Letter : Mackinac, [Mich.], to Robert Stuart, agent American Fur Co., 1824 Aug. 2.

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Letter : Mackinac, [Mich.], to Robert Stuart, agent American Fur Co., 1824 Aug. 2.

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Aug. 2, 1824, letter to Robert Stuart, head of the American Fur Company's Great Lakes Division, proposing to furnish the company 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of tobacco, to be delivered on or before July, 1825, at the rate of 9 1/4 cents per pound.

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Champlain County, Ohio, resident. From the description of Letter : Mackinac, [Mich.], to Robert Stuart, agent American Fur Co., 1824 Aug. 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35232734 ...

Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848

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Stuart left Scotland at the age of 22 and was employed by the North West Fur Company and became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company. He sailed from New York for the Columbia in 1810 on the Tonquin and traveled back in 1812-1813. He headed the upper Lake region of the American Fur Company, with headquarters at Micilimackinac, Michigan Territory (later known as Mackinac Island). He became active in community affairs and served as judge of the county court in 1825. In 1835 he moved to Detroit....

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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...