Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1907-07-26
Content: W.T.L Dear sir I beg to acknolwdge the reciept of your lettres of April 15th + 24th + also valuations tariff which I got which came here by steamer on 10 July I also got your letter By Mr. Burbank of 9th May I was so busy when the Steamer was here that I had no time to answer your letters then I shiped the furs down by the Steamer also the books with Mr. Burbank. Taylor Hired for one more year for H. Hope. I will help him here til September he is now signing boys for a new Building.
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PDF Page Number: 13
People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Burbanks
Mr Harry Taylor
Places Mentioned: Hudson's Hope, B.C. Ca

Images from MS-0749 courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives.

Pdf Info:

The Hudsons Bay Company Fort St. Johns Daily Journal for 1906 to 1910 (Frank W. Beaton)

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.

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

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