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The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786 (Rupert's Land Record Society Series)

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I found this book to be what I think to be a first rate primary resource. It includes a copy of a ledger kept at the post (relating what post employees were issued what items and for what amount of credit)as well as a journal of the beginning portion of the canoe trip to the rendez-vous at Grand Portage. There is some discussion of what traders were trading with which tribes, who was arriving and departing the post for whatever reason, and evaluations of some of the local tribal cheifs, as well as a brief glossary of aboriginal terms used for some of the trade goods. As a primary resource that sheds light on the day-to-day occurences at the post, and later, on the trail to Grand Portage. I consider this book to be invaluable to those doing research, or to anyone who is curious to know about the daily routine at an outpost and doesn't want generalizations. The book goes into specifics, and that is one of the reasons why I liked it.