DCHP-3

Mackinaw Company

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fur-trading company established in the Michilimackinac region by British interests.

Quotations

1836
A new association of British merchants was formed. . . . The chief factory was established at the old emporium of Michilimackinac, from which place the association took its name, and was commonly called the Mackinaw Company.
1934
. . . about 1795 the first Mackinac Company was formed.