Philander Prescott reminiscences and related papers. undated and [1861?].

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Philander Prescott reminiscences and related papers. undated and [1861?].

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Reminiscences [1861?]: (original: 241 pp., typed transcript: 208 pp.) and an account of actions in the Old Northwest during the War of 1812 (undated) by Philander Prescott, a fur trader and Indian interpreter who came to the Fort Snelling (Minn.) area in 1820.

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American Fur Company

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Columbia Fur Company.

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Snelling, Josiah, 1782-1828

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