Journal of a voyage : from Gravesend to Hudson's-Bay North America and Inland journey to the Red-River Colony / by George Harbridge, 1820-1826.

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Journal of a voyage : from Gravesend to Hudson's-Bay North America and Inland journey to the Red-River Colony / by George Harbridge, 1820-1826.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126646

The journal describes an 1820 voyage from England to Manitoba by way of Hudson's Bay and overland from York Fort to the Red River Colony. George Harbridge traveled on the Hudson's Bay Co.'s ship Eddystone with Rev. John West, a company chaplain. Harbridge writes about life in the colony, marriage, troubles with Rev. Jones who succeeded Rev. West, and his return trip to England in 1825. There is an extract of a letter from Jones to Harbridge at the end of the journal.

1 v. (296 p.) ; 18 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Harbridge, George.

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George Harbridge, a schoolteacher at the Red River Settlement, Manitoba, traveled from England to North America in 1820 and returned home in 1825. From the description of Journal of a voyage : from Gravesend to Hudson's-Bay North America and Inland journey to the Red-River Colony / by George Harbridge, 1820-1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126646 ...

Eddystone (Ship)

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Jones, David Thomas, fl. 1820.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

West, John, 1778-1845

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