Selkirk Papers / Correspondence relating to the Union of the H.B. Co and the N.W. Co, / 1819-1821.
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Copies of transcripts pertaining to the expiry of the Agreement by which the North West Company was constituted. Secret negotiations between the two companies commenced with George Moffat of Montreal, representing the Northwester Wintering Partners, approaching Lady Selkirk through her friend Samuel Gale, Jr., to ascertain whether or not the Hudson's Bay Company would become the Northwester's agent, supplying their outfits and selling their furs.