Selected estate files for men prominent in the fur trade and exploration of the early West, 1810.

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Selected estate files for men prominent in the fur trade and exploration of the early West, 1810.

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The files, filmed in their entirety, are: Nos. (930) Jedediah Strong Smith; (1377) William Henry Ashley; (665) Antoine Citoleux; (651) Holley Wheeler; (887) David Cunningham; (863) John Hanna; (1155) Thomas Virgin; (3242) Etienne Provost; (69) John Potts; (80) George Drouillard; (77) Meriwether Lewis; (927) Nathaniel Pryor; (4151) Thomas Fitzpatrick. Estates of Jedediah S. Smith (File 930); William H. Ashley (File 1377) Estates of William H. Ashley (File 1377) (cont. from Reel 1); Antoine Citoleux (File 665); Holley Wheeler (File 651); David Cunningham (File 887); John Hanna (File 863); Thomas Virgin (File 1155); Etienne Provost (File 3242); John Potts (File 69); George Drouillard (File 80); Meriwether Lewis (File 77); Nathaniel Pryor (File 927); Thomas Fitzpatrick (File 4151)

2 microfim reels : negative (Rich. 119:2-3) and positive.

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Cunningham, David, d. 1827.

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Citoleux, Antoine, d. 1823.

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Drouillard, George, -1810

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Hanna, John, d. 1828.

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Wheeler, Holley, d. 1823 or 1824.

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Virgin, Thomas, d. 1828.

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Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1799-1854

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Missouri. Probate Court (Saint Louis County)

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Pryor, Nathaniel, ca. 1775-1831.

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Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838

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William Smith was a judge, lawyer, and military man in Missouri. From the guide to the William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. From the guide to the William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were explorers. Nicholas Biddle was requested by William Clark to write a narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was published in 1814 as "History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark." From the description of Journal, 1803 Aug. 30-1803 Dec. 12; 1810. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298060 From the guide to the Meriwether Lewis journal, August 30, 1803 - December 12, 1803; 1810, August 3...

Potts, John, d. 1808.

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Provost, Etienne, 1785-1850

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