Letters From Hudson Bay 1703-40

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lxviii+455+[lxviii members list] with appendices and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and Hudson Bay Coat of Arms to cover in original jacket. Introduction by Richard Glover. Volume XXV. Copy 504 of a limited edition. First edition. The collection is patch at the start. The Company could keep no permanent archives til it had a permanent home in which to keep them. The earliest reports from the Bay were personal letters like the one form 1682 and was written by Governor John Nixon. The first of the regular series to survive in the Company's archives is the Albany letter of 1703. The collection begins to be complete for the main posts in 1723. Their progress and problems were reported by the mother-house which founded them. The annual letter was not the only source of information about its business which the Company received from the Bay. Each post commander was required to keep a fort journal. From these sources and from the country correspondence which was later carried on between posts there emerges a fairly clear picture of Bay-side life and trade. Condition: Near fine in like jacket. N° de ref. del artículo BOOKS006971

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