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Re: Thompson mapping Canada
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2009 Dec 09, 10:27 -0700
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2009 Dec 09, 10:27 -0700
On 9 Dec 2009 at 4:57, joseph_schultz@rrv.net wrote: > Ken Muldrew, thanks for that Thompson sample page. Writing isn't too > bad, considering his level of formal education (perhaps I've been reading > too many 18th century land deeds). > > Questions: > 1. Was that from Ontario or Winnipeg archives? That page was from the Archives of Ontario, Reel no. MS4425. > 2. Field book or smooth copy? That's nice work if it's field book. It's almost certainly a fair copy that was sent back to the partners of the North West Company. Thompson would have produced it while at a fort (basically a log cabin in the wilderness). The notebook is titled, "Journey to the Kootanaes. Rocky Mountain, October, 1800." For contrast, here is a page from one of Peter Fidler's journals from 1792 (Hudson's Bay Co. Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Reel no. 4M103, folio E3/2). http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmuldrew/fidler.jpg Ken Muldrew. -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com
