American Fur Company
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American Fur Company
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Fur trading company in the American West.
Chartered by John Astor in 1808. Astor withdrew his interest in 1834 and in 1864 the company was sold to the North Western Fur Company.
No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere was born in Montreal in 1786. He was well educated in French and English. From 1810 through 1814 he was part of the near fatal American Fur Company expedition to the Columbia River and Astoria (Ore.), about which he later published two books. Later, Franchere continued working for the Co. in Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.), using his funds to pay the failing company's liabilities. He then associated with another fur operation and eventually operated his own fur business in New York. Franchere died on April 12, 1863 in St. Paul (Minn.) and was survived by his second wife, several daughters, a son, and a step-son. The Clarke Historical Library has various editions of his two books. Additional correspondence of Franchere's may be found in his Collection, 1835-1847, and in the American Fur Co. records, Micro. Mss.F-59, both of which are available at the Clarke. For information on the American Fur Company or the other men named in this collection, see an encyclopedia.
Journal probably of the American Fur Company.
In 1818, at the instigation of his father, Chicago pioneer John Kinzie, John Harris Kinzie secured a clerkship at the American Fur Company headquarters in Mackinac, Mich.
He remained there five years, learning the languages of the Winnebago, Wyandot, and other tribes, as well as the fur trade and merchandising business. Before settling permanently in Chicago in 1834, Kinzie served as private secretary to Lewis Cass (1826) and as an Indian agent (1828-1833). In Chicago, Kinzie held various federal posts including registrar of public lands (appt. 1841), receiver of public money (appt. 1849) and Union army paymaster (appt. 1861).
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Davenport, Ambrose
Davenport, William
Fishing
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur trade
Fur traders
Fur traders
Fur traders
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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Red River Valley
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Wisconsin
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Michilimackinac (Mich.).
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Great Lakes Region (North America)
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West (U.S.)
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Wisconsin
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Michigan--Mackinac Island (Island)
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United States
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Michigan
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Mackinac Island (Mich.).
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Wisconsin
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Michigan
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Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
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Voyageurs National Park (Minn.)
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Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island)
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Great Lakes (North America)
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Wisconsin
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Mackinac Island (Mich.)
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Michigan
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Michilimackinac (Mich.)
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Mississippi River Valley.
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Mackinac Region
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Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
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Michigan--Detroit
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Fort Mackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.)
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North America
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Indiana
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