The 1670 charter signed by King Charles II that established Hudson's Bay on display at the Manitoba Museum. Canadian businessman David Thomson has offered to buy the charter for at least $15-million and donate it to the Archives of Manitoba.

Canadian businessman David Thomson has stepped forward to express interest in buying the 1670 charter that launched the Hudson’s Bay Company – a foundational document in the history of the country – and donating it to the Archives of Manitoba.

He would pay at least $15-million, according to a filing with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Thursday – an amount that would exceed the $12.5-million offered by another of Canada’s wealthiest families, the Westons, who have declared their intention to donate the document to the Canadian Museum of Hist

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