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Board of Trade: Hudson's Bay, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 134
What's it about?
CO 134
This series contains original correspondence relating to Hudson's Bay.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 134
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: Hudson's Bay, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1675-1759
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Hudson's Bay.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Correspondence is arranged chronologically in bound volumes
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For copies of the Hudson's Bay Company Archive see BH 1
For entry books of outletters, etc. see CO 135
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Americas
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence see CO 326.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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All the lands draining into Hudson's Bay, which Henry Hudson had explored in 1610, were assigned to the Hudson's Bay Company on its creation by royal charter in 1670. A French trading post was established in Hudson's Bay in 1668, and between 1682 and 1713 Britain and France fought for control of the area, a dispute that was settled in Britain's favour by the 1714 Treaty of Utrecht. In 1821 the company amalgamated with the North-West Company, which had been formed after 1763 to exploit the North-West Territories not covered by the 1670 charter. In 1869 the Hudson's Bay Company sold its territorial rights to Canada.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4325/
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