Physician and fur trader : the journals of William Fraser Tolmie
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Tolmie, William Fraser
issued: 2022-05-06
issued: 1963
description: "Published without notes or editorial additions from a transcript of the original ros. in the B.C. Archives, with a biographical essay by S.F. Tolmie. The journals cover the period 1830 to 1843 from Tolmie's medical studies in Glasgow to his service with the H.B.C. from 1833 onwards at Forts Vancouver, NisquaJIy, McLoughlin and Simpson."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 287.
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extent: xv, 413 pages : portraits, map, facsimile, illustrations, photographs, tables ; 23.5 cm
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note: THE LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA William Fraser Tolmie PHYSICIAN AND FUR TRADER EX LIBRIS This volume is no.-j£Jz:~ of a special presentation edition of 350 copies. It has been tendered to Titttvetsjfe? of tfritbtt fctambifl in appreciation of assistance given the Canada in Color Relief cartography project of Mitchell Map Services. (All Rights Reserved) PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA BY MITCHELL PRESS LIMITED Vancouver, B.C. 1963 The Journals of WILLIAM FRASER TOLMIE PHYSICIAN AND FUR TRADER MITCHELL PRESS LIMITED VANCOUVER, CANADA This volume of her grandfathers writings is dedicated to the memory of the late Jean Tolmie Andrews, whose permission made possible the publication of Dr. Tolmie s journals. Foreword No history of British Columbia or the United States Northwest would be complete without mention of Dr. William Fraser Tolmie who came to the Oregon Country in 1833 and lived in the city of Victoria from 1859 until his death in 1886. He was one of that city's outstanding citizens, and served two terms in the prov incial legislature. An ethnologist and a botanist, Dr. Tolmie did much original work on the flora and fauna of the Northwest and wrote widely on these subjects. As a trader with the Hudson's Bay Company he came into intimate contact with the Indian tribes and was a recognized authority on Indian affairs, as well as a student of the different languages and dialects used from Oregon to Alaska. In addition to his commercial duties, he practised medicine, and in his later years he operated a large farm on Vancouver Island where he specialized in the breeding of cattle. Generous and kind hearted, a scholar and a gentleman, such was Dr. W. F. Tolmie, whose diary appears in these pages. We are fortunate, indeed, that this man took the trouble to record his impressions and experiences during a busy and adventurous life. Beginning with his time as a medical student in Glasgow University from which he graduated at twenty years of age, he recorded his…
note: Includes an index Includes bibliographic references Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70429616
has type: Books
has type: Biographies
identifier: FC3213.1.T64 A3 1963a
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0413308
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Mitchell Press Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3213.1.T64 A3 1963a
subject: Tolmie, William Fraser
subject: British Columbia--History
subject: Pioneers
subject: Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel
type: Text