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Building Letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumartifact90803
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.40.1
- Description
- Eight bronze capital letters: "OURT ROOM" Each letter has small protrusions on the backside where they were afixed to the exterior wall of Burnaby's Provincial courtroom.
- Object History
- The Court Room letters came from the 1965 Provincial Courthouse built adjacent to City Hall at 4949 Canada Way. This courtroom closed down in 2002.
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.40.1
- Description
- Eight bronze capital letters: "OURT ROOM" Each letter has small protrusions on the backside where they were afixed to the exterior wall of Burnaby's Provincial courtroom.
- Object History
- The Court Room letters came from the 1965 Provincial Courthouse built adjacent to City Hall at 4949 Canada Way. This courtroom closed down in 2002.
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Visual Communication T&E - - Visual Communication Accessories
- Object Term
- Sign, Identification
- Marks/Labels
- "OUR ROOM" is missing the C and the "T" to finish spelling courtroom.
- Colour
- Bronze
- Measurements
- 6" in height
- Subjects
- Building Components
- Buildings - Judicial - Courthouses
- Government - Provincial Government
- Officials - Judges
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Item No.
- 40110
- Scope and Content
- File contains copies of Burnaby's Letters Patent.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40110
- Accession Number
- 2009-07
- Scope and Content
- File contains copies of Burnaby's Letters Patent.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file.
Letters of recommendation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord57765
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Item No.
- MSS013-011
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters of recommendation for George Jeffery as well as a 104th Regiment tax certificate and a certificate of discharge from the militia.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Item No.
- MSS013-011
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters of recommendation for George Jeffery as well as a 104th Regiment tax certificate and a certificate of discharge from the militia.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Original Robert Burnaby Letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport2805
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64360
- Meeting Date
- 25-Nov-2002
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 64360
- Meeting Date
- 25-Nov-2002
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Ogg, Oscar.
New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
, c1961 | c1948.
(Book)
745.6 OGG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Type
- Book
- Call No.
- 745.6 OGG
- Author
- Ogg, Oscar
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Date
- c1961
- c1948
- Physical Description
- 262 p. ; ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Subjects LoC
- Alphabets
- Writing
- Writing -- History
- Lettering
- Type and type-founding
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Includes pictures of different types
World War II letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord15159
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1947, predominant 1942-1945
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of letters written to Marianne "May" Bateman and Jessie (Bateman) and Ernest Fox. The majority of the letters are written by Colin Rhodes Fox between 1939 and 1945 along with one letter written to May Bateman by a friend named Murray. Letters from Colin Fox were written during his i…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Series
- World War II letters series
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of letters written to Marianne "May" Bateman and Jessie (Bateman) and Ernest Fox. The majority of the letters are written by Colin Rhodes Fox between 1939 and 1945 along with one letter written to May Bateman by a friend named Murray. Letters from Colin Fox were written during his initial training in Edmonton and while serving overseas with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later as part of the 78th Canadian Field Battery.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1939-1947, predominant 1942-1945
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Thank you letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord66417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Item No.
- MSS065-025
- Scope and Content
- File consists of children's thank you letters from Brantford School for a presentation Pixie McGeachie did in spring of 1991.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- MSS065-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of children's thank you letters from Brantford School for a presentation Pixie McGeachie did in spring of 1991.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.43.1
- Description
- Stormin' Norman - Letter -- [1991] Letter, with envelope; from General H. Norman Schwartzkopf (U.S. Army, retired) re: carousel horse "Stormin' Norman"; white paper, typed? message; red flying flag at top, four white stars, on gold pole; "September 17, 1991", "Dear Ms. Stevens,..."; envelope addres…
2 Images
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.43.1
- Description
- Stormin' Norman - Letter -- [1991] Letter, with envelope; from General H. Norman Schwartzkopf (U.S. Army, retired) re: carousel horse "Stormin' Norman"; white paper, typed? message; red flying flag at top, four white stars, on gold pole; "September 17, 1991", "Dear Ms. Stevens,..."; envelope addressed to "MS. MARJORIE STEVENS" "809 SAWCUT AVENUE" "VANCOUVER, BC" "V5Z 4A2" "CANADA"; return address "General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA (Ret.)" "United States Central Command" "MacDill AFB, FL 33608-7001" "FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS"; type is not even, some letters are only partly printed; postmarked in red, "MAC DILL A.F.B." "FLA." "SEP 18 '91" "U.S. POSTAGE" "0.40" "METER" "F" "8317187"?; stained at left and right sides
- Colour
- White
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
Robert Burnaby Letters - Book Proposal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport4643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62519
- Meeting Date
- 22-Nov-1999
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62519
- Meeting Date
- 22-Nov-1999
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Envelope re letter from Department of Municipal Affairs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord15072
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Item No.
