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Many of the traders and of the servants of the Company had been induced to marry the women with whom they had cohabited; a material step towards the improvement of the females in that country.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

A man and a woman, who, though they had cohabited, were not legally married, disputed as to the possession of their child in order to receive its share of the public allowance.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Many of the traders, and of the servants of the Company, had been induced to marry the women with whom they had cohabited; a material step towards the improvement of the females in that country.

From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John