Pierre Chouteau and others' papers, 1792-1888.

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Pierre Chouteau and others' papers, 1792-1888.

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Copies of papers dealing with the fur trade in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, from the originals at the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis, consisting of: papers of Pierre Chouteau, Auguste Chouteau, and Pierre Chouteau, Jr., 1787-1859; 2 letter books of Charles Gratiot, 1792-1816; letter book of CabanneĢ and Company, 1817-1819; papers of William L. Sublette and Company, 1826-1888; papers of Benito Vasquez, 1811-1842; and papers of Thomas Forsyth of Rock Island, Illinios, 1811-1822 consisting chiefly of letters to William Clark and Indian speehes. Many of these records are in French.

0.9 c.f. (2 black boxes and 1 volume)

fre,

eng,

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6850115

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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CabanneĢ and Company.

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Vasquez, Benito.

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Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865

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Resident of St. Louis, Missouri. From the description of Promissory note, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487045 Resident of Missouri. From the description of Statement, 1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623211 Resident of Saint Clair County, Illinois. From the description of Statement, 1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609507 Pierre Chouteau, a member of a St. Louis fur trading family, was born in St. Louis, Miss...

Forsythe, Thomas.

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William L. Sublette and Company.

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Chouteau, Auguste, 1750-1829

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Born in New Orleans, son of Rene Auguste and Marie Theresa Bourgeois Chouteau, baptized, Sept. 7, 1749. In 1763 went with his stepfather Pierre Laclede to select a site for a new settlement which was named St. Louis. Built up a large fur trade business and held various government posts when the territory was ceded to the U.S. Became the wealthiest citizen and largest landholder in St. Louis. Married Marie Therese Cerre Sept. 26, 1786, and they had four sons and three daughters. Died in St. Louis...

Gratiot, Charles, 1752-1817.

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Sublette, William L.

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Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Co.

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