McGill Library
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Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
James Bissett Collection
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
- Source du titre propre: Title based on the content of fonds.
Niveau de description
Fonds
Cote
CA RBD MSG 333
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
10 cm, originals, Photostats, and photographs
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
(1830-1904)
Notice biographique
James Bissett was born in 1830 in Lachine, Quebec and died in 1904. He was the son of Alexander Bissett and Jane Bissett (her maiden name is unknown). Bissett was a carpenter in 1827 and became Superintendent of the Lachine Canal from 1843 to 1868. He spent eight years as a mercantile trader before joining the Hudson’s Bay Company as an Accountant at the Lachine Depot in 1854. He also served as Officer-in-Charge for the Hudson’s Bay Company post in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1859 and 1860, as Chief Trader in Victoria and Esquimalt (British Columbia) between 1860 and 1871, and as Chief Factor in Montreal from 1872 to 1880.
Historique de la conservation
The two volumes of Photostats were received from the Public Archives of Canada in 1935. The original documents were received in 1962 from the estate of Miss Alice M. Bissett and from Bissett’s granddaughter Miss Alison Cole.
Portée et contenu
Correspondence, accounts, journals maps, etc., documenting Bissett’s career with the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Photostats (in C.1 and C.2) include Bissett’s journal and accounts at the Red River, 1854-1855, and a journal “Lachine to the Sandwich Islands” 1858-1859. There are also journals for 1859 and 1867. The original documents (in C.3) include correspondence with the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1858-1875, and accounts, 1860-1873. There are Bissett’s commissions as Chief Trader (1858) and as Chief Factor (1872), and a list of Chief Traders and Factors, 1855-1879. There are also some plans / maps, sketches, and photographs including a sketch of the Hudson’s Bay Post at Honolulu, ca. 1860.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Classement
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Note de langue et graphie
English.
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Digitized version available (Provider: Canadiana Héritage. Digitized from microfilm.)
Restrictions d'accès
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
Also described in the McGill Libraries catalogue.
Éléments associés
Accroissements
Note générale
Comprises 7 folders (C.3).
Description matérielle
Includes:
2 bound volumes
1 box (Box R-333-01)
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Wikidata Q identifier
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72009507
Zone du numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Hudson's Bay Company (Sujet)