- 00006
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope for a letter addressed to Mr. E.W. Martin at 7231 Sutliff Street, Burnaby from Department of Municipal Affairs, Parliament Buildings, Victoria B.C.
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection/Fonds No.
- BV001
- Series
- 003
- Item No.
- 00006
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope for a letter addressed to Mr. E.W. Martin at 7231 Sutliff Street, Burnaby from Department of Municipal Affairs, Parliament Buildings, Victoria B.C.
- Names
- Martin, Elmer Wilson
- Accession Code
- BV019.40.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1968
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
Letter from Murray to May Bateman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord15155
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter to May Bateman from a person named "Murray". Return address at the top of the letter is "Y.M.C.A. Vancouver, B.C.". Murray writes to May expressing his extreme gratitude for her friendship.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Series
- World War II letters series
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter to May Bateman from a person named "Murray". Return address at the top of the letter is "Y.M.C.A. Vancouver, B.C.". Murray writes to May expressing his extreme gratitude for her friendship.
- Names
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.42
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- March 1947
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord15414
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan / 4667 Highlawn Dr. / Burnaby B.C." with return address "Office of the Mayor / 4949 Canada Way / Burnaby, British Columbia / V5G 1M2" and postal stamp in red ink reading "BURNABY / HOME OF THE 1984 / B.C. SUMMER GAMES / JULY 19-22".
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Series
- Burnaby Summer Games series
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an envelope addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Don Copan / 4667 Highlawn Dr. / Burnaby B.C." with return address "Office of the Mayor / 4949 Canada Way / Burnaby, British Columbia / V5G 1M2" and postal stamp in red ink reading "BURNABY / HOME OF THE 1984 / B.C. SUMMER GAMES / JULY 19-22".
- Accession Code
- BV021.4.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- July 1984
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Apartment study notice addressed to A.G. Shore
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord17248
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 8 Mar. 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a notice from the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, addressed to A.G. Shore, 1322 Gilmore Avenue, Burnaby regarding an Apartment Study for proposed apartment developments. The notice is dated March 8, 1966 and is signed by Burnaby Reeve, Alan H. Emmott. Notice is double sid…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a notice from the Corporation of the District of Burnaby, addressed to A.G. Shore, 1322 Gilmore Avenue, Burnaby regarding an Apartment Study for proposed apartment developments. The notice is dated March 8, 1966 and is signed by Burnaby Reeve, Alan H. Emmott. Notice is double sided and includes a map of with locations of apartment development proposals.
- Accession Code
- BV999.10.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 8 Mar. 1966
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Reference letter for William Holmes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumtextualrecord10405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1858 and 1859]
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and h…
- Administrative History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.
2 Images
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- Letter is fragile with torn and stained sections
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and his intention to emigrate to British Columbia. The letter is signed and certified on the verso by various officials including; "G.E. Cartier", Attourney General of Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attourney General of Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Post Master General; George Sherwood, Receiver General; John Rose, Soliciter General; Charles Alleyn, Provincial Secretary; P.M. VanKaughnet [sic], Commissioner of Crown Lands and A.T. Galt, Inspector General of Canada. The letter includes a wax Common Seal of the City of Toronto and is certified the 6th day of January 1859. Text on first page of letter reads: "The Bearer William Holmes Esq / late of Holmesville in the County of Huron has for some years been actively employed in Com- / mmercial pursuits in Upper / Canada, but now intends to emigrate to British Columbia / We have great pleasure in / certifying that Mr. Holmes is / a Gentleman of good standing / for character and capacity / and that his connectiions (are) [sic] / highly respectable; his brother / John Holmes Esq at present / holding the dignified and responsible / office of Warden (Equivalent to / Mayor) of the Municipal Council". letter continues on verso to read: "of the United Counties of Huron / and Bruce, which Counties he / also respresents in Parliament..." signatures of officials beneath. Written vertically down the left hand side of the verso is the following text "I certify that the Signature attached to / this document are the bona- / fide Signature of the parties / named & that they hold the / respective offices (within) mentioned / within. In testimony whereof I have / herunto set my hand and caused / the Common Seal of the City of Toronto / to be herunto affixed this 6th day of / January 1859" with signatures below "D.V. Mead / Mayor / A.M. Jones [sic] / Chamberlain".
