FC 3213 L55 019.021
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February 1, 1846
Part of Life, Events, and Players in the North-West
Place: Sawing tent [Cumberland Mission]
From: Hy Budd
To: Revd John Smithurst, Indian Settlement
Details: 3pp with integral address face
Notes: Henry Budd writes that Peter Erasmus is unable to provide the food to Budd that was promised, due to crop failure. Budd tried to have his account at York Factory transferred to the Red River Settlement, but the agents at York Factory will not cooperate and seem determined to have Budd spend the entire amount at their outpost. The fall fishing failed, and food at Cumberland Mission is scarce. Budd apologizes for his poor penmanship but the ink in his pen is freezing. He also relates that he has decided to continue his evangelical work, despite his earlier decision to quit.
Budd, Henry