The communications of Mercator [pseud.] 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.
Series: Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 172, no. 1801.
Publisher: W. Gray
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, -- Earl of, -- 1771-1820.; Hudson's Bay Company.; North West Company.; Red River Settlement.
Notes: Republished from the Montreal Herald.

"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.

"Continuation of The communications of Mercator" and "Errata": 12 p., 1 ¾. at end.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 172, no. 1801)