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Umfreville, Edward (1755?-1790) [info]. The present state of Hudson's Bay: Containing a full description of that settlement and the adjacent country, and likewise of the fur trade, with hints for its improvement, &c. &c.: To which are added, remarks and observations made in the inland parts, during a residence of nearly four years, a specimen of five Indian languages, and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New York. London: Printed for Charles Stalker, 1790.

Physical description: [4], vii, [1], 230, [2] p., fold. tables.; 23 cm.

Language: English

A criticism of HBC by an ex-employee who had joined the NWC in 1784. Pages 129-132 are omitted in pagination; text continuous. Also published, edited by William Stewart Wallace, Toronto: Ryerson Press, c1954 (xv. 122p.); portion selected by William Willis and published as The Indians of Hudson's Bay, and their language: Selected from Umfreville's "Present state of Hudson's Bay" in Collections of the Maine Historical Society , Portland: [Maine Historical Society], 1859 (pp.[265]-272).

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• Diaries
• Fur trade

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