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John Stuart fonds
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1805-1806, 1826 [Photocopied 1928] (Creation)
- Creator
- Stuart, John
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1.5 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
John Stuart was a North West Company fur trader who helped to establish Rocky Mountain Post and Fort St. James. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company as a Chief Factor in 1821.
Custodial history
The custodial history of the records is uncertain. Files with an "M" number appear in the 1936 "M" series register (ADI0018), which is one of the earliest known inventories of private records in the custody of the Provincial Archives.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of John Stuart's journal 1805-1806, and a transcript of outward correspondence, originally from 1826.
The fonds also includes a copy of an 1826 letter from Stuart to James M. Yale.
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See A/B/40/M22k for other correspondence from John Stuart.
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Archives code(s): A/B/40/St9.1; A/B/40/St9.2
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- Stuart, John (Subject)
- North West Company (Subject)
- Hudson's Bay Company (Subject)