Texas and California

Title: Texas and California: correspondence, through the "Times" newspaper, of William Kennedy and Nicholas Carter, Esquires, and Richard Hartnel showing the danger of emigrating to Texas and the superior advantages of the British colonies.

Author: Richard Hartnel

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP05359200

CollectionID: CTRG05-B10310

PublicationDate: 18410101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Title from cover. Two columns to the page. Letters of William Kennedy, Nicholas Carter, and Richard Hartnel to "The Times," with sundry French [texts] and other extracts--cf. p. [1] Map title: Map of the townships in the Province of Upper Canada. Includes, on lower half, recto and verso, an article titled: Lands in Upper Canada to be disposed of by the Canada Company; dated at end 11th Feb., 1841. "The compiler of the pamphlet, which is issued in the interests of the Canada Company, is Richard Hartnel, a cousin of William Edward Petty Hartnell, of Monterey, Calif." Noted by the Huntington Library with reference to its copy of this work. Text of pamphlet includes an "explanatory paper" for the "Proposed Texan Association" and the circulars of the "Texan Land and Emigration Board"--p. 16-24.

Collation: 48 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.): fold. map; 21 cm