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"Pioneer Fur Traders in the Canadian North West" Alexander Henry (The Elder) with a company of Traders, near the North Saskatchewan River, 1775.. Work by John David Kelly (1862-1958).
Item was formerly located in 0330-A290-02. Item was acquired at the same time and from the same source as accession 1939-060..
Alexander Henry was born in the Colony of New Jersey in 1739. He was a pioneer fur-traders who traded along the shores of the Great Lakes. In 1788 he sold his interest in the Indian country to the North West Company becoming a partner in the firm. He later returned to Montreal, where he died in 1824. John David Kelly (1862-1958) worked for the Stone Lithographing Company painting historical Canadian events.