Canadian Pacific Railway Company: Montreal, 12th September 1887: To the shareholders: [Statement by George Stephen, president of the C.P.R., concerning construction of the railway in Manitoba]
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- Canadian Pacific Railway Company: Montreal, 12th September 1887: To the shareholders: [Statement by George Stephen, president of the C.P.R., concerning construction of the railway in Manitoba]
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- George Stephen
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- 1887
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company: Montreal, 12th September 1887: To the shareholders: [Statement by George Stephen, president of the C.P.R., concerning construction of the railway in Manitoba]
Author: Mount Stephen, George Stephen baron, 1829-1921. (author)
Year: 1887
Mount Stephen, George Stephen baron: 1829-1921. Born Banffshire, Scotland; to Montreal to go into business, 1850; president Bank of Montreal, 1876-1881; member of syndicate to take over St Paul & Manitoba Railway; part of company constructing CPR; president of CPR, 1881-1888; created baronet (1886), Baron Mount Stephen (1891), and G.C.V.O. (1905) (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Other title: "Circular letter to the shareholders of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company from the president, George Stephen, September 1st [sic], 1887." Deals with the dispute with the province of Manitoba over railway charters granted by the provincial government. For a response see Peel 1705.