Peter B. Barbeau correspondence, 1789-1864.

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Peter B. Barbeau correspondence, 1789-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318534748

Personal and business correspondence, October 1, 1789 - August 19, 1864.

8 microfilm reels (positive)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7328087

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Barbeau, Peter B., 1800-1882.

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Peter B. Barbeau was a prominent merchant and community leader in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, during the nineteenth century. He was born June 29, 1800, in LaPrairie, Quebec, and died in the Sault on October 17, 1882. According to available information, Barbea arrived in the Sault in 1817. He was initially employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, but eventually entered the service of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. After a tenure of company service in Baraboo, Wisconsin, he tur...