NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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McLoughlin and the Willamette

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 9, 2024 "Headquarters", "The Brigades"
McLoughlin and the Willamette

For me, at least, I have a lot of difficulty in sorting out the story of Chief Factor John McLoughlin’s time at the Willamette Falls, a set of falls on…

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Thomas Lowe: the London Ship

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 21, 2023 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Thomas Lowe: the London Ship

In our last Thomas Lowe blogpost, we ran with his account of the 1844 Fort Vancouver fire. This was not the only time that a fire threatened Fort Vancouver: there…

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Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 13, 2022 "Headquarters", Writing
Thomas Lowe’s Summer 1844

It is summer 1844, and Thomas Lowe, who has faithfully kept up his private journal until September 1843, has now picked up his journalling again. He is still at Fort…

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John McLoughlin in 1841

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 14, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
John McLoughlin in 1841

Fort Vancouver’s Chief Factor, John McLoughlin, had little to do with the building of Fort Victoria, and nothing at all to do with its management, in spite of the fact…

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The Northwest Coast Posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 4, 2021 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
The Northwest Coast Posts

In 1841, Governor George Simpson disappointed (and infuriated) Chief Factor John McLoughlin by telling him he was planning to close down two or more of his beloved Northwest Coast posts…

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