Letter : Boonville, Mo., to Peter [i.e. Pierre] Chouteau Jr., St. Louis, [Mo.], 1836 Apr. 28.

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Letter : Boonville, Mo., to Peter [i.e. Pierre] Chouteau Jr., St. Louis, [Mo.], 1836 Apr. 28.

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Brief April 28, 1836, letter written in Boonville, Mo., and addressed to Peter Chouteau Jr., (presumably Pierre Chouteau Jr., for whom Pratte worked) in St. Louis, regarding Pratte's brief stop in Boonville, his health, and his purchase of alcohol and tobacco.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 26 cm.

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