Fur trade documents and related papers, 1682-1967.

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Fur trade documents and related papers, 1682-1967.

Legal and business records of fur traders and merchants in Montreal, the Great Lakes region (including Minnesota), and western Canada; related letters and journals; and data on locations of fur trade records. They provide information on fur trade supplies and equipment, labor arrangements, trading posts, trade routes, trade goods, fur collections and sales, and business arrangements. There are abstracts of most documents, and translations of many originally written in French.

1.5 cu. ft. (7 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314768

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Ogden, John Cosens, 1751-1800

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Beauharnois, Charles de 1671?-1749

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Bernie, Samuel.

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Chartier de Lotbinière, Michel, 1723-1798

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Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (b. April 23, 1723, Quebec City, Canada-d. October 14, 1798, New York City, NY), was a wealthy land owner in New France (Quebec). In 1757, on his advice at the Siege of Fort William Henry, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacked Fort William Henry. In 1758, Lotbinière again advised Montcalm to await rather than attack the British Army, at Fort Carillon, the fort that Lotbinière had built, which led to the French victory at the...

MacDonald, Finnan, 1781-1856.

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Gérin-Lajoie, Marie, 1890-1971,

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Moniere family.

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Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820

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Fur trader, explorer, and author. In 1801 Cadell & Davies published Mackenzie's account of his two expeditions to find a route to the Pacific ocean in 1789 and 1793 (Voyages from Montreal ... to the frozen and Pacific Oceans). A two-volume edition was also published by Cadell & Davies in 1802. From the description of Note : Adelphi, [London, Eng.], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, [London, Eng.], 1807 Feb. 7. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 384...

Duluth, Daniel Greysolon, sieur, 1636-1710

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Guy, Joseph, b. 1780?

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Larocque, François Antoine

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In 1784, Larocque joined the XY Company as a clerk, working in the region of the Assiniboine River from 1802 to 1804. In the autumn of 1804 he left Fort Assiniboine, with Charles Mackenzie, Jean-Baptiste Lafrance, and four other voyagers, to go to the Mandan villages on the banks of the Missouri. Laroque, who had been sent to the United States to learn English after his father's death in 1792, preferred to write in English. From the description of A journal of the voyage to the Rocky...

Chaussegros de Léry, Gaspard-Joseph 1682-1756

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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 ...

Thompson, David, 1770-1857

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English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857) was born in London and educated at the Grey Coat School, Christ's Hospital School, and at Oxford University. From the guide to the David Thompson sketches of mountains in the Pacific Northwest, circa 1800-1857, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857) was born in London and educated at the Grey Coat School, Christ's Hospital School, and ...

Guy, Etienne, 1774-1820.

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Ainsse, Louis Joseph, 1742-1802.

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MacDonald, John, 1773-1826

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