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Kennedy’s promotion to trader

Kennedy’s responsibilities within the HBC were increasing, as was his insistence on a wage increase. Kennedy’s polite, but firm, request was directed to Chief Factor William Hemmings Cook, who had assumed charge of York Factory and responsibility for the inland posts in 1810. That year, Kennedy was promoted to trader and his annual salary was doubled to £50. This was important, as he had a growing family to look after; his fourth child, Elizabeth, was born while he was at Fort Hibernia.

Letter from Alexander Kennedy to William Hemmings Cook, 28 June 1810

York Factory, State of men's accounts, 1809-1810

Residence & division of men on York Establishment, 1809-1810

Oxford House, Men's debts, 1810-1811

Winnipeg Factory men's debts, 1810-1811

Oxford House, List of servants and state of their accounts, 1810-1811

Oxford House, Men’s' debts, 1811-1812

Oxford House, State of men's accounts, 1811-1812

Lists of HBC servants, 1812

Find out more… search Oxford House accounts or York Factory accounts in the Keystone Archives Descriptive Database.