The archives, now in Winnipeg, has a mss. catalogue of the HBC library, ca1800s and later, described as a memorandum book with index at front and tabs used to list the books; lists of books borrowed by borrower (mostly committee members but includes Beechey, Franklin, and Richardson, and dates of loan. (The following list courtesy of Ann Morton, HBC)
Archives.
Hudson’s Bay Company.
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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Copy-book of Letters Outward &c. begins…. 1679-1694.
Hudson’s Bay Company. Edited by E. E. Rich. (Toronto: Champlain Society, 1948). [Hudson’s Bay Record Society, v. 11].
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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This is a large and impressive compilation from the London office of the Company in London to Company officials in Lord Rupert’s land during the early years of the Company. The period includes the brief French capture of the Prince of Wales Fort at Churchill.
Hudson’s Bay Copy Booke of Letters Commissions Instructions Outward 1688-1696.
Hudson’s Bay Company. Edited by E. E. Rich. (London: Hudson’s Bay Record Society, 1957). [Hudson’s Bay Record Society, v. 20].
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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This is a miscellaneous collection of letters of the HBC on the early history of the Company and its early tribulations.
Saskatchewan Journals and Correspondence. Edmonton House 1795-1800 / Chesterfield House 1800-1802.
Hudson’s Bay Company. London: Hudson’s Bay Record Society, 1967. [HBC Publications v. 26].
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- Arctic Reading: Canada
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“The main theme of this volume is the westward advance of the Hudson’s Bay Company along the northern and southern branches of the Saskatchewan River at the end of the eighteenth century."