New Light on Simon McTavish

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
New Light on Simon McTavish
Abstract
According to the author, unexamined documentary material reveals that Simon McTavish (c. 1750-1804), the Scottish-born Montreal fur trader, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman, was a generous, kindly sentimentalist, contrary to the common impression that he was haughty and domineering.
Publication
Beaver
Volume
Outfit 272
Pages
48-49
Date
December 1941
Language
en
Citation
Wallace, W. S. “New Light on Simon McTavish.” Beaver Outfit 272 (December 1941): 48–49.
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