Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Montreal” in entry fur-trade of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...mbia River and other waters that empty into the Pacific Ocean.
In 1784 John Jacob Astor (q. v.), an enterprising young German merchant of New York, embarked in the fur-trade.
He purchased furs in Montreal and sold them in England; after the treaty of 1795 he shipped them to different European ports.
In this trade, chiefly, he amassed a fortune of $250,000, when he embarked in a scheme for making a g...
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† | Montreal (Canada) | 1,233 | 368 | 19 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
Montreal (Arkansas, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
† | Montreal (Canada) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
† | Montreal (Canada) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
Montreal (France) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Montreal (Missouri, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Montreal (Missouri, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Montreal (Ohio, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Montreal (Wisconsin, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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