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(NORTHWEST COMPANY). Report of The Proceedings Connected With The Disputes Between The Earl of Selkirk, And The North-West Company, At The Assizes Held At York In Upper Canada; October 1818. From Minutes Taken In Court.
Montreal: Printed By James Lane and Nahum Mower, 1819. First edition (there was a London reprint the same year). From the library of Sydney Bellingham with his signature ‘Bellingham 1840' on the title-page and his bookplate. Tall 8vo., original tan paper spine, greyish blue paper boards, (xxviii), (1)-300, (1)-218, (2)blank, (1)-(56), 1-4, xlviii pp. Some foxing throughout, damp in the margins of a few leaves, 2" piece out at the foot of the spine, some chipping to the head, boards lightly worn but this is still a very good copy in original boards of this uncommon work, this copy with interesting provenance. The first edition, which has the Montreal imprint, is much less common than the London reprint (which has completely different pagination). TPL 7036 (with TPL 1146 citing the later London reprint).
An account of the controversial ‘Selkirk trials' following the attack on the Red River settlement and massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816, which led to the deaths of Governor Semple and twenty of his men. As a result of the attack, Selkirk brought legal proceedings against the Northwest Company, who used their extensive influence to delay the trial, secure a favourable venue (York), with each of the accused being acquitted and released. The cost of the proceedings and the subsequent indictment brought against Selkirk and his supporters for ‘conspiracy to ruin the trade of the Northwest Company' destroyed Selkirk's fortune and most likely contributed to his early death. (DNB) Trials covered include those of John Siveright, Alexander Mackenzie, Hugh McGillis, John McDonald, John McLaughlin, and Simon Fraser.
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Sydney Robert Bellingham (1808-1900) Anglo-Irish businessman, lawyer, journalist, military and political figure in Canada East. When his father encountered financial difficulties in 1824, the young Sydney Bellingham (then age 15) set of to find his fortune in Canada. Bellingham travelled widely throughout Upper Canada until 1827 when he became involved in a timber business based in Montreal. In 1831 he married Arabella Holmes, a member of a wealthy and well-connected family, whose resources allowed Bellingham to enter Canadian politics. In 1834 he was an unsuccessful candidate for an Assembly seat in Lower Canada but was named a Justice of the Peace in 1837. During the Lower Canada Rebellion, he served as a captain with the Royal Montreal Cavalry and was aide-de- camp to Lt.-Col. George Wetherall. In 1840 he was called to the Bar in Lower Canada. Concurrently, he served as a editor of the Canada Times, a reform leaning newspaper which supported Durham's proposed reforms but opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Bellingham and his wife settled on Mount Royal and in 1854 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada, despite several by-elections that resulted from charges of intimidation and bribery against Bellingham. He continued to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec after Confederation. ‘Bellingham had collaborated on several newspapers over the years. In 1871 he became editor of the Daily News (Montreal), owned by his "devoted friend" and former comrade-in-arms John Lovell. Achintre considered Bellingham one of the best journalists in the province, asserting that his independence of mind as an editor in the treatment of political questions was never subordinate to his partisanship as a Conservative deputy. In 1877 he assumed the presidency of the Lovell Publishing Company. That year the journalist Nicholas Flood Davin wrote that "Bellingham was at one time a name of power in Montreal, and known throughout Canada" and that he had been one of the best known political writers . . . of Lower Canada."' In 1878 Bellingham resigned his seat and returned permanently to Ireland. (DNB).
$7,000
(NORTHWEST COMPANY). Report of The Proceedings Connected With The Disputes Between The Earl of Selkirk, And The North-West Company, At The Assizes Held At York In Upper Canada; October 1818. From Minutes Taken In Court. Montreal: Printed By James Lane and Nahum Mower, 1819. First edition (there was a London reprint the same year). From the library of Sydney Bellingham with his signature ‘Bellingham 1840' on the title-page and his bookplate. Tall 8vo., original tan paper spine, greyish blue paper boards, (xxviii), (1)-300, (1)-218, (2)blank, (1)-(56), 1-4, xlviii pp. Some foxing throughout, damp in the margins of a few leaves, 2" piece out at the foot of the spine, some chipping to the head, boards lightly worn but this is still a very good copy in original boards of this uncommon work, this copy with interesting provenance. The first edition, which has the Montreal imprint, is much less common than the London reprint (which has completely different pagination). TPL 7036 (with TPL 1146 citing the later London reprint).
An account of the controversial ‘Selkirk trials' following the attack on the Red River settlement and massacre at Seven Oaks in 1816, which led to the deaths of Governor Semple and twenty of his men. As a result of the attack, Selkirk brought legal proceedings against the Northwest Company, who used their extensive influence to delay the trial, secure a favourable venue (York), with each of the accused being acquitted and released. The cost of the proceedings and the subsequent indictment brought against Selkirk and his supporters for ‘conspiracy to ruin the trade of the Northwest Company' destroyed Selkirk's fortune and most likely contributed to his early death. (DNB) Trials covered include those of John Siveright, Alexander Mackenzie, Hugh McGillis, John McDonald, John McLaughlin, and Simon Fraser.
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Sydney Robert Bellingham (1808-1900) Anglo-Irish businessman, lawyer, journalist, military and political figure in Canada East. When his father encountered financial difficulties in 1824, the young Sydney Bellingham (then age 15) set of to find his fortune in Canada. Bellingham travelled widely throughout Upper Canada until 1827 when he became involved in a timber business based in Montreal. In 1831 he married Arabella Holmes, a member of a wealthy and well-connected family, whose resources allowed Bellingham to enter Canadian politics. In 1834 he was an unsuccessful candidate for an Assembly seat in Lower Canada but was named a Justice of the Peace in 1837. During the Lower Canada Rebellion, he served as a captain with the Royal Montreal Cavalry and was aide-de- camp to Lt.-Col. George Wetherall. In 1840 he was called to the Bar in Lower Canada. Concurrently, he served as a editor of the Canada Times, a reform leaning newspaper which supported Durham's proposed reforms but opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Bellingham and his wife settled on Mount Royal and in 1854 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada, despite several by-elections that resulted from charges of intimidation and bribery against Bellingham. He continued to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec after Confederation. ‘Bellingham had collaborated on several newspapers over the years. In 1871 he became editor of the Daily News (Montreal), owned by his "devoted friend" and former comrade-in-arms John Lovell. Achintre considered Bellingham one of the best journalists in the province, asserting that his independence of mind as an editor in the treatment of political questions was never subordinate to his partisanship as a Conservative deputy. In 1877 he assumed the presidency of the Lovell Publishing Company. That year the journalist Nicholas Flood Davin wrote that "Bellingham was at one time a name of power in Montreal, and known throughout Canada" and that he had been one of the best known political writers . . . of Lower Canada."' In 1878 Bellingham resigned his seat and returned permanently to Ireland. (DNB).
$7,000
