DCHP-3

Company of (Gentlemen) Adventurers†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an abbreviation of the charter name of the Hudson's Bay Company, often misquoted.

Quotations

1670
We Doe . . . grant to . . . the said Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Tradeing into Hudson's Bay. . . .
1880
The predecessors of Canada--the Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay, popularly known as the Hudson's Bay Company--had, for long years, been eminently successful in securing the good-will of the Indians. . . .
1930
Groups of boats left regularly during the time of open waters for points in the wilderness, following the ordered schedule of the orderly Company of Gentlemen Adventurers.