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Lib. Acc. 8524.
Francis Ermatinger, born in Portugal in 1798, was educated in England and joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1818. As a company representative, he came to Fort Vancouver in 1825. He worked in various Pacific Northwest and Canadian locations for Hudson's Bay Company until his retirement in 1853. He died at St. Thomas, Ontario, in 1858.
The Life Story of Francis Ermatinger, Mss 820, Oregon Historical Society.
Typescript term paper titled "The Life Story of Francis Ermatinger," by Elizabeth Katt, 10 pages, May 1958, with photograph of Ermatinger and child.
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