Lot 213
Canada 1863 envelope with original enclosure, datelined "Fort Chipewyan Athabasca, August 2 to Miss Annie Ermatinger, St. Thomas, Canada West" (partial arrival d.s.) showing "Pembina Min./Feb. 7" and "Detroit Mich. 10/Jul 22" c.d.s., backstamped Windsor U.C. (July 22) and London U.C. (July 23), taking a remarkable more than eleven months to arrive.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: de Volpi
Written by Robert McDonald, a missionary who spent more than forty years in the Yukon, to Miss Annie Ermatinger, daughter of the fur trader and trapper Edward Ermatinger, the letter refers to his appointment to the Mackenzie River District, passing through Fort aux Lairds, then a possible visit to the Yukon the following summer, before eventually returning to the Red River. "I shall again write by the winter packet that leaves Fort Simpson on the first December and at the same late one leaves R. River for MacKenzie River".
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| Realized $1,300 |
