Hudson’s Bay Company servants

• Reference:GB 241 D1/154
• Dates of Creation:1980
• Name of Creator:
  Orkney Archives, 1994-, Local archive
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.01 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Details from the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives of service of James Hackland, originally from Birsay, sloop master and later chief trader (1843-1872) and Magnus Ritch, originally from Birsay, labourer and later middleman (1843-1872).

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Many Orcadians served with the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Company was founded in 1670 to trade to Hudson's Bay, Canada, and has developed into a retail company in Canada today.

• Access Information

  Open

• Other Finding Aids

  Paper List available

• Related Material

  Originals in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.