Notes the Americas British North America Rebellion Troops Canadian Militia North-West Rebellion Massacre at Frog Lake Battle at Fish Creek Battle at Cut Knife Hill Lawrence Clarke

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...

Date:1883-1904
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-10
Police 19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Canada 1900s 1890s 1880s Notes the Americas British North America Rebellion Troops Canadian Militia North-West Rebellion

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...

Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-09
19th Century Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Canada 1880s the Americas British North America War Rebellion Troops North-West Rebellion Samuel Lawrence Bedson Battle of Batoche Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey) Frederick Middleton

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...

Date:1883-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-08
19th Century Reports Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe Africa United Kingdom Canada 1880s Print Media United States of America (USA) South Africa Southern Africa Zimbabwe Rhodesia Notes the Americas British North America War Troops Canadian Militia Militia Act of 1883 Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey)

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...

Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-07
19th Century Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Canada Memoranda 1880s Ireland the Americas British North America Rebellion Fenian Raids Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey)

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...

Date:1884-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-06
19th Century Modern History Europe Asia North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Canada 1880s Print Media India Southeast Asia the Americas British North America Rebellion Canadian Militia North-West Rebellion Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey) Frederick Middleton James Mason

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...

Date:1885-1894
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-05
19th Century Reports Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Canada 1890s 1880s Print Media Maps Treaties the Americas British North America Louis Riel Rebellion North-West Rebellion Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey) Frederick Middleton

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...

Date:1885-1885
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:72634a-04
19th Century Modern History Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe Africa United Kingdom Correspondence Canada 1880s Egypt North Africa the Americas British North America Troops Milita Act of 1883 Artillery Canadian Militia Albert Grey (4th Earl Grey) William Dillon Otter John Wimburn Laurie