Hess family papers, 1774-1936.

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Hess family papers, 1774-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34419486

One volume of collected historical documents, including eleven letters, 1845-1861, to Moses B. Hess about business matters, including one from Lewis Cass; letter from George McDonald to his sister Deborah from Rio de Janeiro, 1830; inventory of tobacco stores at Michilimackinac signed by John Jacob Astor, 1816; page from Ramsay Crook's letterbook of 1817, with copies of letters of John Jacob Astor, Colonel James Thomas, and Robert Armor; two statements of account, 1774; petition, 1847, for construction. Of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific; land grant certificates, appointments, receipts, miscellaneous business papers; historical sketch of the Hess-Nugent families by William B. Mershon, 1936.

1 v. and 1 oversize folder.

Bentley Historical Library

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

McDonald, George.

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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

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...

Hess family.

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Saginaw, Michigan, family. From the description of Hess family papers, 1774-1936. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419486 ...

Mershon, Wm. B. (William Butts), 1856-1943

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Mershon was a Saginaw (Mich.) lumberman and businesman and served as State Taxc Commissioner in 1912. He was also an internationally recognized hunter, fisher, sportsman, and wildlife conservationist. (This information is from the catalog record for the Mershon collection, in the Bentley Historical Library.) From the description of Photograph albums, 1923-1926. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 60804643 Saginaw, Michigan, lumberman and businessman, and Michiga...