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
Contributors: Montreal Herald
Publisher: Printed by W. Gray
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Montreal, Lower Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: North West Company; Hudson's Bay Company
Other titles: 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.
Description: "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.
Notes: Anonymous; the name "Mercator" is attributed to Edward Ellice--Confer TPL 1116 and National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.

Two parts issued together. --Confer TPL 1116.

"Republished from the Montreal herald"

Errata: page 13 (at end).

Also issued in French under title: Les communications de Mercator, sur la conteste entre le comte de Selkirk, et la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, d'une part, et la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest, d'autre part.

Includes bibliographical references.

Peel (2nd ed.), 46

Sabin, 20697

TPL, 1116

National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.

Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 21779.3.