Fort Victoria Letters, 1846-1851
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- Author(s) Bowsfield, Hartwell (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages 277pp
- Publisher Hudson's Bay Records Society
- Place Published Winnipeg MB
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- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides transcriptions of the letters of James Douglas, agent at Fort Victoria, with the Governor and Committee of the company in London dealing with the establishment of Fort Victoria from 1843 as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Co on the Pacific coast as a step to the expansion of its trade there and the development of Vancouver Island. Has an introduction by Margaret A Ormsby [pp xi-xcix]