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Home miscellaneous selections [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1717-1832.

Reference:

R17039-0-1-E, MG40-P1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105564

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Home miscellaneous selections
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Date(s):

1717-1832.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4 microfilm reels positive.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Wakashan languages

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Collection consists of microfilmed selections from the Home Miscellaneous Series of the India Office. Especially noteworthy for Canada are certain papers which pertain to fur trading ventures to the North West Coast of America during 1785-1786. Included are correspondence regarding proposals for establishing a trade between the North West Coast of America, China and Japan, microfilm reels A-1478 to A-1479; a 'Narrative of a Voyage to the North West Coast of America', and 'Additions to Captain Cook's Vocabulary of the Nootka Sound Language in 1786', microfilm reel A-1480. Interestingly the "Narrative" offers descriptions of the land and natives who were encountered by James Strange's Expedition in 1786.

Provenance:

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Great Britain. India Office

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Microfilm Shelf List: (Paper) See the shelf list, a complete list of the Canadian-related items microfilmed. MSS2001

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General note:

The Home Misc. Series of the India Office Library and Records, 1717-1832, was copied from originals held by the India Office Library and Records, London, England, by University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Location of originals note:

The originals are held by the India Office Library and Records, London, England.
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Northwest Coast of North America - Description and travel, [1717-1832] "Narrative of a Voyage to the North West Coast of America", [1717-1832]

Northwest Coast of North America, 1785-1786, [1717-1832] "Additions to Captain Cook's Vocabulary of the Nootka Sound Language in 1786", [1717-1832]

Northwest Coast of North America - Commerce, [1717-1832] Captain Cook, 1786, [1717-1832]

China - Commerce, [1717-1832] James Strange, 1786, [1717-1832]

Japan - Commerce, [1717-1832]

Explorers, 1786, [1717-1832]

Indians of North America - British Columbia - Languages, 1786, [1717-1832]

Nootka Indians

Indians of North America
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG40-P1
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2001] 527--530

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel A-1478--A-1480

[Consultation 90 Open]

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