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Donald Ross private and official HBC papers
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- textual record
- microform
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1816-1877 (Creation)
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88 cm of textual records, 3 microfilm reels : negative ; 16 mm
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Custodial history
In 1930, the BCA purchased a large portion of the records from Mrs. George A. Graham (M. Ross), granddaughter, of Fort William, Ontario. Additional portions were purchased over the period 1942-1944 from Mrs. M.L. MacLeod of Vancouver, B.C., acting for her mother, Mrs. Bullock.
Scope and content
Series consists of correspondence between Donald Ross and other Hudson's Bay Company officials and employees, private correspondence between Ross and members of his family, and a variety of other documents, including accounts, invoices, memoranda, marriage certificates, and trade reports. All items are letters inward to Donald Ross unless otherwise indicated in the finding aid. Also included are typewritten transcripts prepared by the BC Archives (BCA).
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The records are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Within each file, the material is arranged chronologically; undated material is placed at the beginning of the file. This arrangement is based on the same system as the Colonial Correspondence (GR-1372). Initially the letters were given an “H.B.Co.” file (F) number and indexed as part of the index to GR-1372. Cards for a number of these letters are still to be found in this index and F numbers are visible in the upper right corner of some of the letters.
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Conservation restriction: use microfilm copy.
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Accession number(s): MS-0635
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The collection was originally catalogued under the “Old MSS” classification system as A/E/R73.
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- Christie, Alexander, 1792-1872 (Subject)
- Cummings, Robert, 1795?-1863 (Subject)
- Hargrave, James, 1798-1865 (Subject)
- Mason, William, 1813?-1893 (Subject)
- Hudson's Bay Company (Subject)