Company records, 1791-1811.

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Company records, 1791-1811.

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Photostatic and typewritten copies of selected letters, accounts, legal papers, minutes of meetings, lists of partners and employees, and other papers of the North-west Company of Canada. They contain information on Joseph Bailley, Jean Baptiste Cadotte, Duncan McGillivray, William McGillivray, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Roderick McKenzie, Archibald N. McLeod, Simon McTavish, David Thompson, and other important fur traders in the Northwest.

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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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 ...

McGillivray, William, 1764?-1825

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Michilimackinac Company

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McLeod, Archibald Norman, fl. 1791-1839

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M'Gillivray, Duncan, 1771 or 1772-1825

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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...

McKenzie, Roderick, 1761?-1844.

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McDonell, John, ca. 1768-ca. 1850.

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Chaboillez, Charles Jean Baptiste, 1736-1808

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Northwestern Fur Company trader. From the description of Journal, 1797-1798. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732032 ...

American Fur Company

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Fur trading company in the American West. From the description of Papers, 1835-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497429 Chartered by John Astor in 1808. Astor withdrew his interest in 1834 and in 1864 the company was sold to the North Western Fur Company. From the description of American Fur Company records, 1803-1849. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56975212 No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere...

Rousseau, Dominque.

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Bailly de Messein, Joseph, 1774-1835

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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...

McTavish, Simon, 1750-1804.

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Cadotte, Jean Baptiste, 1761-1818.

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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 ...