Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade

Journal of St. Johns Post starting June 1899 to March 1900, followed by a journal of St. Johns Post starting January 1902 to October 1902 by Frank W. Beaton

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 1: Frank Beaton

• Pages 42

Daily journal of 1903 by Frank W. Beaton. Contains a calendar, sterling exchange, Canadian tariff of customs, the French Treaty, a list of banks in Canada with their agencies, fishery and game laws, postal information, mercantile law, sittings of the Courts, fire insurance, life insurance. This is followed by a memorandum from 1902, followed by January 1903 to December 1903. Last pages include cash accounts and cut out pages. 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 2: Frank Beaton

• Pages 83

Daily journal of 1904 of the Hudson Bay Company for Fort St. Johns Athabasca District. Contains a calendar, postal rates, and the daily journal for 1904. Events for 1905 have been added in. Also contains a memorandum from 1903, followed by notes about 1905 Sunday 1st at New Years day and events in 1905 followed by 1904 and finally some notes related to January 1906 and a register for Banks in Canada. 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 3: Frank Beaton

• Pages 64

Contains pages related to daily events for July 1905 to January 1906 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 3A: Frank Beaton

• Pages 12

The Hudson's Bay Company Fort St. John daily journal for 1906 and 1907 by Frank W. Beaton. Includes postal rates, followed by a memorandum from 1905, daily events for 1907 and 1906. The last pages include cash accounts, bills payable, and chartered banks in Canada. 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 4: Frank Beaton

• Pages 69

Carbon copies of letters from Fort St. John by F. W. Beatton for H.B. Comp. St John B.C. August 14, 1906 and February 2, 1907 followed by other dates up to May 12, 1910.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 5, File: Vol. 28: Frank Beaton

• Pages 61

Daily journal for Fort St. John in 1907 and 1908. Contains Sterling exchange, Canadian tariff of customs, banks in Canada with their agencies, postal information, mercentile law, sittings of the Courts, joint stock companies, game laws, Canadian tariff of customs, and the French Treaty. Also contains blank pages for memorandum from 1906, followed by the daily events for 1907 and a couple of dates filled in for 1908. The last pages contain blank pages for memorandum and bills payable.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 5: Frank Beaton

• Pages 117

Daily journal for 1910, including postal rates and memorandum from 1909. Included at the end are some daily journal entries for January 1st to January 19th 1911 and a register for the chartered banks in Canada.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 1, File 8: Frank Beaton

• Pages 67

Daily journal for Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. John for January 20th, 1911 to December 31st, 1911 and January 1st, 1912 to February 25th, 1912. First pages include postal rates and the last pages include a list of chartered banks in Canada and a calendar for 1912.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 9: Frank Beaton

• Pages 207

Daily journal for May 1st, 1913 to June 9th, 1913 and February 26th, 1912 to December 31st, 1912. The first pages reference the Sterling exchange, banks in Canada with their agencies, followed by a memorandum for 1911. The last pages include January 1913 to April 1913. 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 10: Frank Beaton

• Pages 89

Journal of events for July 26th, 1913 to October 19th, 1916 for the Fort St John Post. 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 11: Frank Beaton

• Pages 202

Journal of payments for June and July of 1912, September 1913, and March 1915, followed by a journal of events from October 1916 to August 1918.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 12: Frank Beaton

• Pages 93

Journal of events from September 1918 to August 1920

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 13: Frank Beaton

• Pages 101

Journal of events Fort St Johns Post for September 1920 to March/May of 1923

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 14: Frank Beaton

• Pages 206

"Fort St. Johns Post Journal of Events Outfit 254 & 255" for March 1924 to April 1926.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 2, File 15: Frank Beaton

• Pages 105

Records and daily events for May 1st, 1926 to June 3rd, 1930 for Fort St. John 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 16: Frank Beaton 

• Pages 304

"Letter book outfit 1910" according to the cover. Contains register of "Letters received from Mr King" and "Letters despatched to Mr King" for the years 1910 and 1911. Followed by a journal of events from June 1930 to June 1931.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 17: Frank Beaton

• Pages 90

Journal of events from December 1932 to May 1936.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 19: Frank Beaton

• Pages 278

Journal of events for May 1936 to June 1938 

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 20: Frank Beaton

• Pages 191

Cash receipts for 1938 followed by a journal of daily events for January 1939 to July 1940

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 No Box, File: Vol. 22: Frank Beaton

• Pages 107

Journal for Fort St. John for June 1938 to December 1938

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 21: Frank Beaton

• Pages 54

Journal for August 1940 to April 1941 followed by "The Defeat of Hitler Predicted by St. Odile".

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 4, File: Vol. 24: Frank Beaton

• Pages 66

Journal of August 1940 to December 1940

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 3, File 23: Frank Beaton

• Pages 32

Journal of events for January 1942 to September 1943.

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 4, File 25: Frank Beaton

• Pages 85

Journal of events for October 1943 to January 1944 by F.W. Beaton for Fort St. John

Notes British Columbia Archives MS-0749 Box 4, File 26: Frank Beaton

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