Item 2012.11.2.5 - Recollections of a chief trader in the Hudson’s Bay Company

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Recollections of a chief trader in the Hudson’s Bay Company

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    Joseph William Mckay

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    2012.11.2.5

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    • 1878 (Creation)

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    21 p.

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    Mckay, Joseph William. "Recollections of a chief trader in the Hudson's Bay Company." 1878 Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkley. BANC MSS P-C 24.

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    McKay came from Canada to Fort Vancouver in the Hudson's Bay Company service in 1844. Describes disturbed conditions in the old Oregon country, in consequence of the American influx; duties in 1845-1846 escorting British officers; visit to San Francisco and Hawaii in 1846 on Company business; Frémont's activities; experiences in charge of Fort Simpson, 1846-1849; relations with the Russian American Company and Indians of the Northwest Coast; duties on Vancouver Island, 1850; discovery of gold on Queen Charlotte Island, 1851, and of coal at Bellingham Bay, 1853; life at Fort Simpson during the Crimean War. Includes typed transcript. (21p. )

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      Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. BANC MSS P-C 24.

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      Available in Northern BC Digital Collection: https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A54719

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