[Transcripts of selected documents in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives], [1905].

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Strachey, William, 1572?-1621

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Epithet: Secretary to the Governor of Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x00012f Historian, First secretary of the Virginia Colony. From the description of Commonplace book, 1615-1628. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48583658 From the description of Commonplace book [manuscript], 1615-1628. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647922472 ...

Charcoal, 1856-1896

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Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820

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Born at St. Mary's Isle, Scotland, June 20, 1771; studied at Edinburgh; succeeded his father as Earl of Selkirk, 1799; became interested in the Highlanders and convinced of necessity for emigration; settled a colony of eight hundred on Prince Edward Island, 1803, and started settlement of Baldoon in Upper Canada near Detroit. Returned home, 1804; chosen representative peer in 1806 and 1807; was an active Whig. published pamphlets on Army and Parliamentary reform. In 1807 he was appointed lord-li...

Cocking, Matthew, d. 1799

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Campbell, Robert, 1808-1894

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Wilson, James, fl. 1893-1903.

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Ogden, Peter Skene, 1790-1854

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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...

Hendry, Anthony, fl. 1748-1755

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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 ...

Hudson's Bay Company. Archives

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Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936

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Agnes Laut was a Canadian born author and journalist who contributed to Canadian, American, and English magazines and periodicals, primarily writing about the outdoors. She died in New York. From the guide to the Agnes C. Laut letter to her publisher, March 16, 1911, (Ohio University) Agnes Laut was a journalist and a prolific writer of popular histories of Canada and the U.S. She was born in Stanley, Ont. and died in Wassaic, N.Y., having lived much of her life in the U.S. ...

Radisson, Pierre Esprit, approximately 1636-1710

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Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856

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Alexander Ross (1783-1856) was born in Scotland and became known as a pioneer and fur trader in Canada and the Pacific Northwest. From the guide to the Alexander Ross diary of the Snake Country expedition, 1824, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Alexander Ross was a HudsonBay Company fur trader and trapper. In 1824, he was a member of a fur hunting and trading expedition in northwestern Montana. From the description of Alexander Ross diary, 1824. (Mont...

Mcgillivray, Simon

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