FUR TRADE REGULATION ACT (1821). An Act for regulating the Fur Trade, and establishing a Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction within certain Parts of North America.

FUR TRADE IN CANADA. Great Britain. Parliament.

Published by London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1821

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Folio (11.25 inches). 1 & 2 George IV, Chapter 66. Caption title, pages 569-575. Woodcut Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. This landmark Act, passed shortly after the merger of the North West Company with the Hudson Bay Company, authorized the Crown to grant the newly-reorganized HBC an exclusive license to trade with the First Nations of western North America beyond the territory of Rupert's Land for a period of 21 years. The grant of exclusive trade did not apply to territory claimed or occupied by the United States, nor did it apply to the region west of the Rocky Mountains. The expanded trade privileges came with new responsibilities, including the diminishing or preventing of the sale or distribution of spirituous liquors to the Indians and the promotion of their moral and religious improvement. The Act helped to save the nearly-bankrupt fur trade industry in Canada. Seller Inventory # 001

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Title: FUR TRADE REGULATION ACT (1821). An Act for ...

Publisher: London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan

Publication Date: 1821

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition