Collection search - Colin Robertson - Diary, correspondence, papers [textual records (microform)]
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Colin Robertson - Diary, correspondence, papers [textual records (microform)]
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Record information Colin Robertson - Diary, correspondence, papers [textual records (microform)]
Date:n.d., 1814-1840Reference:MG20-E10Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103657Date(s):n.d., 1814-1840Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:3 reel(s)Language of material:EnglishScope and content:The papers of Colin Robertson include a diary of Robertson's journey from England, up the St. Lawrence, and overland to the Red River Settlement and Hudson Bay, 1814-1817, 1 reel; correspondence books, 1814-1822, 1 reel; correspondence and miscellaneous papers, n.d., 1817-1840, 2 reels.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Hudson's Bay Company : Chief factor, Hudson's Bay Company
Colin Robertson first served the North West Company as a clerk in the English River District prior to 1804. In 1809, he left the North West Company, and travelled to England where he approached the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company with a plan of assault on the North West Company's position in the Athabasca District. The scheme, rejected in 1810, was fully approved four years later. Robertson was appointed to supervise the campaign. His former colleagues arrested and held him prisoner during the winter of 1818-1819. After his escape he returned to London where he witnessed negotiations preceding the union of the two companies.
In 1821, he was appointed Chief Factor of Norway House. He later served at Fort Churchill, 1824, Island Lake, 1826, and Swan River, 1830, and after a leave of absence, 1832-1837, he was placed in charge of the New Brunswick District, 1837-1839. He retired from the company's service in 1840. He was later elected as the representative for the Lake of the Two Mountains District in the Legislative Assembly of United Canada in 1841.Additional information:Location of originals note:Originals with the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg, Man.Subject heading:- Colonie de la rivière Rouge
- Quebec (Quebec)
- Colin Robertson - Travel diaries, 1814-1817 Fort Douglas, 1814-1822
- England - Description and travel, 1814-1817 Andrew Colvile, 1814-1822
- Montreal (Quebec) - Description, 1814-1817 North West Company (Red River, Manitoba), 1814-1817
- Manitoba - Description and travel, 1814-1817 North West Company (Montreal, Quebec), 1814-1817
- Colin Robertson - Correspondence, 1814-1822
- Hudson's Bay Company - Relations with North West Company, 1814-1822
- [Joseph Berens] - Correspondence, [between 1817 and 1840]
- Colin Robertson - Finance, Personal, [between 1817 and 1840]
- Red River Settlement
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