{"product_id":"undelivered-letters-to-hudsons-bay-company-men-on-the-northwest-coast-of-america-183057-9780774809740","title":"Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America  1830-57","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early nineteenth century  when the Hudsons Bay Company sent men to its furthest posts along the coast of North Americas Pacific Northwest  the letters of those who cared for those men followed them in the Companys supply ships. Sometimes  these letters missed their objects -- the men had returned to Britain  or deserted their ships  or died. The Company returned the correspondence to its London office and over the years amassed a file of \"undelivered letters.\" Many of these remained sealed for 150 years until they were opened by archivist Judith Hudson Beattie  when the Company archives were moved to Canada.  The letters tell the stories of ordinary people whose lives are rarely recounted in traditional histories. Editorial commentaries fram  for contemporary readers  the words of early nineteenth-century working- and middle-class British folk as well as letters to \"voyageurs\" from Quebec. Their stories offer rare insights into the varied worlds of men and women who settled the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272386535477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0774809744","price":238.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780774809740.jpg?v=1780479072","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/undelivered-letters-to-hudsons-bay-company-men-on-the-northwest-coast-of-america-183057-9780774809740","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}