Letters, 1822-1834.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865

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Resident of St. Louis, Missouri. From the description of Promissory note, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487045 Resident of Missouri. From the description of Statement, 1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623211 Resident of Saint Clair County, Illinois. From the description of Statement, 1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609507 Pierre Chouteau, a member of a St. Louis fur trading family, was born in St. Louis, Miss...

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...

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...

Chouteau, Charles P.

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Abbott, Samuel, -1851

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Michilimackinac, Michigan, collector of customs, village president, magistrate, notary public, and American Fur Company agent. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Ramsay Crooks, New York, 1822 Apr. 26. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35988474 ...

Pratte, Chouteau and Company

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