The records of the Hudson's Bay Company, from various company stations, include: "Fort Pelly Scroll Book, Outfit 1868," various accounts and equipment lists (39 p.); "Journal of Daily Occurrences kept at the Honble. the Hudsons Bay Company's Last Mountain House," 1869-70 (49 p.); "Journal of Daily Events at Fort Qu'Appelle," 1872-79 (2 v.); and "Standing Rules and Regulations of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's Fur Trade Established by the Council for the Northern Department of Ruperts Land," 1873-1875 (64 p.), including regulations enacted 1843-1875. 4 items.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Pelly (Sask.), Fort Qu'appelle (Sask.), and Last Mountain House (Sask.)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century
The records of the Hudson's Bay Company, from various company stations, include: "Fort Pelly Scroll Book, Outfit 1868," various accounts and equipment lists (39 p.); "Journal of Daily Occurrences kept at the Honble. the Hudsons Bay Company's Last Mountain House," 1869-70 (49 p.); "Journal of Daily Events at Fort Qu'Appelle," 1872-79 (2 v.); and "Standing Rules and Regulations of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's Fur Trade Established by the Council for the Northern Department of Ruperts Land," 1873-1875 (64 p.), including regulations enacted 1843-1875. 4 items.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Pelly (Sask.), Fort Qu'appelle (Sask.), and Last Mountain House (Sask.)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century
A manuscript map of the region that Ten Broeck traveled through and described, drawn by Ernest Backus and inscribed to his wife, accompanies the report. The map also displays the route finally settled on for the wagon route. and Manuscript copy of an account kept by Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck, 1852 Mar 25-Apr 7, during his exploration of the northeast Arizona region where the Hopi live, transcribed and annotated by Major Backus on April 23, 1852. The report describes the six day journey by Ten Broeck and his military party to the Hopi village, Ten Broeck's first impressions of the Hopi village, and his observations of a Hopi dance ceremony intended to encourage rain for recently planted crops. Ten Broeck records the government, customs, beliefs, dress, family structure, and agricultural practices of the Hopi as well as their creation story. The account includes a description of the trip back to Fort Defiance as well events which occurred upon the party's return, including an apparent theft from two Mexican boys by a band of Indians, and the military's subsequent violent attempt to find the accused. Five pages of the account analyze a Navajo creation story, and discuss beliefs gleaned from the fort's Navajo interpreter, Santiago. A note from Backus appended to the manuscript indicates that the account was prepared for Backus's family and friends as entertainment.
Description:
Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck was a surgeon in the United States Army, and was stationed at Fort Defiance in Arizona. In 1852 he was ordered by Major Ernest Backus to investigate a practicable wagon route to the Moqui (Hopi) village, and to report on the manners, customs, and history of the Hopi people. and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2003.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Backus, Ernest and Ten Broeck, Peter G. Stuyvesant
Subject (Topic):
Hopi dance, Hopi Indians--Agriculture, Hopi Indians--Arizona--Social life and customs, Hopi Indians--Government relations, Hopi Indians--Politics and government, Hopi Indians--Religion, Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Hopi language, Hopi mythology, Kachinas, and Navajo Indians--Religion and mythology
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
The journal describes an 1849 voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn on the Brig Colorado with lenghty stops at St. Catherines, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. True comments daily on the weather, living conditions, and the passenger's amusements, which included producing and reading aloud a weekly paper, The Boston and California Pioneer. True often discourses on religion and describes the characters of passengers and crew. The journal includes a passenger list and notes ships met or sited. True's diary ends before the ship reaches San Francisco.
Description:
For another account of this voyage see Samuel Brackett's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1417). and The journal is annotated in pencil in what seems to be a much later hand. There are several pages of text following the diary which date from the 1860s.
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan coast and Queen Charlotte Islands. The last entry comes from Thanikyloo Bay. The map, which is in color, shows the path of the brig Otter along the Northwest Coast of America., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original binding., and Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Maps, Northwest, Pacific--Maps, Pacific Coast (Alaska)--Description and travel, Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Description and travel, and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska, Indians of North America--British Columbia, Seafaring life, Seamen--United States, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a travel diary of the author's tour of Germany, Switzerland and Italy while first chamberlain for Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, queen consort of George IV. Sailing from Worthing in Sussex in attendance on her, Gell describes the topography of the countries he visits and illustrates it with maps and pen sketches, including mountain ranges in Geneva; an outline of the mountains of the Vosges and the different rock formations there; and a sketch of the Rhone. He discusses the effects on the countryside of the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte; describes Mont Blanc and the attempts to reach its summit; mentions the people he meets, in particular members of the Italian nobility as well as scientists and mathematicians; and visits museums and works of art. He also includes observations on rocks, mines, minerals, fossils, an insane asylum, a school for deaf mutes, and an epidemic of pellagra. and Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was a classical archaeologist and topographer. From 1804 to 1806 he traveled in Greece and the neighboring islands. In 1807, he was elected a member of the Society of Dilettanti and a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1811 the Society of Dilettanti commissioned him to explore Greece and Asia Minor, resulting in several publications on topography, including Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca and Itinerary of Greece. He was knighted in 1814, and died at Naples in 1836.
Alternative Title:
Journal in Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
Description:
At beginning of volume: itinerary of cities visited and distance in miles., At end of volume: list of notable Italians; and a list of English travelers at Naples in the winter of 1814-15., Binding: half calf over marbled boards. In gilt on cover: Journal in Germany. Switzerland. & Italy., Imperfect: pagination in volume after p. 125 excludes blank pages., and Pasted inside front cover: bookplate of Robert Edward Way.
Subject (Geographic):
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy), Germany--Description and travel, Italy--Description and travel, and Switzerland--description and travel
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Geology--Europe, Nobility--Italy, Topography, and Travelers' writings, English