Fort Vancouver Historic Structures Report

1. George B. Roberts, "Recollections of George B. Roberts," MS, in the Bancroft Library, University of California, p. 81. Window sash was also made at other posts, however. For a mention of this activity at Fort Nisqually in 1852, see Farrar, "The Nisqually Journal," Washington Historical Quarterly 13 (January, 1922): 63.

2. Beaver, Reports and Letters, p. 24.

3. William A. Slacum, "Slacum's Report on Oregon, 1836-7," Oregon Historical Quarterly 13 (June, 1912): 185.

4. Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [9:] 74-77.

5. H.B.C.A., B.239/1/8, MS, pp. 76-80.

6. Br. & Am. Joint Comm., Papers, [2:] 118-19.

7. U. S., Congress, Senate, 21st Cong., 2d sess., Exec. Doc. No. 39, pp. 21-23.

8. Parker, Journal, pp. 146, 168, 184.

9. Caywood, Final Report, p. 12.

10. The Carpenter Shop can be identified on a number of later maps of the fort, but they are either not to scale or are so small in scale that precise measurements cannot be obtained.

11. H.B.C.A., B.239/l/19, MS, pp. 40, 42, 65.

12. H.B.C.A., B.239/l/20, MS, pp. 42, 43.

13. H.B.C.A., B.239/l/21, MS, pp. 41, 42, 67.

14. H.B.C.A., B.239/l/22, MS, p. 40.

15. H.B.C., Account Book, Fort Vancouver, 1852 [Invoices], H.B.C.A., B.223/d/205, MS, fols. 119-120d.

16. H.B.C. District Statements, York Factory, 1845-1846 [Statement of Servants], H.B.C.A., B.239/l/16, MS, pp. 58, 49, 60, 61; H.B.C.A., B.239/1/17, MS, p. 45.

17. "Alexander Lattie's Fort George Journal, 1846," Oregon Historical Quarterly 64 (September, 1963): 197-245; H.B.C., Account Book, Fort Vancouver, 1846-1847 [Statement of Servants, Columbia Department, Outfit 1846], H.B.C.A., B.223/d/169, MS, p. 8; Warner and Munnick, Catholic Church Records, Vancouver II, pp. 66, 71.

18. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/162, MS, p. 29; Warner and Munnick, Catholic Church Records, Vancouver II, pp. 1, 2, 3; and Stellamaris, p. 1.

19. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/162, MS, p. 29; Warner and Munnick, Catholic Church Records, Vancouver II, p. 73. Baron's proper family name, "Diamare," was sometimes spelled "Diamere" in the Company's records. His nickname, Baron, spelled various ways, became his primary name.

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

21. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/155, MS, pp. 162-64.

22. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/160, MS, pp. 142-43.

23. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/174, MS, fol. 99.

24. H.B.C.A., B.223/d/181, MS, fols. 82d-83.