The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island: With an Exposition of the Chartered Rights, Conduct, and Policy of the Hon'ble Hudson's Bay Corporation |
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The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island: With an Exposition of ... Robert Montgomery Martin No preview available - 1849 |
The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island, with an Exposition of ... R. M. Martin No preview available - 2017 |
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49th parallel aborigines Adventurers of England aforesaid appear Assiniboine Athabasca Australia Blackfeet Bond Street British Captain chief factors chief traders Chipewyans Church coal Colonel colonies Columbia River Commodore Wilkes Company of Adventurers contained Cowlitz Cowlitz River Cree Depôt Deputy Edward Ellice England trading establishment exclusive privilege exclusive trade favourable Fort Vancouver forts fur trade Government Governor and Company granted Greenhow heirs and successors Honourable Hudson's Bay Company Indians interest labours Lake late Majesty Lieut.-Colonel Lord M'Gillivray Majesty's Major-General miles Missionary natives North America north latitude Norway House officers Oregon Pacific persons places plains population possessed posts present privilege of trading Red River Settlement region Regt respect Rocky Mountains Royal Charter Rupert's Land Russian Saskatchewan says servants ship Simpson Sir George Sir George Simpson stations Straits subjects tion trading into Hudson's tribes United Vancouver Vancouver's Island volumes Wesleyan
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Page 167 - ... and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.
Page 170 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 155 - Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds aforesaid, that are not already actually possessed by, or granted to, any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of any other Christian Prince or State...
Page 157 - STRAITLY charge, command and prohibit for us, our heirs and successors, all the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, of what degree or quality soever they be, that none of them, directly or indirectly do visit, haunt, frequent, or trade, traffic, or adventure, by way of...
Page 167 - In case, however, the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States...
Page 167 - In the future appropriation of the territory south of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, as provided in the first article of this treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay Company, and of all British subjects who may be already in the occupation of land or other property lawfully acquired within the said territory, shall be respected.
Page 151 - Christopher Duke of Albemarle, William Earl of Craven, Henry Lord Arlington, Anthony Lord Ashley, Sir John Robinson, and Sir Robert Vyner...
Page 152 - States," and shall so continue until the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and by that name shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable, in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of...
Page 156 - And further we do, by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, make, create, and constitute the said Governor and Company for the time being, and their successors, the true and absolute lords and proprietors of the same territory, limits and places...
Page 171 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage...