sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 59 - McNab, John (b 1755)

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GB 0117 MS 59

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McNab, John (b 1755)

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  • [c 1786] (Creation)

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Born in Aberdour, Fife, 1755; joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a surgeon and was sent to Albany Fort, on James Bay, 1779; spent five years as Master of Henley House; returned to Albany, where he eventually became Governor; Governor at Churchill for one year; Governor of York Factory, 1802-1807; first Hudson’s Bay Company man to lead an overland journey from Moose Fort to Montreal.

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GB 0117 MS 59 [c 1786] Sub-fonds 1 volume McNab , John , b 1755 , master at Henley's House, Hudson Bay

Born in Aberdour, Fife, 1755; joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a surgeon and was sent to Albany Fort, on James Bay, 1779; spent five years as Master of Henley House; returned to Albany, where he eventually became Governor; Governor at Churchill for one year; Governor of York Factory, 1802-1807; first Hudson’s Bay Company man to lead an overland journey from Moose Fort to Montreal.

Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:

  1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.

  2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.

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Paper, leather bound, size 13 x 8 inches

Sources: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/materialhistories/people.php?id=7

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. McNab , John , b 1755 , Master at Henley's House, Hudson Bay Research Scientific research Chemical compounds Acids Hudson Bay Canada North America

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Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:

  1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.

  2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Royal Society

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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