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Churchill Post Journals: Copy of Letters between Prince Wales Fort and The Other Factorys In Part 1756 and Part 1757 : Manuscript, Company Records;document 1756-1757.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: Part of a series which contains copy letterbooks of outward correspondence, written at Churchill and addressed to officers at various Hudson's Bay Company posts. Some letters are addressed to the Governor and Committee in London. Some inward correspondence is also copied in these volumes. Letters in post journals generally document the weather, daily activities, the trading of goods between posts, occurrences of note, arrivals and departures of visitors and expeditions. Some journals contain correspondence, accounts or logs of various vessels. Post journals were sent annually to the Governor and Committee in London, and copies were often preserved at the posts.Letters include details on provisions, the weather, the geese season and trade.
- Notes:
- The correct citation for Hudson's Bay Company Archive materials is as follows. For example:HBCA B42/b/3 fo1 HBCA B42/b/3 fo1d The folio reference (fo1 and fo1d) should be taken from the top right hand corner of the document (1d refers to the dorsal or reverse of a page or folio).
- AMDigital Reference: B42/b/3.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on November 21, 2018).
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