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Joseph Hadfield was born in 1759 in Bonchurch, England and died in 1851. Hadfield moved to America while in his youth. He was a cotton merchant and a personal friend of James McGill, and documented the commercial fur trade in Canada in the late 18th century.
Revised on June 18, 2024, by Leah Louttit-Bunker