HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, LETTER FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE to the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, dated March 9, 1869 by Hudson's Bay Company]- Great Britain (Colonial Office) - 1869

Ordered by the House of Commons, 1858. Cloth. very good. 1st thus. 7,[1]pp. Originla sewn Folio in self wraps. very good Lowther 68; Peel 3 - 364; TPL 3815. Concerns the renewal of the Hudson's Bay Company's license and determination of the boundary between the province of Canada and the territories, claimed by the company under their charter. "Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 16 February 1858.". 1858

London: Ordered by the House of Commons, 1857. Cloth. very good. 1st thus. 3,[1]pp. Folio, sewn as issued. very good Not in TPL. " Return to an Address of the Honorable the House of Commons, Dated 19 February, 1857" Regarding the establishment of a Select Committee on the affairs of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories. 1857

London, 1870. Cloth. very good. 1st Edition. 11pp. Folio, sewn as issued. very good Not in Peel. Copy of Order in Council. Friday, June 24th, 1870. The transfer of the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada. 1870

London, 1863. Cloth. very good. 21,[1]pp.pp. Folio (34.5 x 21.5 cm.) in 2 parts sewn as issued. Discreet Hudson's Bay Company stamp on front. very good Not in Lowther; Peel 3 - 440 (191 and 191A). - "Official documents dated from 1860 to 1863, to and from C. Fortescue, H.H. Berens, Duke of Newcastle, T. Fredk, Eliot, and Sir F. Rogers". 1863

London, 1842. Cloth. very good. 1st Edition. 32,[2]pp. Folio. Sewn as issued. Rare. TPL 2526; Peel 3 - 210. Includes: "Copy of a Letter from the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company to Lord Stanley enclosing Copies of a Charter[...]and the License given to the Company[...]of the exclusive Trade with the Indians in certain parts of North America[...]". 1842

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1859. Cloth. very good. 1st Edition. iv,26pp. Folio, sewn as issued. very good Lowther 88; Not in TPL. Papers concerning the licence granted by the crown to the Hudson's Bay Company 30 May 1838 for exclusive trading rights with the British Columbia Indians. Includes despatches between the Governor General of Canada, Edmund Walker Head, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Edward Bulwer Lytton (15 Aug. 1858 Apr. 1859. Also includes letters between Lytton and officials of the Hudson's Bay Company (27 July 1858-15 Mar. 1859) 1859

London: Printed by Henry Kent Causton & Son., 1868. Undetermined. very good. 1st thus. [ii],79pp. Folio, sewn as issued, in printed blue wrappers. very good At head: "Hudson's Bay Company." Correspondence dated from 1862-1868 mainly regarding the status of the vast territory of Rupert's Land. Not in Peel, cf. 283. 1868

London: Printed by Henry Kent Causton & Son., 1869. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 228pp. Small Octavo. Sewn as issued. very good Peel 3 - 506. Correspondence covers the years 1862-69, and relates to the surrender of the title to Rupert's Land. Hudson's Bay House. 1869

London, 1863. Softcover. very good. 21,[1];15,[1]pp. Folio (34.5 x 21.5 cm.) in 2 parts sewn as issued. Discreet Hudson's Bay Company stamp on front of second part with some minor soiling and chipping to edges. very good Not in Lowther; Peel 3 - 440. - "Official documents dated from 1860 to 1863, to and from C. Fortescue, H.H. Berens, Duke of Newcastle, T. Fredk, Eliot, and Sir F. Rogers". 1863

[London: c1780]. Later issue of one of the most important reports on the Hudson's Bay Company. The parliamentary investigation into the activities of the Hudson's Bay Company was undertaken as a result of a petition made to the Lords in Council in 1749 aimed at depriving the Company of its charter. The petitioners argued that the charter of 1670, granting sole rights of trade and commerce in the entire area beyond the entrance of the Hudson Straits, was either invalid or forfeited, and requested an incorporation giving them similar rights over the adjacent region. Arthur Dobbs had provided the initial stimulus and basic grounding for the petition; his was the most sustained and vociferous attack on the meanness, rapacity, secrecy and jealousy of the Hudson's Bay Company, alleging that their policies and attitudes had thrown the fur trade into the hands of the French in Canada and were stifling the exploration of the Canadian North-West. Among the travelers, traders and merchants summoned… Read More