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Page 90
... Company was at a disadvantage with the Hudson's Bay Company chiefly in that it had no charter , although the partners had applied for one , but was a common - law company . It had been organized and reorganized tentatively through a ...
... Company was at a disadvantage with the Hudson's Bay Company chiefly in that it had no charter , although the partners had applied for one , but was a common - law company . It had been organized and reorganized tentatively through a ...
Page 96
... Company , sometimes known as the Alexander Mackenzie Company , but more commonly as the XY Company , was small , and composed of those few men who had seceded from the old Northwest with Mackenzie . It gave the Northwest a rival which ...
... Company , sometimes known as the Alexander Mackenzie Company , but more commonly as the XY Company , was small , and composed of those few men who had seceded from the old Northwest with Mackenzie . It gave the Northwest a rival which ...
Page 138
... Company to the Prince Regent's reprimand , expressed by Governor Wil- liams of the company , was as follows : " I do not care a curse for the Prince Regent's proclamation ; Lord Bathurst and Sir John Sherbrooke by whom it was framed are ...
... Company to the Prince Regent's reprimand , expressed by Governor Wil- liams of the company , was as follows : " I do not care a curse for the Prince Regent's proclamation ; Lord Bathurst and Sir John Sherbrooke by whom it was framed are ...
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