McGillivray, Simon

McGillivray, Simon
   One of the leading partners of the North West Company. Signed the agreement of 1821 under which the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies were amalgamated.
   Index: MS His declaration that "Lord Selkirk must be driven to abandon his project, for his success would strike at the very existence of our trade," 172; arrested by Selkirk at Fort William, 189.
   Bib.: Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company.

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