Hudson's Bay Copy Booke of Letters Commissions Instructions Outward 1688-1696

Edwin Ernest "E E" Rich (1904-1979) editor

Verlag: Hudson Bay Record Society, London, 1957

Beschreibung

lxii357+[xv members list] with tables, appendices, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 ½" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and company insignia to spine. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by K G Davies. Hudson Bay Record Society Volume XX. Limited members First Edition number 1940. The editors of the Hudson s Bay Record Society have returned in their twentieth to the London office and to a continuation of the Letters Outward from the Committee to the Bay, with an introduction by K. G. Davies, fellow of New College, Oxford. To compare this volume with volume XI and the three volumes of Minutes so far published is to recognize the "grand design" of the series, now taking definite shape and promising a scope and variation exciting to contemplate. Five introductions covering the history of twenty-five years of Hudson's Bay, treated chronologically, might be expected to provide a comprehensive study of the Company, but at the risk of monotony. Monotony becomes impossible and the field is immeasurably broadened when subjected to the differing viewpoints of the scholars so carefully chosen by Mr. Rich. Mr. Davis is particularly concerned with the Company's problems of trade and finance during these years of gloom in its affairs. Anglo-French rivalry in the Bay formed the background for the period, with actual war beginning in 1689 and lasting throughout the years covered by the volume, disastrous for the Company, whose further loss of New Sevem and Fort York to Iberville was only mitigated by the final recapture of Albany and the temporary reoccupation of York. Mr. Davies stresses the weakness of the Company's position owing to the lack of government support and the manpower shortage caused by war. Its royal charter too was in jeopardy following the Revolution of 1688 but it was more fortunate than the East India and Royal African companies in securing unconditional, if limited, parliamentary confirmation. Condition: Unread with pages yet to be separated else near fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers E0816

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hudson's Bay Copy Booke of Letters ...

Verlag: Hudson Bay Record Society, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1957

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition