Keith, George. An Account of Mackenzie River (Letters to Roderick Mackenzie), 1807-1817. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0033
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Mackenzie's River Dept.
Bear Lake Nov. 8th 1812.
Rod. Mackenzie Esq.
Dear Sir,
Your much respected and friendly letter of the 22d May last duly came to hand, and it afforded much satisfaction to hear of your welfare, in which, since the first and only time I had the time pleasure of seeing you, I have felt much penchant, and your subsequent correspondence has justly added greatly to the attachment of the first impressions. I had the pleasure of addressing you a few lines last winter, but without being enabled to transmit to you any Communications for your highly interesting undertaking. The Novelty of my situation with little opportunity of Collecting information from the Natives, exclusive of other circumstances, prevented me from
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