Title:
The governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia: San Francisco, 1878
Hubert Howe Bancroft collection
Creator/Contributor:
De Cosmos, Amor, 1825-1897, creator
Creator/Contributor:
Bowman, Amos, -1894
Creator/Contributor:
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
Creator/Contributor:
Ritz, Philip.
Creator/Contributor:
Great Britain, Colonial Office.
Abstract:
Interview, Dec. 5, 1878, recorded by Amos Bowman.
Notes on newspapers, union of the two provinces, government and his own experiences.
Copy of petition, Oct. 9, 1858, to Sir Edward L. Bulwer Lytton, Colonial Secretary, asking that James Douglas be replaced
as Governor by "an English gentleman" free of Hudson's Bay Company influence, and covering letter, Oct. 6, 1884, from De Cosmos
to H.H. Bancroft, tipped in.
With this is bound: Ritz, Philip. Settlement of the Great Northern interior [21 leaves, 30 cm.] Interview, Jan. 4, 1878, recorded
by Amos Bowman.
Chiefly his experiences in Oregon and Washington. Notes on building of the Northern Pacific Railroad, establishment of territorial
government in Idaho and Montana, gold discoveries, Indians, and many of the pioneer figures.
Date:
1878 (issued)
Subject:
n-cn-bc -- n-usc-- -- n-usp--
Canadian newspapers -- British Columbia
Indians of North America -- Northwestern States
Gold mines and mining -- Northwestern States
Or -- Mines et extraction -- États-Unis (Nord-Ouest)
Canadian newspapers
Gold mines and mining
Indians of North America
Politics and government
Vancouver Island (B.C.) -- Politics and government
British Columbia -- Politics and government
Northwestern States -- History
États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) -- Histoire
British Columbia
British Columbia -- Vancouver Island
United States -- Northwestern States
Hudson's Bay Company.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Hudson's Bay Company.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Douglas, James -- 1803-1877
Douglas, James -- 1803-1877
Note:
Includes typescript transcription.
Phillip Ritz interview, settlement of the great northern interior Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
Preferred citation: De Cosmos, Amor, 1825-1897. The governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, BANC MSS P-C 10,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
History.
Physical Description:
print
29 leaves ; 30 cm
partial microfilm reel (25 frames) : negative (Rich. 107:16-20) and positive
1 portfolio
Language:
English
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undetermined