Category: British Columbia History

Page 18 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection, 28 Oct 1859 Killed by Bears letter from Port Pemberton to Fort Douglas Lot 68 in our Saturday auction on 13th April 2019

Page 17, 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush Gerald Wellburn Page

Lot 108 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush Gerald Wellburn Page 17 in All Nations’ auction 6th...

Samuel Brighouse signed, well worn Family Bible

Samuel Brighouse signed, well worn Family Bible. A remarkable personal possession from one of the Three Greenhorns, a founder of Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia.

Page 16, incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger

Page 16 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger, Lot 100 in All Nations’ auction Saturday 23rd March 2019

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate, offered in All Nations’ 23 March...

Page 15 Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope

Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope, page 15 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

H.B.C./B.C. District Dease Post $5 card money – last of find

Hudson’s Bay Company, B.C. District, Dease Post $5 scrip. This is the very last of the Sydney Hodgkinson find. Lot 195 in this week’s 1200th auction on 9th March 2019.

1860 James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Wellburn

1860 Governor James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Gerald Wellburn, Lot 126 in this week’s 1200th auction 9th march 2019 #bchistory

The Sydney Hodgkinson Find

Card scripts (or card tokens) from the H.B.C. Tradings Posts in Northern B.C. were collected by Sydney Hodgkinson and brought in to All Nations by his family.

Sydney Hodgkinson worked as an accountant with the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1908 to 1935.

Handwritten list of Gassy Jack’s debts in our Auction 9th March 2019

The Gassy Jack Deighton 1875 estate list of debts featured in our 1200th Auction this Saturday 9th March 2019.

B.C. #2 1864 William’s Creek Mixed Franked Cover to Canada West

B.C. cover from the Cariboo Gold Fields to Mrs. Robert Harkness in Iroquois, Canada West in 1864 (est. $1,500).

Gassy Jack and our 1200th Auction by John Mackie in Vancouver sun

John Mackie has featured Lot 145 a Handwritten list of Gassy Jack Deighton’s debts in his Vancouver Sun article about our milestone 1200th auction.

Page 14 1858 Two Covers from the USA to Fort Hope, Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 14 1858 U.S. 3c & 10c Cover duo to Fort Hope Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 13 1848 H.B.C. Statement to James Murray Yale from the Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

New Westminster, B.C. 1878 3c Brighouse & Scratchley Cover

Brighouse & Scratchley Cover 23 April 1878 1c Nesbitt New Westminster, B.C. postal stationery...

Marcus Smith 25 July 1860 letter to wife

Marcus Smith was an early Railway-Engineer in Canada and his letters relate the Railway life of a Chief Engineer. This is a 2 page letter written in 1860 Hamilton to his wife. Lot 23 in our auction February 16th Saturday #bchistory #railroadhistory

Page 12 H.B.C. 1830 Account to James Yale officer in charge of Fort Langley

Page 12 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection H.B.C. 1830 Account to James Yale officer in charge of newly founded Fort Langley on the Fraser River

Page 11 1858 Act to Provide for the Government of B.C. in Victoria Gazette

Page 11 of Wellburn’s historical journey through the Fraser River Gold Rush is the 2nd August 1858 Act to Provide for the Government of B.C. published in Victoria Gazette

Marcus Smith 1856 letter to wife

Marcus Smith was an early Railway-Engineer in Canada and his letters relate the Railway life of a Chief Engineer. This is a 12 page letter written in Ontario 1859 to his wife. Lot 26 in our auction February 9th Saturday #bchistory #railroadhistory