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Selkirk collection [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1769-1870.

Reference:

MG19-E1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

114525

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Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk fonds

Selkirk collection
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Series includes:

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Date(s):

1769-1870.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.13 m of textual records (648 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of correspondence of the Earl of Selkirk, his heirs and executors, including instructions to agents and letters concerning emigration and the military protection of colonists, 1802-1850; journals and diaries of the Earl of Selkirk, the master of Brandon House, Rev. Charles Bourke, Miles Macdonell, Archibald McDonald, Peter Fidler, Alexander McDonell, Colin Robertson, John McNab and J.B. LeMoine, 1803-1818; and papers connected with the seizure of Fort William, 1816-1817, including correspondence, fragments of journals, and other papers of the North West Company, 1798-1817.

The series also includes depositions, affidavits, transcripts of trials and legal opinions, relating to Red River affairs 1813-1820; the seizure of Fort William, Selkirk's sketch of the fur trade in British North America and representations on settlement, 1819; Red River accounts, correspondence, accounts, surveys maps and related papers concerning the Baldoon settlement, 1816-1818; a survey of the Grand River lands, 1818; correspondence, accounts and reports on land in Prince Edward Island, 1769-1870; and Sir George Simpson's proposals on the co-partnership between the North West and Hudson's Bay companies for the period 1821-1842.

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Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged by both chronological order and by subject; some sections manifest little discernible order.

Availability of other formats note:

Available on microfilm reels C-1 to C-19.

Source:

Private

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MG19-E1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG19 E 1] 1--54

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-1;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-10--C-19;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-2--C-9;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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