This blessed wilderness : Archibald McDonald's letters from the Columbia, 1822-44

This blessed wilderness : Archibald McDonald's letters from the Columbia, 1822-44 / edited by Jean Murray Cole.

The twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846 were turbulent but important years in the history of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest: 1821 saw the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, and 1846 saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established the Canada-U.S. b...

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Main Author: McDonald, Archibald, 1790-1853
Other Authors: Cole, Jean Murray
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, ©2001.
Series:Pioneers of British Columbia.
Subjects:
McDonald, Archibald, > 1790-1853 > Correspondence.
McDonald, Archibald, > 1790-1853
Hudson's Bay Company > Biography.
Hudson's Bay Company
1800-1899
Fur trade > Northwest, Canadian > History > 19th century.
Fur traders > Northwest, Canadian > Correspondence.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Fur trade
Fur traders
Northwest, Canadian > Biography.
Northwest, Pacific > Biography.
Pacific Northwest
Canada > Canadian Northwest
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Personal correspondence
Online Access:Click for online access

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