Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1908-10-23
Content: W.T.L. Dear sir I beg to acknowledge the reciept of your letters of 29th + 31st july also 17th august Liquor Parnih I am glad to say that all the time I have been in the service I have never had one drop of liquor sent to me but through the company I get a present once a year through the Edmonton office as it is a good thing to have in this part of the country in case of sickness. Regard F Beatton
Page Number: 57
PDF Page Number: 41
People Mentioned: Mr Frank Beatton
Places Mentioned: Edmonton,AB,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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