Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1906-11-04
Content: W.T.L District Officer Edmonton Dear sir I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of 6th + 10th September which I received on 3rd november this morning montly for june Fur prices I certainly paid to much for the Beaver + finished in June but they see good no of skins and I hated to see them Letter I have acknowledge all your letters which I have recieved up to date their may be some letters which I have not recieved as it is a well known fact that the post office is very careless with Mail in this country especially at Slave Lake I arrived from H. Hope. yesterday.
Page Number: 50
PDF Page Number: 32
People Mentioned: Places Mentioned: Edmonton, A.B.,Ca
Hudson's Hope, B.C., Ca
Slave Lake,BC,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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