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Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Ermatinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1012
Abstract

Photostatic reproductions and typescript copies of letters written to Edward Ermatinger (1797-1876) by Archibald McDonald, John Tod, and William Todd; and photostatic reproductions of Ermatinger's collection of songs sung by French-Canadian fur trappers ("Voyageurs"). Ermatinger was an employee for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1818 to 1828, and later was a postmaster, merchant, and banker in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

Dates: 1829-1846

Milton Fish log book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2601
Abstract

Log book of several Pacific and Arctic Ocean voyages, including fur-trading expeditions, whaling and voyages on the ships The Living Rock, Pfeil and Victoria, with typescript chronology.

Dates: 1855-1858