DCHP-3

Buffalo Wool Company

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a subsidiary of the Hudson ' s Bay Company formed in 1821 to manufacture cloth from buffalo wool (def. 1).

Quotations

1822
That the Buffalo Wool Company be supplied with seasoned Calves Skins at the rate of 10s. Sterling p. Skin.
1860
The exploits of the Buffalo Wool Company are remembered only to be pitied: we speak of their intentions only to be grieved that they were never carried out.
1922
The first bubble was the Buffalo Wool Company.