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Downie, William, 1819-1894. William Downie writings on gold mining, ca. 1865-1892.

Title: William Downie writings on gold mining, ca. 1865-1892.

Holograph writings of Downie's experiences as a gold miner, including the 199-page "Reminisences [sic] of Camp Life and Explorations Hunting Gold in the Early Days of California," signed by Downie and inscribed on the last page to "His Excellency Governor [James] Douglas C B etc. etc."; the thirteen-page "A Narrative of a Trip to Panama,"; and the four-page "Lynching a Beauty." Also included is a holograph signed "Official Report to the Hon. John Robson, Minister of Mines," dated 1886 Aug 6th, Victoria, of Downie's observations during his prospecting tour through the Granite Creek District in British Columbia; a holograph copy of a letter to Messrs. Henry and John Shuber dated 1875 Mar 17, at "Horcansists" in Panama, reporting on a copper mine he agreed to examine for the Shubers; and a copy of a letter to Colonel E. Bulkeley, Chief Superintendant of the Russo-American Telegraph Company dated 1865 Apr 7, Victoria, reporting on "the country lying between Fort Alexander and the Russian Possessions." A letter to Downie from James Galloway dated 1892 Apr 16, Sattley, discussing details of their mining experiences accompanies the Downie writings.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702161294 View

Sokolov, Alexander Petrovitch, 1816-1858. Alaska Miscellany, [ca. 1878].

Title: Alaska Miscellany, [ca. 1878].

Translations from the Russian of articles by Alexander Petrovich Sokolov and Peter Simon Pallas, extracts taken from the transcribed journal of James Douglas [BANC MSS P-C 11], and notes on Alaska trade digested, 1877, from the commercial correspondence of Agapius Honcharenko in San Francisco with Oppenheim & Company of London, 1868-1873.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 5 items ; 35 cm.Copies : Partial microfilm reel (52 exposures) : negative (Rich. 114:7) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26927830 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. Extracts and paraphrase of transcribed journal : ms.

Title: Extracts and paraphrase of transcribed journal : ms.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 12 leaves (4-15).Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 114:7) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215151156 View

Lattie, Alexander, 1802-1849. Alexander Lattie letter to Jas. Douglass, Esq. [manuscript], 1847 Mar. 10.

Title: Alexander Lattie letter to Jas. Douglass, Esq. [manuscript], 1847 Mar. 10.

Typescript copy of a letter asking to be given a job, vowing to "renounce the use of spirits."

ArchivalResource: .01 cubic feet (1 pp.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/667230814 View

Hudson's Bay Company. Hudson's Bay Company Correspondence, 1841-1859.

Title: Hudson's Bay Company Correspondence, 1841-1859.

Letters by Sir James Douglas, Roderick Finlayson, Dr. John McLoughlin, and others, to Dr. William Fraser Tolmie reflect the Hudson's Bay Co.'s attitude toward the American settlement of Oregon and United States government, the boundary treaty, the establishment of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company at Nisqually, the company's land claims, the seizure of the ship Beaver, and the San Juan Island and Haro Strait difficulty. The correspondence documents a quarrel between Sir George Simpson and McLoughlin.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (165 p.) ; 32.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126654 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. Sir James Douglas private papers, 1827-1861.

Title: Sir James Douglas private papers, 1827-1861.

Extracts and copies made for H.H. Bancroft at Victoria in 1878, of diaries, correspondence, and miscellaneous notes of which the originals are now in the Provincial Archives, British Columbia. Includes typescript transcription.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 2 v. ; 32 cm.Copies of originals : partial microfilm reel (119 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:17) and positive.Transcription : 1 portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215473319 View

De Cosmos, Amor, 1825-1897. The governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia : San Francisco, 1878.

Title: The governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia : San Francisco, 1878.

Interview, Dec. 5, 1878, recorded by Amos Bowman. Notes on newspapers, union of the two provinces, government and his own experiences. Copy of petition, Oct. 9, 1858, to Sir Edward L. Bulwer Lytton, Colonial Secretary, asking that James Douglas be replaced as Governor by "an English gentleman" free of Hudson's Bay Company influence, and covering letter, Oct. 6, 1884, from De Cosmos to H.H. Bancroft, tipped in. With this is bound: Ritz, Philip. Settlement of the Great Northern interior [21 leaves, 30 cm.] Interview, Jan. 4, 1878, recorded by Amos Bowman. Chiefly his experiences in Oregon and Washington. Notes on building of the Northern Pacific Railroad, establishment of territorial government in Idaho and Montana, gold discoveries, Indians, and many of the pioneer figures. Includes typescript transcription.

ArchivalResource: 29 leaves ; 30 cm.Phillip Ritz interview, Settlement of the great northern interior : partial microfilm reel (25 frames) : negative (Rich. 107:16-20) and positive.Transcript : 1 portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215104859 View

Van Bokkelen, John J. H. Letter: to the Honorable James Douglas /by John J. H. Van Bokkeken, 1856 Jan 17.

Title: Letter: to the Honorable James Douglas /by John J. H. Van Bokkeken, 1856 Jan 17.

The letter to the Governor of Vancouver Island, James Douglas, requests Douglas to notify the northern Indians that Acting Washington Governor Mason has issued instructions that all northern Indians entering southern waters are to be stopped and made to return.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128405 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. [Sir James Douglas letters].

Title: [Sir James Douglas letters]. 1848-1859.

Transcript copies of outgoing letters.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607067273 View

Isaac Ingalls Stevens papers, 1848-1859

Title: Isaac Ingalls Stevens papers 1848-1859

The Stevens papers contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, and maps documenting the 1856 declaration of martial law in Washington Territory and Indian hostilities, relations with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and political events during Steven's administration (WA MSS 442-444). In 1857, Stevens prepared a map of the Washington and Nebraska territories for his report on the railroad survey with information on various Indian tribes, reservations, settlements, and military posts (WA MSS 445).

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 3; Linear Feet: 1.0

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stevens View

Swan, John Mumford, 1870-. The Olympia Club conversazione : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Title: The Olympia Club conversazione : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Informal remarks to H.H. Bancroft by John M. Swan, Sheriff (William) Billings, Frank Tarbell, Elwood Evans, and Antonio Rabbeson, June 9, 1878, concerning British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Governor James Douglas; the Hudson's Bay Company and its services to the settlers during the Indian outbreaks of the 1850's; and sailing ships operated on the Northwest Coast by the Company and by American speculators.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 20 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (21 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:4) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25750710 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. Sir James Douglas journals, 1840-1843.

Title: Sir James Douglas journals, 1840-1843.

Extracts made for H.H. Bancroft in 1878 of five journals kept in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, April 22, 1840-September 25, 1843 (originals now in the British Columbia Provincial Archives). They describe travels in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, and California by land and sea.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 128 p. ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (63 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:17) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123476412 View

James Douglas journal, 1840

Title: James Douglas journal 1840

James Douglas is a legendary figure in British Columbia, from his fur trade days at Fort St. James to his dual governorship of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. His journal describes a voyage from Fort Vancouver to California.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv07586 View

Abernethy, George, 1807-1877. George Abernethy papers, 1836-1897.

Title: George Abernethy papers, 1836-1897.

Papers include George Abernethy's correspondence, legal documents, ephemera, and business records as well as the papers of William Abernethy and the Brig Henry Association. The papers deal with business, political and personal activities. Correspondents include: John McLoughlin, Jason Lee, James Douglas, William Fraser Tolmie, Joel Palmer, Henry A.G. Lee, Peter Skene Ogden, and Jesse Applegate. Subjects of correspondence include: Methodist mission finances, Oregon boundary settlement, Hudson's Bay Company, Mexican War, Whitman Massacre, Cayuse War, other Indian/white conflicts. Legal documents include: land and business agreements.

ArchivalResource: .5 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35619647 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. Ground plan of portion of Vancouvers Island [microform] : selected for new establishment / Taken by James Douglas, Esqr. ; drawn by A. Lee Lewes., L.S.

Title: Ground plan of portion of Vancouvers Island [microform] : selected for new establishment / Taken by James Douglas, Esqr. ; drawn by A. Lee Lewes., L.S. [1842]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233607050 View

Hudson's Bay Company. Hudson's Bay Company collection [manuscript], 1690-1970.

Title: Hudson's Bay Company collection [manuscript], 1690-1970.

Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to the Hudson's Bay Company, chartered by the British crown in 1670 and a major power in northwestern North America throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Approximately one quarter of the materials are original documents and the rest are photocopies or on microfilm. Included are a number of articles on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company; a plan of Fort George; and copies of printed texts and British government documents from the early 19th century relating to the Company's activities. Among the original documents are: accounts and inventories; letters to Company officials such as Sir James Douglas, Cuthbert Cummings (Chief trader at Wemontachinque), and James A. Grahame; letters from Louis Decerre; papers of George S. McTavish, 1860-1893; and an anonymous diary recording an 1875 trip from Montreal to Esquimaux Point and other locales in Canada. The collection documents a wide range of the Company's activities, from fur trading to the construction and provision of forts to relations with the Native American tribes.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic foot (2 document cases, 1 reel of microfilm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185108565 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. Letters, 1839, 1847.

Title: Letters, 1839, 1847.

The 1847 letter to William F. Tolmie (WA MSS 141) announces the destruction of the Whitman mission and the massacre of its staff, while the 1839 letter to William Kittson (WA MSS 140) informs him that Reverend Leslie is coming to Fort Nisqually to establish a mission, outlines the Hudson's Bay Company's tract of land, and directs Kittson to give part of the land to the mission.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (6 p. in 4 folders) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127601 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. [Sir James Douglas miscellanea].

Title: [Sir James Douglas miscellanea]. 1841.

Photocopy of journal "Continuation of voyage to Sitka - 1841".

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607067268 View

Cridge, E. Characteristics of James Douglas : Victoria, British Columbia : ALS, 1878.

Title: Characteristics of James Douglas : Victoria, British Columbia : ALS, 1878.

Letter to H.H. Bancroft, 1878, with commendation for Governor James Douglas at the time of the Fraser River gold rush.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 5 p. ; 18 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (5 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:16) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26878288 View

Tilton, James. Indian War Correspondence, 1855-1857.

Title: Indian War Correspondence, 1855-1857.

James Tilton's correspondence with Gov. James Douglas of Vancouver Island and Dr. William F. Tolmie of the Hudson's Bay Company concerns their assistance to the Washington territorial government during the Indian War of 1855-56. There are other letters by and to Tilton from government officials.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126631 View

Downie, William, 1819-1894. William Downie writings on gold mining, ca. 1865-1892.

Title: William Downie writings on gold mining, ca. 1865-1892.

Holograph writings of Downie's experiences as a gold miner, including the 199-page "Reminisences [sic] of Camp Life and Explorations Hunting Gold in the Early Days of California," signed by Downie and inscribed on the last page to "His Excellency Governor [James] Douglas C B etc. etc."; the thirteen-page "A Narrative of a Trip to Panama,"; and the four-page "Lynching a Beauty." Also included is a holograph signed "Official Report to the Hon. John Robson, Minister of Mines," dated 1886 Aug 6th, Victoria," of Downie's observations during his prospecting tour through the Granite Creek District in British Columbia; a holograph copy of a letter to Messrs. Henry and John Shuber dated 1875 Mar 17, at "Horcansists" in Panama, reporting on a copper mine he agreed to examine for the Shubers; and a copy of a letter to Colonel E. Bulkeley, Chief Superintendant of the Russo-American Telegraph Company dated 1865 Apr 7, Victoria, reporting on "the country lying between Fort Alexander and the Russian Possessions." A letter to Downie from James Galloway dated 1892 Apr 16, Sattley, discussing details of their mining experiences accompanies the Downie writings.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80581508 View

George Abernethy Papers, 1833-1905

Title: George Abernethy Papers 1833-1905

Papers of a provisional governor of the Oregon Territory, churchman, and merchant. Includes letterpress copybook, 1847-1850; additional correspondence, including correspondence with Neil M. Howison, captain of the schooner , wrecked on the bar of the Columbia River; papers of the Brig Henry Association, ca. 1850; papers of George's son William Abernethy; legal, military, and business papers; receipts, biographical data, clippings and ephemera. Shark

ArchivalResource: 0.6 cubic feet; 2 document boxes; 1 oversize folder

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv34207 View

McKinlay, Archibald, 1811-1882. Narrative of a chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company : Victoria, British Columbia, 1878.

Title: Narrative of a chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company : Victoria, British Columbia, 1878.

Dictation, recorded by Hubert Howe Bancroft, with additions in McKinlay's handwriting. Describes his service with the Hudson's Bay Company since 1831 in Manitoba and the interior of British Columbia, under Peter Skene Ogden; exposition of duties of a Chief Factor; Sir James Douglas' career with the Company; experiences from 1841 in charge of Fort Walla Walla; altercation with the Cayuses involving John Tod; and the killing of Samuel Black at Fort Kamloops. Tipped in at front, a letter to H.H. Bancroft, 1878.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 17 pages ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (12 exposures) : negative (Rich 107:19) and positive (Film P-C, reel 4)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26197386 View

Hudson's Bay Company collection, 1690-1970

Title: Hudson's Bay Company collection 1690-1970

Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to the Hudson's Bay Company, chartered by the British crown in 1670 and a major power in northwestern North America throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection contains original documents and copies, including correspondence, government documents, articles about the company, financial records, inventories, and an anonymous diary. Included are papers of and relating to Cuthbert Cummings, James Douglas, James A. Grahame, George S. McTavish, and Dr. William McKay.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic foot; 2 document cases, 1 reel of microfilm

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv05491 View

Douglas, James, 1803-1877. [Sir James Douglas miscellanea].

Title: [Sir James Douglas miscellanea]. 1840-1841.

Photocopy of "Journal of Sir James Douglas 1840-1841".

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607067263 View

Tolmie, William Fraser. William Fraser Tolmie papers, 1833-1865.

Title: William Fraser Tolmie papers, 1833-1865.

Ca. 240 items. Correspondence (1845-1865) relating to the operation of the Fort Nisqually Farm, agreements, and a transcription of his journal (1833-1836) relating to the land, plants, animals, and Native Americans that he encountered during his service and travels in the Pacific Northwest. Includes a microfilm copy of History of Puget Sound and the Northwest Coast by William Fraser Tolmie; original at Bancroft Library, University of California. Correspondents include Lafayette Balch, Francis A. Chenoweth, James Douglas, Isaac N. Ebey, Roderick Finlayson, Amory Holbrook, Dugald MacTavish, Charles H. Mason, Simpson P. Moses, Peter Skene Ogden, Michael T. Simmons, and James Tilton.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39006391 View

Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848. Papers of William A. Leidesdorff, 1840-1867.

Title: Papers of William A. Leidesdorff, 1840-1867.

The collection consists of letters, mostly received by Leidesdorff in the 1840s, concerning coastal trade and life in the mercantile business in San Francisco. There are also materials related to the Bear Flag revolt (1846) and the American occupation and establishment of American government in California.

ArchivalResource: 502 pieces.6 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122593650 View