Personal adventures of Robert Birnie, born at : Astoria, Oregon : ms., 1824 Feb. 7. written by himself. San Francisco.

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Personal adventures of Robert Birnie, born at : Astoria, Oregon : ms., 1824 Feb. 7. written by himself. San Francisco.

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Recollections of his father, James Birnie, and his association with the Hudson's Bay Co.; his boyhood in the Northwest; his own service with Hudson's Bay Co. until 1842; his work in California for various concerns as clerk and as supercargo; subsequent travels; return to California and work as farmer and then as real estate agent. With letter of transmittal, May 7, 1872, to H.H. Bancroft.

Originals : 16 p. ; 32 cm in a box.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 518:16) and positive.

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Birnie, James.

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A native of Scotland, James Birnie (1800-1864) migrated to Canada in 1816. He was employed by the Northwest Company and sent to Spokane in the future Washington State, in 1818. After the Northwest Company's consolidation with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, Birnie held posts at Fort George (near present-day Astoria, Or.) and Fort Simpson in British Columbia. He returned to Fort George, where he headed the trading post there until 1845. In that year Birnie opened his own store in Cathlamet, Was...

Birnie, Robert I.

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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...