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Title	The Fred Smith Story
Subject	Letter; Personal History; Family; 1898; Business; Athabaska Landing; Athabasca Landing; Charles Holt's Expedition; Gold Fields; Gold; Masons; Northwest Rebellion; Northwest Mounted Police; NWMP; RCMP; Military; First Nations; Almighty Voice; Duck Lake; Alcoholism
Description	Letters written to A.W. Soare (Bert) from Uncle Fred Smith, Captain Holt's Party, V.J. MacGillycuddy-Constable N.W.M. Police, F.W. White-North-West Mounted Police-Office of the Comptroller and W. Davis Burlinson. In 1898 Fred Smith left the force to seek his fortune in the gold fields of the Yukon. He was grubstaked (funded for a share of the profits) by a syndicate from Yorkshire headed by his nephew W. Davis Burlinson, a stockbroker. The nature of the letters are sympathy and explanation to the family following his death in Athabaska Landing, as well as a follow-up letter lamenting the "splendid chances thrown away" with Mr. Smith's death.
Physical Description	16 pages
Date	1898
Accession Number	04.30
Language	en
Format	text
Type	application/pdf
Collection	Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives
Repository	Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives
Use Conditions	Subject to The Copyright Act. For more information or requests to use this document, contact atharchives@athabascalibrary.ab.ca

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