Hudson Bay Company

Connections

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Occupation R. M. Ballantyne
Initially RMB worked in Canada as an apprentice clerk for the Hudson Bay Company , but he soon found himself trading furs and managing trading posts. The letters he wrote to his mother during this...
Publishing Jane Marcet
Marcet received advice and encouragement in her project both from her husband and from one of his medical friends, Dr John Yelloy . Yelloy advised her to keep her style serious but accessible, and also...
Family and Intimate relationships Beatrice Webb
BW 's father, Richard Potter , was a business entrepreneur. His financial interests were many and wide-ranging; his directorships included the Great Western Railway , the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada , and the Hudson Bay Company

Timeline

2 May 1670: Charles II signed the charter for the Hudson,...

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2 May 1670

Charles II signed the charter for the Hudson, or Hudson's, Bay Company , giving it trading rights in Rupert's Land.

13 July 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish...

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13 July 1713

The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession, known in North America as Queen Anne's War.

6 June 1834: The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return...

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6 June 1834

The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan) to the Hudson Bay Company for £15,000 of Company stock.

6 June 1834: The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return...

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6 June 1834

The sixth Earl of Selkirk agreed to return Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan) to the Hudson Bay Company for £15,000 of Company stock.

18 March 1836: The Hudson Bay Company's Beaver, the first...

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18 March 1836

The Hudson Bay Company 's Beaver, the first steamer on the northern Pacific, arrived at Fort Vancouver.

30 May 1838: The Hudson Bay Company was granted a new...

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30 May 1838

The Hudson Bay Company was granted a new charter for twenty-one years.

2 August 1858: The Imperial Act provided British Columbia,...

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2 August 1858

The Imperial Act provided British Columbia, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Hudson Bay Company , with its own government.

19 November 1869: The Hudson Bay Company sold Rupert's Land,...

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19 November 1869

The Hudson Bay Company sold Rupert's Land, or the North West Territories (now Nunavut), to the Crown for £300,000, all except for one twentieth of the land, which it retained.

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