Republished from the Montreal Herald.
"Ellice, Edward, the elder (1781-1863) ... went to Canada in 1803 where he engaged in the fur trade ... In 1805 he became connected with the competing Canadian fur companies, the North-west Company and the X.Y. Company. In this way he was the opponent of the Hudson's Bay Company."--Dict. of national biog., v. 6 (1908) p. 664.
"Continuation of The communications of Mercator" and "Errata": 12 p., 1 . at end.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 172, no. 1801)