History of the Northwest Coast : Victoria, British Columbia : ms., 1878.

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History of the Northwest Coast : Victoria, British Columbia : ms., 1878.

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Anderson went out to Fort Vancouver in November, 1832, in the service of the Hudon's Bay Company, and remained in the Pacific Northwest the rest of his life. His narrative is an account of the Company's operations on the Pacific Coast, with brief sketches of many men prominent in the history of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies. Included is a copy of his journal of an exploration of May 15-June 9, 1846, to open a route from Fort Alexander, the lowest post on the Fraser River of New Caledonia, to Fort Langley, on the lower Fraser; and a journal, May 19-June 11, 1847, concerning an expedition from Kamloops to Langley via Thompson and Fraser rivers. Official letters relating to these expeditions are also copied, and some autograph notes by John Stuart, founder of New Caledonia, written in Scotland, 1842. The first 240 pages are a dictation chiefly recorded (with some signed comments) by Thomas H. Long. The rest, in Anderson's own hand, was sent to Bancroft later in 1878. The Ms. incorporates copies of letters pertaining to British Columbia affairs written as late as 1862, some in consequence of a handbook Anderson published; and interleaved are three letters from Anderson to H.H. Bancroft, 1878-1879.

Originals : [285] p. ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (183 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:16) and positive (Film P-C, reel 1)

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North West Company

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Hudson's Bay Company

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