Swan River Journal 1790-91 complete

Swan River Journal 1791-92 complete

Swan River Journal 1792-93 complete

Swan River Summer Journal 1793 complete

Swan River Journal 1793-94 complete

Swan River Journal 1794-95 complete

Swan River Journal 1817-18 complete

Part of a letter by James Sutherland at Swan River to James Bird
Oct. 3 1816
..."John Easter, John Lyons, Thomas Favel, and Humphrey Favel are gone free men in Red River. all the rest of our Men have arrived at Fort Hibernia and old Magnus Spence among the number. I do not know what to do with him, I suppose I shall be obliged to engage him for the Winter altho' I have no use for him, indeed we have a great many more men than is necefsary for the District and I am afraid more than we will be able to maintain and I am convinced that should we be permitted to carry on the trade that the whole returns of the place will not pay their Wages, we are altogether now thirty-eight Men and attached to these about fifty more Women and Children, it is entirely impracticable in the present state of affairs to settle a Post beyond Fort Hibernia."...

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