Captain R Brown Greenland 1836

[Tony Warren]

Capt. R. BROWN 1836?

I have in my possession an envelope addressed, by the above from Greenland, to a Major Edmonstone ##### (?) [possibly Major Edmundstone Alan & Co] at an address in Montreal, Canada dated 1836.

I did suspected that Capt. R.Brown was the same man that wrote about the Seals of Greenland  for the Royal Society.
But I was wrong.
The Royal Society and the RGS say not and the Canadians say have no records.
I am led to believe Major Edmundstone, Alan & Co is a company similar to the Hudson Bay Company

Capt. R.Brown does not appear on the British naval list of this period, so maybe a Merchant Navy Officer