Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1906-12-05
Content: Mr. Baptise LaLonde Rocky River Dear sir your brother arived here this morning and I supplied him with that fur asked for that is what I can spare and I am sending Samson out with it I would have sent Some flour but as there is no trail I thought that the dogs would be not be able to take it. I am glad to hear that you have made a good trade and I hope that you will try and get all the fur you can. I have told your brother the price of all the stuff he is taking out I am also sending for 8 bottles gesey I have got very little of it left Hopping to see you some time this winter Yours truly F.W. Beatton Yours faithfully F W Beatton Let summer bring in all the furs you traded
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People Mentioned: Mr Unknown Samson
Mr Frank Beatton
Places Mentioned: Rocky River , B.C., Ca

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

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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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