Title: 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
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.
Subjects: North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company
People: Thomas Douglas Selkirk Earl of (1771-1820)