Browsing named entities in Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26.. You can also browse the collection for H. H. Bancroft or search for H. H. Bancroft in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
McDougall finally sold the Pacific Fur Co. to their British rivals for $80,500, after a canny Scotch game played for their possession with McTavish. The British vessels of war may come or not come, with the chances in favor of their coming, when they would gobble up the fort. If they do not come, the Pacific Co. may keep their posts and their goods. A strict guard is kept in the fort to avoid surprise. At the same time McTavish being short of provisions is supplied by McDougall. H. H. Bancroft. History of the Pacific States. Still McTavish fences for time, and it was not until McDougall made ready his boats and threatened to move inland up the Williamette River did McTavish agree to the sale. Meanwhile Hunt, in the Hawaiian islands, had bought the brig Pedlar for $10,000, hoping to be able to rescue some of the property. He embarked for Fort Astoria, where he arrived only to learn of its transfer to the North West Co. He expressed great dissatisfaction with the sale, a