Samuel Abbott notarial records, 1806-1818.

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Samuel Abbott notarial records, 1806-1818.

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A photocopied calendar of engagement contracts (1807-1818) between fur trade companies and their employees, witnessed by Abbott as notary public at Michilimackinac. The contracts concern the trade of such firms as the American Fur Co., Robert Dickson and Co., and the Michilimackinac Co. on the Mississippi, Missouri, and St. Peter's (Minnesota) rivers, in other areas of present-day Wisconsin and Minnesota, and at locales around the Great Lakes. Also listed are engagements of the employees of many small companies and those of independent traders for whom few other records exist. Each calendar entry gives the names of employer and employee, the date of hiring, the salary (in livres), and the place of employment for the ensuing winter.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7313981

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Abbott, Samuel.

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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...

Michilimackinac Company

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Robert Dickson and Co.

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