Letter, 1856 February 9.

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Letter, 1856 February 9.

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A letter from Henry M. Dodge, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Peter Barbeau, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, commenting on St. Paul's economic growth, construction of the cathedral, steamboat lines, mutual friends, and fellow settler Franklin Steele. Dodge moved from Sault Ste. Marie to St. Paul in 1855.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Steele, Franklin, 1813-1880.

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Dodge, Henry M., 1802-1878.

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Cathedral of St. Paul (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Barbeau, Peter B., 1800-1882.

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Peter B. Barbeau was a prominent merchant and community leader in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, during the nineteenth century. He was born June 29, 1800, in LaPrairie, Quebec, and died in the Sault on October 17, 1882. According to available information, Barbea arrived in the Sault in 1817. He was initially employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, but eventually entered the service of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. After a tenure of company service in Baraboo, Wisconsin, he tur...