Frank Beaton and the Fort St. John Fur Trade


Entry Date: 1903-05-19
Content: A fine warm day. Self + Keith working in the office. Busy with Indians in Afternoon Samson planting potatoes All the Indians have Arieved and camped of the top of the hill Mrs H Arnold Died this evening about 8/aclock after a long illness
Page Number: 45
PDF Page Number: 44
People Mentioned: Mr JB Keith
Mr Unknown Samson
Mrs Unknown Arnold
Places Mentioned:
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 1903 (Frank W. Beaton)

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. 

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

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