Hudson's Bay Copy Booke Of Letters Commissions Instructions Outward 1688-1696 [Hudson's Bay Record Society]

Rich, E. E. Assisted by A. M. Johnson. Introduction by K. G. Davies

London, 1957


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Hardcover, lxii, 357, xiv pages, 6.5x9.5 in, [16.5x24.5 cm].

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Ink and pencil annotations from the blank front end paper throughout the text. Cover boards lightly stained. Backstrip sunned with irregular darkening where a former label once lay.

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A documentary volume in the Hudson’s Bay Record Society series, presenting transcriptions of letters, directives, commissions, and instructions issued from the Hudson’s Bay Company’s London headquarters between 1688 and 1696. These outward communications illuminate the Company’s early administrative practices, policies, and expectations for its posts and officers operating in North America.