Thomas Douglas Selkirk papers, 1800-1824.

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Thomas Douglas Selkirk papers, 1800-1824.

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Correspondence containing information on the Selkirk Colony (Red River of the North) and its purpose, on its relations with the fur trade of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, on the punishment of crimes committed in the colony, and (1816) on John Jacob Astor's protest against the establishment of the settlement. A number of the letters are in French.

0.2 cu. ft. (3 folders, boxed).

eng,

fre,

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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