Hudson’s Bay Company’s currency, circulating on the Pacific Coast about 1842–60. Mr. Francis Ermatinger held a commission as Chief Trader in the Company’s service, 1842–58. See Gustavus Hines’s ‘Oregon,’ p. 189 (1851). He was probably a grandson of Lawrence Ermatinger, who lived in Montreal in 1772. (Newport Mercury, Jan. 11, 1773.)
1846. The Oregon Spectator, Sept. 17, prints an advt. of the loss of a due bill, “calling for 82 dolls, and 50 c. in Ermantiger [sic] money.”
