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Eden Colvile - Correspondence inward [textual records (microform)]

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Date:

1850-1852

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MG20-D7

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

103629

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Hudson's Bay Company Archives

Section D - Governors' Papers and Commissioners' Offices Records

Eden Colvile - Correspondence inward
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Date(s):

1850-1852

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 reel(s)

Language of material:

English

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Letters received by Governor Colvile from Chief Factors, Chief Traders, servants and other commissioned officers of the Hudson's Bay Company. Matters discussed include Indian relations, the operation of Fort Vancouver, journeys of exploration, the Columbia District and the general administration of the fur trade.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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Hudson's Bay Company : Governor, Hudson's Bay Company

Eden Colvile, son of Andrew (Wedderburn) Colvile, was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He came to North America in 1844 as a representative of the London Land Company which hoped to develop the seigniory of Beauharnois. That same year, he became the Legislative Councillor for Beauharnois, in which capacity he remained until 1848. However, the seigniory did not prosper and in 1849, Colville accepted an appointment as Associate Governor of Rupert's Land to assist Governor Simpson by serving as Governor-in-Chief in his absence.

Colvile was also named Councillor of Assiniboia and in 1850 became President. Although he managed the affairs of the settlement with some success, he was asked to withdraw from the Council in 1851 by the Governor and Committee. The next year he retired to England, later becoming Deputy Governor of the company in 1872 and Governor in 1880.

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Textual records (Paper) MSS0065 (90: Open)

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Location of originals note:

Originals with the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg, Man.
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Hudson's Bay Company - Governors of, 1850-1852 Columbia District, 1850-1852

Hudson's Bay Company - Chief factors, 1850-1852 Fort Vancouver (B.C.), 1850-1852

Hudson's Bay Company - Officers, 1850-1852

Hudson's Bay Company - Chief traders, 1850-1852

Hudson's Bay Company - Relation with Indians, 1850-1852

Canada - Discovery and exploration, 1850-1852

Fur trade Canada 19th century
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MG20-D7
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Textual records

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Finding aid box [FA 65] 7--11

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel HBC 3M125--HBC 3M126

[Consultation 90 Open]

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