James Birnie papers 1845-1916 1845-1864

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James Birnie papers 1845-1916 1845-1864

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv54044

Papers of a Hudson's Bay Company agent, justice of the peace, and early merchant of Cathlamet, Washington Territory. Includes Birnie & Co. accounts with Abernethy & Co.; Allan, Lowe & Co.; Henry W. Corbett; Ladd, Reed, & Co.; and other business in northwestern Oregon and California. Also inlcludes fishery accounts; real estate records of Cathlamet; estate papers of James A. Scarborough; and guardianship records of Edwin and Robert Scarborough.

4 cubic feet; 3 document cases, 2 flat boxes

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373804

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Birnie, James

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James Birnie was born in Scotland in 1800. He arrived in Canada in 1816 where he studied the French language. In 1818, he was employed by the Northwest Company and was sent to Fort Spokane. After the consolidation of the Northwest Company with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, Birnie was sent to Fort George, near present-day Astoria, Oregon, where he performed the tasks of Indian trader and bookkeeper until 1831. He then went to Fort Simpson in British Columbia to help in the comple...

Birnie, Alexander D.

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Abernethy & Co.

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Allan, Lowe & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Ladd, Reed & Co. (Portland, Or.)

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Breck & Ogden (Portland, Or.)

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Birnie & Co.

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Leonard & Green

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Scarborough, James Allan, d. 1852.

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