Frederick Sargent papers, 1860-1906.
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Alaska Commercial Company
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The Alaska Commercial Company was founded shortly after the purchase of Alaska in 1867. Beginning as the Russian-American Company, the company assets were purchased by Hayward M. Hutchinson, William Kohl, and Associates, who then formed the Hutchinson, Kohl & Company. In 1868 the company was reorganized as the Alaska Commercial Company. The company, in its various permutations, played a singularly important part in the history of Alaska with trading stations scattered throughout southwestern...
Sargent, Frederick, 1828-1911
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Frederick Sargent was a trader who headed to Alaska after the transfer. He began work with Hutchinson-Kohl Company which became the Alaska Commercial Company. He settled in Kodiak in 1868 and died there 1911, age 83. [From Kodiak and Afognak life, 1868-1870, by E.L. Huggins, 1981.]. From the description of Frederick Sargent papers, 1860-1906. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 61334629 ...
Davidson, George, 1825-1911
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Biography George Davidson - geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer - was born in Nottingham, England, on May 9, 1825. In 1832 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Central High School, Philadelphia, he was appointed magnetic observer at Girard College Observatory. In 1845 he began his career with the United States Coast Survey as clerk to Superintendent Alexander D...
