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The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company / Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

Chapter 63: Transcriber's Note:
By George Bryce
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The work chronicles the foundation, organization, and commercial practices of the Hudson's Bay enterprise, describing its early voyages, royal chartering, and methods of fur trade. It examines rivalry with French traders and competing concerns such as the North‑West, XY, and Astor companies, and follows the period of consolidation under later Company administration. Coverage spans exploration, the system of posts and trade routes across the northern interior, and interactions with Indigenous communities, while also treating governance and economic outcomes. An appendix supplies references and archival authorities for readers seeking more detailed documentary material.

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Transcriber's Note:

  • Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired. Others are listed below. Original spelling and its variations were not standardized.
  • Word combinations that appeared with and without hyphens were changed to the predominant form if it could be determined, or to the hyphenated form if it could not.
  • Corrections in the spelling of names were made when those could be verified. Otherwise the variations were left as they were.
  • Footnotes were moved to the ends of the chapters in which they they belonged and numbered in one continuous sequence.
  • Variant forms retained and errors corrected:
    • Athabasca or Athapuscow Lake (pp. 106, 386). Athapuscow is spelling in French texts. Both forms were retained.
    • Philip 'Turner' changed to Philip 'Turnor' (p. 127).
    • Astor 'brought' out changed to 'bought' out (p. 194).
    • 'it the' grandest speech changed to 'it was the' grandest speech p. 407).
  • Other notes:
    • Transcription of the Seven Oaks Monuments inscription (p. 232):

      SEVEN
      OAKS

      ERECTED IN 1891
      BY THE
      MANITOBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
      THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE
      COUNTESS OF SELKIRK
      ON THE SITE OF SEVEN OAKS
      WHERE FELL
      GOVERNOR ROBERT SEMPLE AND
      TWENTY OF HIS OFFICERS AND MEN

      JUNE 19 1816

    • "The map on page 384 should be consulted...." 384 changed to 388 (p. 386).
    • In Appendix B, page 490, the row "Radisson goes on expedition to the Antilles" is missing the date in the original.
    • The location of some illustrations was changed but their pagination in the List of Illustrations was not and may therefore be incorrect.