McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017

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McGill Fur Trade Project Number: MFTP 0017

Masson Number: MASS 2359

Notes

References

Published in L.R. Masson, Les Bourgeois de la compagnie du Nord-Ouest, (Québec: Imprimerie générale A. Coté, 1889-1890), vol. II, 401-454. Reprinted: New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960.

Bibliographic Note(s)

48 leaves 25.2cm x 20cm formed from folded sheets. Wove paper; watermark initials B&W 1809 and some 1810. Brown ink. In a wrapper of glazed laid paper 24.1cm x 20.1cm; watermark A COWAN 7 SONS PATENT 1866 EXTRA SUPERFINE with the initials AC&S.

Editorial Note(s)

Contemporary copy.

Generally good condition, but some staining and fading.

"Tierce" = 1/3 of a pipe.

The use of upper and lower case “k”, “v”, and “w” has been standardized.