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Thom & Falconer on the Oregon Question
Thom & Falconer on the Oregon Question
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Author: Thom, Adam [&] Falconer, Thomas
Title: The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered [bound with] Te Oregon Question
Place Published: London / New York
Publisher:Smith, Elder and Co. / William Taylor
Date Published: 1844 / 1845
Description:


Two titles bound together. iv, 44; 40 pp. Folding map in second title. (12mo) modern blue cloth, morocco label on front. First Editions.



Two significant treatises on the American claims to the west coast areas under dispute. Thom, a Scottish lawyer who went to Canada to serve as a teacher, newspaper editor, government commissioner and magistrate, seems to have been most notable for his ability to alienate anyone French. Falconer's work is largely a response to William Sturgis's work.

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Paper lightly browned; some irregular creasing to map; very good.
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