The collection consists of a letterbook with copies of instructions concerning wages and contracts and correspondence concerning the Red River Colony from Lord Thomas Douglas Selkirk to his agent, Miles Macdonell, 1811-1813.
Consists of a letter from Lord Selkirk to Captain Benjamin Walker dated 14 June 1816 concerning the sale of Selkirk’s land at Salmon River, New York, and his impending departure for the Red River.