Papers, 1821-1868.

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Papers, 1821-1868.

Papers, some of which are photostatic copies, of Alexis Bailly, a Mississippi River fur trader, who for a number of years made his headquarters at Prairie du Chien, Wis. and about the year 1840 settled at Wabasha, Minnesota. The papers touch on his trading operations at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, on Lake Pepin, and on the Chippewa River, associating at various times with James H. Lockwood, Joseph Rolette, Jean B. Faribault, and Joseph R. Brown, and acting as an agent for the American Fur Company. There are references to Indian affairs, particularly the Sioux half-breed claims to a reservation on Lake Pepin; to the education of his children; and to his appointments to Crawford County, Wis. offices.

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Rolette, Joseph, 1781-1842

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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, fur trader. In 1804 Rolette arrived in Prairie du Chien, where until 1821 he was associated with several fur trading companies. An agent of the American Fur Company from 1821 to 1834, Rolette and his partners Hercules Dousman and H.H. Sibley in 1834 became stockholders in Ramsay Crooks' reorganized American Fur Company and contracted to run its Western Outfit. In 1842, the three men transferred their trade to Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. of ...

Faribault, Jean B.

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American Fur Company

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Fur trading company in the American West. From the description of Papers, 1835-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497429 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. From the description of American Fur Company records, 1803-1849. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56975212 No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere...

Bailly, Alexis, 1798-1861.

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Lockwood, J. H. (James Harry), 1864-

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Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870

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Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870) was a Minnesota pioneer, fur trader, soldier, townsite and real estate developer, inventor, newspaper editor and publisher, politician and legislator. From the description of Joseph R. Brown collection, 1729-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42288192 In 1859 Joseph R. Brown of Henderson, Minnesota, designed a "steam wagon", which was manufactured in New York and shipped to Henderson, where he operated it for a time in 1860, before it becam...