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The Papers of Lawrence Johnstone Burpee in the Dartmouth College Library

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Creator: Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone
Title Remainder: Papers. 1821-1929
Dates: 1821-1929
Identification: Mss-14



BURPEE, Lawrence Johnstone, 1873 - 1946.

Journals of the Yukon

Contains:

introduction and appendix to his book, Journals of the Yukon, focusing on the western fur trade and exploration during the 19th century. Information from the journals - letters of Robert Campbell, Alexander Hunter Murray and John Bell. The manuscript entitled Letters of John Bell is included.

BOX I.
ARTICLES

FOLDER : 1.
“Hudson Bay to the Blackfoot Country.” Toronto; Ryerson Press. 1929.

FOLDER : 2.
Incomplete Article in Canadian Archives, “Journal of the Yukon,” signed A. H. Murry.

80 pp.

FOLDER : 3.
Illustrations.

MANUSCRIPTS

Letters of John Bell, edited by L. J. Burpee

FOLDER : 4.
pages 1 - 29a.

FOLDER : 5.
30 - 49.

FOLDER : 6.
50 - 63

107 - 109x.

FOLDER : 7.
110 - 149.

JOURNALS OF THE YUKON - Edited by Lawrence J. Burpee.

FOLDER : 8.
Preface

2 drafts.

FOLDER : 9.
Introduction, pp. 1 - 25.

FOLDER : 10.
pp. 26 - 50.

FOLDER : 11.
pp. 51 - 77.

FOLDER : 12.
pp. 78 - 106.

FOLDER : 13.
Appendix

Minutes of the Council Northern Department, 1821 - 1831.

McLoughlin's Fort Vancouver Letters, First Series. 1825-1838.

Agreement Between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Russian American Company respecting certain commercial arrangements hereinafter noticed, signed at Hamburgh, sixth day of February, 1839.

Minutes of a Council of the Northern Department of Rupert's Land held at Red River Settlement in 1839.

Arctic Expedition of 1847 - 1848.

Alexander Hunter Murray. Notes to Meteorological Journal.

Vocabulary of the Kutchin of the Yukon.

Bibliography.