- Administrative History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.
- Names
- Holmes, William
- Accession Code
- BV997.50.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1858 and 1859]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 101
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6040-101
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
“COALING”
~ LETTER NO. 16 ~
Victoria, V.I.
July 2L‘ 1859
Dear Tom,
My correspondence has for some time been of the straggling order
owing to the multiplicity of affairs on my hands; now I hope to do better
as orders have been given for great retrenchment in
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 102
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 103
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- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
German named Voigt living among them with a squaw wife, and doing
an extensive lot of gardening in the potato cabbage and watermelon line.
It seemed so strange to find a fellow foregoing all civilisation and retiring
into savage life. I have a shrewd suspicion
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 104
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- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 105
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
and all that sort of thing, and dug an experimental pit of about 8 feet
deep without arriving at anything satisfactory. We took away about “a
sack” of fair coal, and some very nice specimens of fossil leaves in a fine
sandstone lying just above the coal.
Our
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 106
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- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 107
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
R. Burnaby.
~ LETTER NO. 17 ~
In camp,
Burrards Inlet
11th August 1859
My dearest Mother and Sisters,
Here I am under canvas, lying on a mat with a pair of folded blankets
for a table, writing to thank you for your welcome letters and most ac-
ceptable
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 108
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 109
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
The Indians behave most handsomely, they know that I am a Tyhee
who was with the “horse soldiers”, Tyhee “Conomody” as they called
him, and are on the best behaviour, they promise to shew us gold, but I
do not yet know whether to go or not, as it is a wilder and
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 110
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
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- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
COALING
~ LETTER NO. 18 ~
Engineer Camp,
New Westminster
Aug. 25‘h 1859
My dearest Mother,
The day after my last letter from Burrard Inlet, we had a little scene
with the Indians, who heard a rumour that some of their tribe were to
be hung for the murders of the men at the saw-mill which I
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 111
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
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- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
The letters of Robert Burnaby
Our party now consists of Moberley the Canadian, who is with me
as a Companion, and three men, two Bills and Mike, all excellent fel-
lows, Yankee Bill cooks and makes fine preparations of Pork and beans
in various forms with an occasional stew of wild duck when
1 Digital Chapter
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
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- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 112
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
- Book
- Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
- Subjects LoC
- Burnaby, Robert -- Correspondence
- Name Access
- Burnaby, Robert
Digital Book
Coaling (Letters 16-19) p. 113
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Digital Reference Collection
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and if you could only have seen us the other day after penetrating where
a white man had never been before! up a raging mountain torrent that
tore through great chasms in the rocks, making every two or three hun-
dred yards quite a fine cascade, lying in the mid
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send me so much news, and
so happily and prettily written, that I look upon it as yeast to lighten the
Dough of the business letter in which it travels.
Lue, if you do not tell me all about your London trip and the Handel
festival, I will never come back!
Harry and Rose, redolent of Dublin gaiety
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and still thank God, I hear of happiness at home, and though perhaps
the bright ideas of this place have not as yet assumed all their golden
reality, there has been enough to promise well, and nothing to excite
regret at the step I then took, saving always that
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“COLONIAL STUMPING”
~ LETTER NO. 30 ~
Victoria, V.I.
March I860
My dearest Rose
... Your illustrious brother has now assumed a new phase, Chair-
man of a Public Meeting! to discuss Governor Douglas and his ideas
of Taxation. The gathering took place in an “upper room” the largest
available
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the Sons of God and the daughters of men: so also between the Sons of
Toil and the daughters of Work, many were the “lovyers” and assiduous
the Naval Brigade, but the ladies were flirty and flighty: and refused to
say Yea! But the High Sheriff of the Island, G.W
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COLONIAL STUMPING
~ LETTER NO. 31 ~
Victoria, V.I.
