Hudson's Bay Company collection [manuscript], 1690-1970.

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Hudson's Bay Company collection [manuscript], 1690-1970.

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Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to the Hudson's Bay Company, chartered by the British crown in 1670 and a major power in northwestern North America throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Approximately one quarter of the materials are original documents and the rest are photocopies or on microfilm. Included are a number of articles on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company; a plan of Fort George; and copies of printed texts and British government documents from the early 19th century relating to the Company's activities. Among the original documents are: accounts and inventories; letters to Company officials such as Sir James Douglas, Cuthbert Cummings (Chief trader at Wemontachinque), and James A. Grahame; letters from Louis Decerre; papers of George S. McTavish, 1860-1893; and an anonymous diary recording an 1875 trip from Montreal to Esquimaux Point and other locales in Canada. The collection documents a wide range of the Company's activities, from fur trading to the construction and provision of forts to relations with the Native American tribes.

1 cubic foot (2 document cases, 1 reel of microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6950122

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Grahame, James A.

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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 ...

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...

McKay, W. C. 1824-1893.

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Cummings, Cuthbert

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McTavish, George, 1834-1893

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Decerre, Louis

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Douglas, James, 1803-1877

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Sir James Douglas (1803-1877) worked for the North West Company under Dr. McLauglin at Fort Vancouver and later succeeded him as chief factor. In 1849 he moved to Victoria and served as governor of the Hudson's Bay Company on Vancouver Island until 1859, when he as appointed governor of British Columbia. From the description of Letters, 1839, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127601 James Douglas is a legendary figure in British Columbia, from his fur trade days at For...