Alexis Bailly papers, 1821-1898.

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Alexis Bailly papers, 1821-1898.

Correspondence and financial records (1821-1868) of Bailly, an American Fur Company agent at St. Peter's (Mendota), 1820-1835, and later at Wabasha, giving details of trade with the Dakota Indians and of the lives of traders and early white settlers. Includes references to Bailly's cattle drive (1821) from Fort Snelling to the Selkirk Colony on the Red River, and to Minnesota politics when Bailly was a member of the first territorial legislature (1849).

3.0 cu. ft. (7 boxes including 65 v., 4 v. shelved loose, 1 oversize item), and 3 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314122

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Faribault, Jean Baptiste, 1774-1860.

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Bailly, Alexis, 1798-1861.

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Rolette, Joseph, 1820-1871

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Aitken, William Alexander, 1787-1851.

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LaFramboise, Joseph, 1832-1910.

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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...

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Taliaferro, Lawrence, 1794-1871.

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Lockwood, James H.

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Brisbois, Bernard W., 1808-1885

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