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John Work journals, 1824-1834.
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John Work journals, 1824-1834Creator/Contributor:
Work, John, 1792-1861, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Provincial Archives of British ColumbiaAbstract:
The journals are: (1) Journal ... From Fort George (Astoria) Northward [to explore the lower Fraser River, under James McMillan,
November 18-December 30, 1824] (2) Journal of a Trip from F. Vancouver to the Interior in the year 1826 [to the Flathead Country
of western Montana and return, July 5-September 15, 1826] (3) Diary of a Journey in 1830 [from Fort Colvile to Fort Vancouver
with a horse herd, April 30-May 30] (4) Diary of a Journey to the Missouri in 1831-& Return. [From Fort Vancouver into Idaho
and Western Montana, August 18, 1831-July 27, 1832]. (5) Journal of a Trip to the Southward in 1834 [from Fort Vancouver to
the Umpqua River and return, May 22-Jyly 10, 1834] (6) Journal of a Trip from Ft. Vancouver to Okanagan in May, 1828 [May
20-August 15, 1828]. Includes typed transcript.
Date:
1824 (issued)Subject:
Work, John -- 1792-1861 -- ArchivesHudson's Bay Company.
Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel
Note:
Transcript made for H.H. Bancroft in 1878 from the original journals then in the possession of Work's family, now with others
in the British Columbia Provincial Archives.
Also available on microfilm.
John Work journals, 1824-1834, BANC MSS P-C 30, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Work, born in Ireland, entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1814, was assigned to the Columbia District in 1823,
appointed a Chief Trader in 1830, and after an eventful life died at Victoria, British Columbia.
In English.
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Diaries.Physical Description:
print
240 pages ; 32 cm.
partial microfilm reel (118 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:19) and positive.
1 portfolio.
Language:
English