Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.hintherWed, 06/03/2009 - 01:11
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
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Verbatim report on the trial of Louis Riel, including the reply of Christopher Robinson, prosecuting attorney. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
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