Public Record Office of Northern Ireland;Belfast, Ireland.
Library and Archives Canada;Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765) was an Irish author, statesman and governor of North Carolina.
Collection includes: Photocopy manuscript report, 10 pp, ca. 1752, on the cost of beaver fur; Photocopy manuscript report, 24 pp, on the management of the Hudson's Bay Company. Microfilm includes documents reflecting interest in Northwest Passage, including: Dobbs' correspondence; Henry Kelsey's journal, 1683-1722; Francis Smith's journal on the ship "California," 1746-1747.
Henry Kelsey's journal also available on Microfilm 126.
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Arthur Dobbs Papers, Mss 1561, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Dobbs Papers, D162, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,Belfast, Ireland.
Barr, William, ed.; Williams, Glyndwr, ed. Voyages to Hudson Bay in search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747. London : Hakluyt Society, 1994-1995.
Dobbs Papers, D162, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,Belfast, Ireland.