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Title: In 1845 the Scottish "tartan" was available in HBC posts (Columbia Dist.)
Post by: Puffer on January 09, 2020, 01:38:14 PM

In 1845 the Scottish "tartan" was available in HBC posts (Columbia Dist.) The following tartan fabric was sent from London by ship, to Vancouver .  :applaud :applaud ( some poss, SOs for HBC personal use but other gen sale (?))

Argyle - 328 yd.s
Chanrandal{MacDonald} - 1119 1/2 yd.s
McDuff - 1438 1/2 yd.s
Rob Roy{Macgregor} - 298 1/2 yd.s
Royal Stewart - 339 1/2 yd.s

The "tartans" I posted below are only, perhaps what they looked like  ::)

Title: Re: In 1845 the Scottish "tartan" was available in HBC posts (Columbia Dist.)
Post by: Oldetexian on January 12, 2020, 08:16:52 AM

 :hairy :hairy :hairy Any tartan is a good tartan in my book. Nice to know there was taran available for sale to civilians
 back then.