Thomas Gummersall Anderson fonds [textual record]
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Date:1814.Reference:R6424-0-2-E, MG24-F19Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:99556Date(s):1814.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:2.5 cm of textual records (122 p.).Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of a journal of events at Fort McKay, 10 August-28 November 1814, kept by Captain T.G. Anderson while he was in command there during the absence of Lieutenant-Colonel McKay. Also included are copies of military orders issued by Anderson.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Anderson, Thomas Gummersall, 1779-1875 : Thomas Gummersall Anderson was born 12 November 1779 at Sorel, Province of Quebec. He was taken to New Johnstown (Cornwall) when his family settled there in 1783. In 1795 he was apprenticed for five years to Thomas Markland, a Kingston merchant. Anderson accompanied a half brother of Markland's out to the American post of Mackinac and for the next 14 years traded with the Indians in the upper Mississippi valley in what is now the state of Wisconsin. In the first actions of the War of 1812, Mackinac was captured by the British. Anderson learned there that the Americans had captured Prairie du Chien and had built a fort. He then immediately raised a company of volunteers and, with the aid of the commanding officer at Mackinac, hastened to Prairie du Chien and recaptured the fort.
Until the end of the war, he remained in charge of Fort McKay which was named after an old Nor'wester, William McKay, who had accompanied the expedition. In 1815, Anderson was given employment at Mackinac in the Indian Department as storekeeper, interpreter and clerk. The department remained under military jurisdiction from 1816 to 1830 and Anderson attained the rank of captain. Anderson stayed with the Indian Department for the remainder of his career. As trader and government employee, he had close contact with the Indians for 58 years and was seen as a shrewd judge of their character and devoted to their interests. He wrote copious journals and reports, many of which were printed after his death 10 February 1875.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG24-F19 -
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