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Journal kept by William Brown [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1 March 1826-18 June 1826, 18 October 1934.

Reference:

R7759-0-0-E, MG19-D8, Volume number: 1--2, 1

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101372

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Journal kept by William Brown
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1 March 1826-18 June 1826, 18 October 1934.

Place:

Fort Babine (B.C.):

Place of creation:

British Columbia

Extent:

1.2 cm of textual records (55 p.).
1 drawing : pencil sketch.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Item is a journal kept by William Brown at Fort Kilmaurs (now known as Fort Babine), dated March to June 1826. The journal includes descriptions of trade relationships between traders and Indigenous women, life conditions of local Indigenous people (including Lake Babine Nation), and episodes of disease and starvation. A pencil sketch of a man wearing a top hat was drawn on the last page of the journal. The file also contains a letter from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to Robert W. Redford dated October 18th, 1934. The letter includes three pages of notes on Chief Trader William Brown and Fort Kilmaurs.

Provenance:

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Fort Babine (B.C.)
Additional name(s):

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Fort Babine (B.C.)

Brown, William, approximately 1826

Brown, William, approximativement 1826

Fort Babine (C.-B.)
Biography/Administrative history:

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Fort Babine (B.C.) : Fort Babine (formerly known as Fort Kilmaurs), was built on Babine Lake about 1822 and moved along the shore in 1836.

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(No finding aid)

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Physical description note:

Volume is bound in brown leather.

Custodial history:

Received in 1972.

Dates of creation note:

The journal has content dated to 1826. The later date is ascribed to the letter included in its pages with content related to the author (William Brown) and the post, which was written over 100 years later in 1934.

Related material:

This item was acquired with the Fort Simpson journal, 1834-1837, which was transferred to MG 19 D 6, volume 2.
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Fort Simpson (N.W.T.)

Fort Simpson (T.N.-O.)
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG19-D8
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Volume [MG19 D 8] 1--2

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Graphic (art)

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Volume [MG19 D 8] 1

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