Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company records, 1833-1839.

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Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company records, 1833-1839.

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Records of a fur trading and fishing company organized in 1834 by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth. Account books include: journal, 1834 August 4-1835 December 31; ledger, 1834 July 31-1837 July 21, with Wyeth's instructions to Robert Evans, agent in charge; and combination journal-ledger (in box 2), 1834 December 14-1839 April 10, with Joseph Thing's accounts of sale of Fort Hall to the Hudson's Bay Company. Also includes amanuensis copy of letters, agreements, and instructions re: formation and operation of the fur trade and fishing company, including the establishment of Fort Hall (formerly designated Mss 938-1). Principal correspondents in the letter book include Nathanial J. Wyeth, Joseph Thing, James L. Lambert, and the firm of Tucker and Williams.

.7 cubic feet (2 document cases containing 3 v. and 2 folders)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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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...

Lambert, James L.

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Wyeth, Nathaniel J. (Nathaniel Jarvis), 1802-1856

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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Boston, Mass. merchant who sought to establish a fur trading and fishing enterprise in the Northwest. From the guide to the Nathaniel J. Wyeth collection, 1832-1901, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Boston, Mass. merchant who sought to establish a fur trading and fishing enterprise in the Northwest. In 1831, Wyeth made plans to establish an agricultural and ...

Tucker & Williams (Boston, Mass.)

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Thing, Joseph.

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Evans, Robert

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Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company.

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Hall, Henry.

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