Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57

In this collection, archivist Judith Hudson Beattie and literacy scholar Helen M. Buss introduce readers to the Hudson's Bay Company Men who wrote and received letters while manning the posts of North America's Pacific Northwest. Sealed for 150 years, these recently opened letters tell compelling stories--of fathers struggling to support a family, of widowed mothers yearning to see their sons, and of bereft sweethearts left behind--and offer a rare glimpse of nineteenth century life.Beattie, Judith Hudson is the author of 'Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57', published 2003 under ISBN 9780774809733 and ISBN 0774809736.