James Birnie papers, 1845-1916 (bulk 1845-1864).

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James Birnie papers, 1845-1916 (bulk 1845-1864).

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Papers of a Hudson's Bay Company agent, justice of the peace, and early merchant of Cathlamet, Washington Territory. Includes Birnie & Co. accounts with Abernethy & Co.; Allan, Lowe & Co.; Henry W. Corbett; Ladd, Reed, & Co.; and other businesses in northwestern Oregon and California. Also includes fishery accounts; real estate records of Cathlamet; estate papers of James A. Scarborough; and guardianship records of Edwin and Robert Scarborough. Correspondence with Allan, Lowe & Co. of San Francisco provides details of shipping and trade between that city and the western Columbia River area in the 1850s.

4 cubic ft. (3 document cases, 2 flat boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7783806

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Allan, Lowe & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Birnie & Co. (Cathlamet, Wash.)

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Ladd, Reed & Co. (Portland, Or.)

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Breck & Ogden (Portland, Or.)

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Abernethy & Co.

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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...

Leonard & Green (Portland, Or.)

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Birnie, Alexander, -1762

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Birnie, James.

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A native of Scotland, James Birnie (1800-1864) migrated to Canada in 1816. He was employed by the Northwest Company and sent to Spokane in the future Washington State, in 1818. After the Northwest Company's consolidation with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, Birnie held posts at Fort George (near present-day Astoria, Or.) and Fort Simpson in British Columbia. He returned to Fort George, where he headed the trading post there until 1845. In that year Birnie opened his own store in Cathlamet, Was...

Scarborough, James Allan, d. 1852.

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