Miles Macdonell correspondence, 1812-1816.

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Miles Macdonell correspondence, 1812-1816.

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Photostatic copies of correspondence with John Macdonell and Lord Selkirk about the Selkirk Colony on the Red River, the Ojibwe and Dakota Indians, the War of 1812, and the North West Company.

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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North West Company

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Founded in 1779 in Montreal, the North West Company was in the fur-trading business in the Canadian (or British North American) North-West. In 1821, it merged with its main competitor, the Hudson's Bay Company. From the description of North West Company Papers [manuscript]. 1800-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225562908 ...

Macdonell, John, 1768-1850

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Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820

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Born at St. Mary's Isle, Scotland, June 20, 1771; studied at Edinburgh; succeeded his father as Earl of Selkirk, 1799; became interested in the Highlanders and convinced of necessity for emigration; settled a colony of eight hundred on Prince Edward Island, 1803, and started settlement of Baldoon in Upper Canada near Detroit. Returned home, 1804; chosen representative peer in 1806 and 1807; was an active Whig. published pamphlets on Army and Parliamentary reform. In 1807 he was appointed lord-li...

Red River Settlement.

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Macdonell, Miles, 1769-1828

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