Two Seized Ships

In late November or December of 1851, the HBC suffered from having two more ships seized by the American customs agents, as I told you in my last post, found…
Read moreIn late November or December of 1851, the HBC suffered from having two more ships seized by the American customs agents, as I told you in my last post, found…
Read moreWell, I have a new problem to figure out: that is, exactly what did happen in the seizure of two HBC ships in Puget Sound in December 1851. This is…
Read moreIn Fall, 1845, Thomas Lowe continued to record the many new happenings and visitors to Fort Vancouver. I finished the last post with this this paragraph: “Two other British officers are…
Read moreI am exploring what happened when Henry James Warre came to the Columbia district in August 1845, travelling in with Peter Skene Ogden. There were some very interesting conversations going…
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