The communications of Mercator, upon the contest between the
The communications of Mercator, upon the contest between the Earl of Selkirk, and the Hudson's Bay Company, on the one side, and the North West Company on the other ; Continuation of the communications of Mercator, upon the contest between the Earl of Selkirk, and the Hudson's Bay Company, on one side, and the North-West Company on the other
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"Ellice, Edward, the elder (1781-1863) ... went to Canada in 1803 where he engaged in the fur trade ... In 1805 he became connected with the competing Canadian fur companies, the North-west Company and the X.Y. Company. In this way he was the opponent of the Hudson's Bay Company."--Dict. of national biog., v. 6 (1908) p. 664.
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