Letter from W.B. Robinson to George Simpson

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Letter from W.B. Robinson to George Simpson




Name of document:

Letter from W.B. Robinson to George Simpson

Type of document:

Primary documentation, letter, Hudson's Bay Company Records

Summary of the data:

This letter, authored by William Benjamin Robinson on September 23, 1850, to George Simpson , Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, thanks Simpson for the Company's assistance during the Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850 negotiations. Robinson mentions that Mr. Swanston and Mr. McKenzie put together a census of the Aboriginal population at Lake Superior.

Finally, Robinson requests that the Company distribute the annuity payments on behalf of the government, on the first of August every year. Robinson is concerned that politics may interfere with the payments to the Native Bands in the region which would be considered a breach of faith and as a result the Company was better suited to distribute the money.

Important dates mentioned in the document:

September 23, 1850: Date letter was sent

Important people discussed in the document:

William Benjamin Robinson
Sir George Simpson
Mr. Swanston
Mr. McKenzie
Mr. Buchanan
Peau de Chat

Specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):

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Non-specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):

Lake Superior, Ontario-Minnesota-Wisconsin-Michigan

Specific event(s) identified in the document (if applicable):

Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850 (September, 1850)

Relevant citations:

Gale, Alison. "Robinson Treaty Métis: Historical Report." Claims Research and Assessment Directorate Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. (1998). Print.

Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Letter from W.B. Robinson to George Simpson, 23 September 1850, D.5/28, fos. 659-660, reel 3M92.

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