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Phyn & Ellice fonds [textual record (some microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1767-1799.

Reference:

R2916-0-4-E, MG19-B5

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Item ID number:

101311

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Phyn & Ellice fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1767-1799.

Place of creation:

New York (State)

Extent:

2.4 cm of textual records.
1 microfilm reel positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilmed letterbooks of the firm of James Phyn and Alexander Ellice, merchants at Schenectady, N.Y., 1767-1776, microfilm reel M-473; and, legal papers concerning the case of Phyn & Ellice vs. William Taylor and other legal matters, 1786-1788, 1799, 113 pages.

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Phyn & Ellice (Firm)

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Phyn & Ellice (Firm) : The partnership of James Phyn and Alexander Ellice, founded in 1767 at Shenectady, with headquarters transferred to London in 1774, was prominent in Canada's fur trading history. In 1798, it was a party to the formation of the XYV Company and, after the merging of the XY and North West Companies in 1804, it became one of the latter company's regular suppliers.

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General note:

Original records received in 1985.

Citation/reference note:

The history of the partnership of James Phyn and Alexander Ellice of Schenectady, N.Y. is detailed in R.H. Fleming's "Phyn, Ellice and Company of Schenectady" Contributions to Canadian Economics, vol. 4 (1932), pp. 7-41.

Location of originals note:

Originals of microfilmed material are held by the Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.

Related material:

Further records relating to the case of Phyn & Ellice vs. Taylor, are located in RG 4 B 17.
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Phyn & Ellice (Firm) - Financial records, 1767-1776 William Taylor, 1788

Phyn & Ellis (Firm) - Records and correspondence, 1767-1776 E.W. Gray, 1788

Court of Common Pleas, 1788

London (England) - Partnership, [1774-1798] Taylor & Forsyth (Firm), 1788

Legal documents, 1786-1799 "Extrait Des Registres de la cour de Surrogatives district de Montreal", 1788

Schenectady (N.Y.) - Partnership, 1767-1774 McTavish Frobisher & Co., 1799

Affidavits, 1788 T. Walker, 1799

Court records, 1788 James Ellice, [178-]

Actions and defenses, 1788 Samuel Gerrard, 1799

Searches and seizures, 1787

Judgements, 1786

Death - Proof and certification, [178-]

Fur trade Canada 18th century

Fourrures Canada 18e siècle
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MG19-B5
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