Fort Vancouver Historic Structures Report

1. H.B.S., 6:302.

2. The physical and historical evidence for the assumption that the ovens of the 1836-44 Bakery were demolished, except for the foundations, is well presented in the excellent report by Hoffman and Ross, Fort Vancouver Excavations--III, pp. 49, 53-57.

3. H.B.C.A., B.223/z/5, MS, fol. 265d.

4. For the history of this structure, see pp. 167-68 in vol. I of this report.

5. Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [9:] 104-6.

6. Philip Henry Overmeyer, "George B. McClellan and the Pacific Northwest," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 32 (January, 1941): 17-18.

7. "Proceedings of a board of officers, Fort Vancouver, June 15, 1860, A.G.O., Ore. Dept., Doc. File 212-S-1860, in National Archives; also printed in Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [9:] 174-77.

8. Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [2:] 202-3. In listing the buildings that he remembered as standing within the stockade in 1858, Mactavish very obviously referred to the 1846-47 inventory and merely checked off such structures as he believed were still in existence twelve years later. For an evaluation of his testimony, see Hussey, History of Fort Vancouver, pp. 154-55.

9. Hoffman and Ross, Fort Vancouver Excavations--III, pp. 57, 72.

10. Ibid., p. 69.

11. Ibid., p. 6.

12. In their report on the archeological excavation of the Harness Shop site, Messrs. Hoffman and Ross have provided a very thoughtful discussion of the succession of structures in the north eastern corner of the fort. While this writer would hesitate to state some of the conclusions in such a positive manner, the discussion is of much value in clarifying a confusing situation. See Ibid., pp. 67—71.

13. Caywood, Final Report, p. 16, and Excavation Drawings, sheet 9.

14. Hoffman and Ross, Fort Vancouver Excavations--III, p. 17.

15. Ibid., p. 15.

16. Ibid., pp. 52-53.

17. Elliott, "British Values in Oregon, 1847," p. 34; and Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [2:] 118-19. It should be noted, however, that the version in the Company's archives says "lined & ceiled." H.B.C.A., B.223/z/5, MS, fol. 265.

18. Hoffman and Ross, Fort Vancouver Excavations--III, p. 53.

19. Ibid., pp. 39-43. Figure 9 in this excellent archeological report contains a drawing of such a nail.

20. Interview, J. A. Hussey with J. J. Hoffman and Lester Ross, February 23, 1972.

21. H.B.C., Account Book, Fort Vancouver, 1848, H.B.C.A.,B.223/d/181, MS, fols. 83-83d.

22. H.B.C., Account Books, Fort Vancouver, 1840-41 [Country Produce Inventories], H.B.C.A., B.223/d/137, MS, p. 17.

23. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/155, MS, pp. 166-67; H.B.C.A., B.223/d/160, MS, p. 146.