Correspondence, 1826-1867 [microform].

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Correspondence, 1826-1867 [microform].

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Correspondence relating to fur trade and the life of Hudson's Bay Company employees in various parts of Canada, Wisconsin, and the Red River Valley of the North, particularly Pembina, N.D. Chief Correspondents include Bernard W. Brisbois, of Prairie du Chien, Wis, Brisbois's brother, Charles Brisbois, Hercules L. Dousman, Fisher's uncle, Alexander Fisher, of York Factory, Man., Joseph Rolette, Jr., and his wife, Jane (Fisher) Rolette (who later married Hercules L. Dousman).

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University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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Brisbois, Charles, -1847

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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...

Rolette, Joseph, 1820-1871

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Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868

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Wealthy Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, fur trader and regional investor. Born on Mackinac Island in 1800 and educated in New Jersey, Dousman worked at a New York mercantile house as a clerk and with his father at Mackinac before coming in 1826 to Prairie du Chien. There Dousman worked as an agent of the American Fur Company in partnership with Joseph Rolette (whose widow, Jane Fisher Rolette, Dousman married in 1844). In 1834, Dousman, Rolette, and H.H. Sibley became stock...

Fisher, Henry D. (Henry Donald), 1882-1961

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Fur trader and Hudson's Bay Company employee, of Pembina, N.D. From the description of Correspondence, 1826-1867 [microform]. (University of North Dakota). WorldCat record id: 23243417 ...

Dousman, Jane Fisher Rolette

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Fisher, Sash

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British astronomer and Artic explorer, sometimes listed as George Fisher. From the description of Letter, 1821, Jan. 6 : to William Jerdan. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35070483 ...

Brisbois, Bernard W., 1808-1885

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