Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, papers, 1809-1847.

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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, papers, 1809-1847.

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Collected photostat copies and transcripts of papers relating to the early history of the Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, area. Included are an 1809 commission and letters of Indian agent Nicolas Boilvin, 1811-1823, from originals in War Dept. files; letters from agent Thomas P. Burnett from the War Dept. and Indian Office files; letters from Joseph M. Street; a ledger, 1820-1833, kept by Joseph Rolette for the American Fur Company; parish registers of St. Gabriel's Church, 1817-1829, and of Reverend Francois Vincent Badin, 1827-1833; medical recordbooks from Fort Crawford, 1833-1836, and of Dr. B.C. Miller, 1834-35 and 1837-38; and a record of lumber sale accounts from the Chippewa Mill, 1837-1847.

1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...

Boilvin, Nicolas, 1761-1827.

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Chippewa Mill (Prairie du Chien, Wis.)

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Street, Joseph Monfort, 1782-1840.

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Miller, B. C. d. 1845.

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Badin, Francois V.

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Burnett, T. P. (Thomas Pendleton), 1800-1846

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Son of John & Judith Burnett, born September 3, 1800 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; removed to Kentucky and was admitted to bar in Paris, Kentucky; 1829, appointed sub-Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, hurt in a fire, and did not take office till June, 1830; removed during a reorganization of the Indian Dept., 1834; divorced his wife, Lucy; district attorney for Crawford, Iowa, Dubuque, and Des Mois counties, resigned, 1835 ; interested in Four Lakes Co., with S.T. Mason, J.D...

St. Gabriel's Church (Prairie du Chien, Wis.)

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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 ...