The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
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Bryce George. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
CHAPTER I. THE FIRST VOYAGE FOR TRADE
CHAPTER II. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY FOUNDED
CHAPTER III. METHODS OF TRADE
CHAPTER IV. THREE GREAT GOVERNORS
CHAPTER V. TWO ADROIT ADVENTURERS
CHAPTER VI. FRENCH RIVALRY
CHAPTER VII. RYSWICK AND UTRECHT
CHAPTER VIII. DREAM OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE
CHAPTER IX. THE INTERESTING BLUE-BOOK OF 1749
CHAPTER X. FRENCH CANADIANS EXPLORE THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER XI. THE SCOTTISH MERCHANTS OF MONTREAL
CHAPTER XII. DISCOVERY OF THE COPPERMINE
CHAPTER XIII. FORTS ON HUDSON BAY LEFT BEHIND
CHAPTER XIV. THE NORTH-WEST COMPANY FORMED
CHAPTER XV. VOYAGES OF SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
CHAPTER XVI. THE GREAT EXPLORATION
CHAPTER XVII. The X Y COMPANY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE LORDS OF THE LAKES AND FORESTS. – I
CHAPTER XIX. THE LORDS OF THE LAKES AND FORESTS. – II
CHAPTER XX. THE LORDS OF THE LAKES AND FORESTS. – III
CHAPTER XXI. THE IMPULSE OF UNION
CHAPTER XXII. THE ASTOR FUR COMPANY
CHAPTER XXIII. LORD SELKIRK'S COLONY
CHAPTER XXIV. TROUBLE BETWEEN THE COMPANIES
CHAPTER XXV. THE SKIRMISH OF SEVEN OAKS
CHAPTER XXVI. LORD SELKIRK TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE BLUE-BOOK OF 1819 AND THE NORTH-WEST TRIALS
CHAPTER XXVIII. MEN WHO PLAYED A PART
CHAPTER XXIX. GOVERNOR SIMPSON UNITES ALL INTERESTS
CHAPTER XXX. THE LIFE OF THE TRADERS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE VOYAGEURS FROM MONTREAL
CHAPTER XXXII. EXPLORERS IN THE FAR NORTH
CHAPTER XXXIII. EXPEDITIONS TO THE FRONTIER OF THE FUR COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXXIV. FAMOUS JOURNEYS IN RUPERT'S LAND
CHAPTER XXXV. RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. 1817-1846
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PRAIRIES: SLEDGE, KEEL, WHEEL, CAYUSE, CHASE
CHAPTER XXXVII. LIFE ON THE SHORES OF HUDSON BAY AND LABRADOR
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ATHABASCA, MACKENZIE RIVER, AND THE YUKON
CHAPTER XXXIX. ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
CHAPTER XL. FROM OREGON TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
CHAPTER XLI. PRO GLORIA DEI
CHAPTER XLII. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND THE INDIANS
CHAPTER XLIII. UNREST IN RUPERT'S LAND (1844-69)
CHAPTER XLIV. CANADA COVETS THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY
CHAPTER XLV. TROUBLES OF THE TRANSFER OF RUPERT'S LAND
CHAPTER XLVI. PRESENT STATUS OF THE COMPANY
CHAPTER XLVII. THE FUTURE OF THE CANADIAN WEST
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
APPENDIX F
APPENDIX G
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Charles Lamb – "delightful author" – opens his unique "Essays of Elia" with a picturesque description of the quaint "South Sea House." Threadneedle Street becomes a magnetic name as we wander along it toward Bishopsgate Street "from the Bank, thinking of the old house with the oaken wainscots hung with pictures of deceased governors and sub-governors of Queen Anne, and the first monarchs of the Brunswick dynasty – huge charts which subsequent discoveries have made antiquated – dusty maps, dim as dreams, and soundings of the Bay of Panama." But Lamb, after all, was only a short time in the South Sea House, while for more than thirty years he was a clerk in the India House, partaking of the genius of the place.
The India House was the abode of a Company far more famous than the South Sea Company, dating back more than a century before the "Bubble" Company, having been brought into existence on the last day of the sixteenth century by good Queen Bess herself. To a visitor, strolling down Leadenhall Street, it recalls the spirit of Lamb to turn into East India Avenue, and the mind wanders back to Clive and Burke of Macaulay's brilliant essay, in which he impales, with balanced phrase and perfect impartiality, Philip Francis and Warren Hastings alike.
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The war with the Dutch delayed the expedition for one year, and in the second year their vessel received orders too late to be fitted up for the voyage. The assistance of the English ambassador to France, Mr. Montague, was then invoked by Groseilliers and Radisson, now backed up by a number of merchant friends to prepare for the voyage.
Through this influence, an audience was obtained from Prince Rupert, the King's cousin, and his interest was awakened in the enterprise.
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