Sir George Simpson, overseas governor of the Hudson's Bay Company : a pen picture of a man of action
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Morton, Arthur S. (Arthur Silver), 1870-1945
issued: 2022-02-04
issued: 1944
description: ""Bibliographical note": PP.287-289. "Notes" (bibliographical): PP.291-299." Printed in Canada and published simultaneously by Dent in Canada and Binfords & Mort for the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 210-211.
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extent: xii, 310 pages : maps (on lining-papers), frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, portraits ; 23.5 cm
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note: The University of British Columbia Library THE CHUNG COLLECTION SIR GEORGE SIMPSON Overseas Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. by ARTHUR S. MORTON By the Same Author UNDER WESTERN SKIES (Thos. Nelson & Sons, Limited, Toronto, 1936) A HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN WEST (Thos. Nelson & Sons, Limited, Edinburgh and Toronto, 1939) Courtesy of the Hudson's Bay Company Sir George Simpson, Governor of Rupert's Land for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1821-1860. SIR GEORGE SIMPSON OVERSEAS GOVERNOR OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY A Pen Picture of a Man of Action by Arthur S. Morton Sometime Professor of History, the University of Saskatchewan TORONTO VANCOUVER J. M. DENT & SONS (CANADA) LIMITED All rights reserved. Copyright, 1944 by J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited First Edition, 1944 Printed in Canada by The Hugh Heaton Printing House, Limited RICCARDO H. LEVESON GOWER Oceano diviso studiis conjuncto auctor. Contents PAGE I. Early Days: 1787-1820 3 II. The North-West, A Scene of Violence, 1804-1821 .... 19 III. Simpson's Year as Fur-Trader, Athabasca Depart ment, 1820-1 35 IV. Governor Simpson and the Governor and Committee 57 VI. Governor Simpson and the Selkirk Colony 109 V. Governor Simpson and His Councils 85 VII. Simpson and "West of the Mountains" 123 VIII. Simpson's Marriage and Its Repercussions, 1830 to 1833 157 IX. The Vain Search for Exportable Products, 1830 to 1834 173 X. Simpson and the Red River Settlement's Institutions, 1835 to 1839 183 XI. Simpson and a Changing World, 1840 to 1859 189 XII. Governor Simpson, The Servant of the Servants of the Company 243 XIII. Last Days, 1858 to 1860 277 Bibliographical Note 287 Notes 291 Index 301 Pref ace TO write the life of George Simpson is no easy task. There can have been few men who identified themselves with their office and its duties more than, he Though there are thousands of letters from his hand (or in the hands of his successive secretaries) in the Archives of the Hudson's Bay Company—a precious store, surely —there …
note: Includes an index Includes bibliographic references Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/194529700 Part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
has type: Biographies
identifier: FC3213.1.S54 M76 1944
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0406514
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited ; Vancouver : J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3213.1.S54 M76 1944
subject: Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 1787-1860
subject: Hudson's Bay Company
subject: Northwest, Canadian--History
type: Text