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1941 · ref. 62799 — Toronto ONT: Champlain Society 1941-1944. Three vols. Thick 8vo. cxxviii 374 2 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads; xlix 1 427 1 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads; lxiii 1 341 3 xiii 1 subscriber’s list & publisher’s ads pp. Frontispiece’s in first 2 vols. 3 folding maps plates. Uniformly bound in red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & lozenge on spine t.e.g. minor dustsoiling slight bumping edgewear still VG bright set numbered on verso of title largely uncut & unopened w/ leaf of ink manuscript laid-in from previous owner commenting on the content in vol. II. First edition No. 265 of 550 sets mirroring the publication of the Hudson’s Bay Record Society Series but only 500 were available for sale originally of the letters by Dr. John McLoughlin Chief Factor of Fort Vancouver during the period represented here. These letters provide invaluable glimpses of the inner workings of the Fur Trade Pacific Northwest Indians Customs Social History and the political struggles of the time. McLoughlin had been a partner with the North West Company fur traders until merged into the Hudson’s Bay Co. and was appointed Chief Factor to the Columbia District and originally placed at Fort George Astoria but in 1825 moved to Fort Vancouver and constructed by the Company. He directed the fur trapping expeditions throughout the region regularly interacted with the local Native American tribes and aided American missionaries when they first arrived as well as exploiting advantages in what would become British Columbia and Alaska against the Russians. Champlain Society, hardcover