Research Catalog

Title

The new Labrador papers of Captain George Cartwright / introduced and edited by Marianne P. Stopp.

Author

Cartwright, George, 1739-1819

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Stopp, Marianne P.

Description

xii, 256 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., map, plans, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Captain George Cartwright (1739-1819), an English merchant who spent time in Labrador between 1770 and 1786, is best known for the fascinating account of his experiences collected in the Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (1792)." "In recent years more of his papers have been discovered and stand alongside his journal as important source material on the early colonial period in the Atlantic region. Transcribed from the original documents and extensively annotated by Marianne Stopp, the new papers not only give instructions about such practical matters as how to build a house in a sub-arctic climate or the best methods of sealing, trapping, and salmon fishing but also provide a first-hand account of merchant rivalries and trade with Aboriginal groups."--Jacket.

Subject

• Cartwright, George, 1739-1819
• Cartwright, George, 1739-1819 > Archives
• Cartwright, George, 1739-1819
• Labrador
• 1700-1799
• Geschichte 1770-1786
• Frontier and pioneer life > Labrador
• Buildings > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Material culture > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Trapping > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Salmon fishing > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Sealing > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Inuit > History > Labrador > 18th century
• Indians of North America > History > Labrador > 18th century
• Merchants > Labrador > Biography
• Vie des pionniers > Labrador
• Construction > Labrador > Histoire > 18e siècle
• Culture matérielle > Labrador > Histoire > 18e siècle
• Piégeage > Labrador > Histoire > 18e siècle
• Saumons > Histoire > Labrador > 18e siècle
• Phoques > Histoire > Labrador > 18e siècle
• Inuit > Histoire > Labrador > 18e siècle
• Indiens d'Amérique > Histoire > Labrador > 18e siècle
• Commerçants > Labrador > Biographies
• Building > Labrador > 18th century
• Hunting > Labrador > History > 18th century
• Labrador (N.L.) > Description and travel
• Labrador (N.L.) > History > 18th century
• Labrador (T.-N.-L.) > Descriptions et voyages
• Labrador (T.-N.-L.) > Histoire > 18e siècle

Genre/Form

• History
• Archives.
• Biographies
• Autobiographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. "Observe Everything and Carefully Enter All": An introduction to Labrador and the life of Captain George Cartwright -- Labrador writings of George Cartwright -- Human settlement in Labrador -- Account of George Cartwright's life -- Description of the new Cartwright papers -- Historical relevance of the new Cartwright papers -- pt. 2. New Cartwright papers -- Additions to the Labrador companion -- Index for goods -- Memorandum for W -- Correspondence -- Loose papers.

ISBN

• 9780773533820
• 0773533826

OCLC

• 183260150
• SCSB-10686142

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library