March 26'^ I860
My dear Rector
For I do believe you are the only rector in the family; accept my warm-
est congratulations dear Brother on your long looked for, and well earned
preferment, and tho’ it is small, small beginnings make big
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everybody on the grounds that he was off to a wild and barbarous land
where they knew nothing of churches and so forth; and when he gets
here, he sets to work to get more money and says that what he collected
at home was for other objects: and that we must pay our
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) without his mighty aid.
With all the love I have, ever believe me. Dear Tom,
Your fondly affec. Br.
Rbt. Burnaby
~ LETTER NO. 32 ~
Victoria, V.I.
May 10‘h I860
My dearest Mother,
... I have not time for a very long letter, but you will be glad to hear
that I continue, thank God, in most excellent
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Blankets and some “grub” and guns etc. down the Coast, till we hit on
some pretty spot when we haul up for the night. Build a big fire, round
which after tea we sit, sing songs and chat, finally roiling ourselves up
in our Blankets, and sleeping under the open sky
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COLONIAL STUMPING
~ LETTER NO. 33 ~
Victoria, V.I.
June 8*'’ 1860
My dear Tom,
... Firstly, bulletin of health - very good - an occasional snatch of
spring bile and so forth , soon over; next - business report - “middling
that is but so so”. Pile still looming in the future - Gold by no
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silk handkerchiefs etc. shewing gaily in the dark green foliage. Now for
the smells! horrible and filthy, and mind you pick your way. So we ar-
rive at last amongst the huts. The rudest possible structures, uprights
and lean-tos of “sticks” - lined with mats; in
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of Blankets, and give a Rice feed, which will close ail hostilities.
I have had a long chat since commencing this letter with a Mr Duncan,
Wesleyan Missionary, at Fort Simpson some way further north, and he
says the Swan’s down is a token of Peace, and that they blow it over a
person, or persons
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Ever dear Brother,
Your truly affec.
Rbt. Burnaby.
LETTER NO. 34
Victoria, V.I.
July 14* 1860
My dearest Mother,
... For about a week I have been laid up in bed with a pretty sharp
attack of Fever and Bile: but am now, thank God, up and about again: and
all
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any moment to the officers.
I will write a longer letter next Mail with accounts of my complete
restoration to strength; as it is I feel to have got through as much as can
well be managed at this time, except to send to you dearest Mother, to
Tom, Sally, and all dear Sisters, Brothers and friends
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Farm is about 3V2 miles from Victoria, very picturesquely situated on
the Bank of the “Avon” that runs up from Victoria Harbour, and winds
round till it nearly joins Esquimalt Harbour - it is just now harvest time
and immediately under the windows are two fields
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is a strange thing but the greater the distance that
separates us from Home, the more are we reminded of it by the smallest
trifles, and in the same way a letter full of the most trivial family matters
is the most highly prized. I certainly have no reason to complain of my
correspondents at home
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I hope there is some fishing and sport for Tom.
I left for New Westminster on the 25*'’ Sept. by Steamer in the even-
ing, played a rubber on board and to bed awaking next morning well up
the Fraser and within an hour of Westminster. There the “City” with
its
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ing so many Blankets than in possessing Dollars.
The Fraser is very rapid between Fort Hope and Fort Yale the next
turn up the river; you make the trip in canoe and though only 15 miles
it takes you 6 hours to get there. The scenery becomes more rocky and
wilder
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Sally for her steady dispatches always so welcome; love to all,
Tom Dick, Harry, Mary and the girls and all to yourself dearest Mother
always from
Your ever affec. Son,
Rbt. Burnaby
~ LETTER NO. 37 ~
Victoria, V.I.
8*'’ December 1860
My dearest Mother
In comes the Mail and out it goes in half
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hopeful nor in better spirits. Tom’s letter of Oct. 4* just put into my
hand, with a scrap from Rose also. I heard from Henderson by last Mail
how very ill Beaumont had been and off to Brighton, he was then better.
Glad to hear such good accounts of all at home
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days, as there are many men to see, and scattered far and wide. The
farthest outlying voter is some fifteen miles from McKenzie’s along a
road dreadful in parts, and in some places most lovely: passing over open
plains dotted with oaks, close along the sea shore
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