Invoice of merchandise taken by A.P. Chouteau : to be traded with the several nations of the Osages and other Indians residing on the Osage and Arkansas rivers and dependencies, 1823 July 23.

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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...

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Bernard Pratte and Company.

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Chouteau, A. P. (Auguste Pierre), 1786-1838.

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Fur trader and diplomat. Born in St. Louis and educated at West Point, A.P. Chouteau entered the fur trade business in 1807. In 1823 he purchased the trading house of Brand and Barbour at the convergence of the Verdigris, Arkansas, and Grand rivers in what would become Indian Territory. By 1830 Chouteau dominated the trade in that region, where he resided until his death in 1838. From the description of Invoice of merchandise taken by A.P. Chouteau : to be tr...