Letters from Hudson Bay, 1703-40
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- Author(s) Davies, Kenneth G
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1965
- Pages 455pp +lxviii
- Publisher Hudson's Bay Records Society
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides transcriptions of 79 letters - usually very extensive - sent by the employees of the Company in Canada to the Company's office in London, reporting in detail their day to day activities Has substantial introductory essay by Richard Glover and extensive appendices including: ships sailing between Hudson's Bay and England; cargoes sent to Hudson's Bay; extensive biographies of letter writers - Henry Baley; Anthony Beale; John Fullartine; Capt Michael Grimington; Henry Kelsey; James Knight; William Stuart