Narrative of Circumstances attending the death of the late Benjamin Frobisher, Esquire a partner of the North West Company of Montreal, ca. 1820.

Wilcocke, Samuel Hull. Narrative of Circumstances attending the death of the late Benjamin Frobisher, Esquire a partner of the North West Company of Montreal, ca. 1820. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0019

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McGill Fur Trade Project Number: MFTP 0019

Masson Number: MASS 2361

Notes

References

Published in L.R. Masson, Les Bourgeois de la compagnie du Nord-Ouest, (Québec: Imprimerie générale A. Coté, 1889-1890), vol. II, 177-226. Reprinted: New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960.

The revised version of this text is MFTP 0020 (MASS 2361a).

Bibliographic Note(s)

33 leaves, 32cm x 20cm. Wove paper; watermark HARRIS 1817. Brown ink. Bound in a paper cover with pink tape and red wax seal; only front cover present. Lined laid paper, 32.5cm x20.5cm; watermark Britannia. Pages 4, 5, 55 and 65 have additional text on pieces of paper attached to the page.

Editorial Note(s)

Original.

Fair condition.

This manuscript is clearly a rough or first draft of the text and contains many additions and corrections. All corrections and marginalia have been transcribed as most if not all are in the same hand as the text.

Marginalia preceded by the symbol “^#” indicate textual additions and have been inserted into the main body of the text. Marginalia preceded by the symbols “*”, “^‡”, “^θ”, and “^†” indicate notes and have been transcribed at the bottom of the page on which they appear.