Published by Jim Hendrickson and the University of Victoria.
The project glossary items have trm_
, and we use a trm:
prefix to refer to
them when linking from
We link to orgs in orgs/organizations.xml
using the org:
prefix.
We link to places in places.xml
using the plc:
prefix.
We link to people in bios/*.xml
using the prs:
prefix.
We link to vessels in vessels/*.xml
using the vsl:
prefix.
We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc:
prefix.
The cdt (ColDesp Document Type) prefix used on
We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc:
prefix.
Despatch from London.
This document contains mentions of Indigenous Peoples. The authors of these documents often perpetuate a negative perspective of Indigenous Peoples and it is important to look critically at these mentions. They sometimes use terminology that is now considered hurtful and offensive. To learn more about modern terminology pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous ways of knowing, and decolonization, please refer to the Glossary of terms.
illicit trade in liquor
and for not acting to punish other traders for illicit actions. To stop the trade of alcohol to Indigenous peoples on raising any jealousies or alarms
between the two, formerly separate, parts of the united colony.
I have had under my consideration a Despatch from
I see no reason to complain of the Servants of the Hudson's Bay
Company for having drawn attention
As to their declining to undertake the Office of detecting and
punishing illicit Traders, in fact to discharge the function of Custom
House Officers, it must be remembered that the Company are no longer
rulers or a political body, but only commercial. There is hardly reason
to complain of Traders declining to accept the questionable business of
I gather from