Records relating to the fur trade, 1768-1807, 1867.

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Records relating to the fur trade, 1768-1807, 1867.

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Typewritten and/or photostatic copies of about 500 abstracts of licenses to trade with the Indians that were granted at Montreal and Quebec by the British government to fur traders in the Great Lakes area (1768-1776); an index of the licenses; consolidated returns, giving lists of licenses (1777-1790); a brief historical sketch of the license system written by Wayne E. Stevens; selected items of official correspondence between the United States and Great Britain relating to the fur trade in the upper Mississippi Valley, the Louisiana Purchase, and the North West Company; and letters enclosing a memorandum on the Red River settlement (1867).

1.0 cu. ft. (3 boxes, incl. 2 v.); 39 oversize items; and 3 microfilm reels.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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