Letters and agreement : Prairie du Chien, Wis., 1813-1842.

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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Grignon, Augustin, 1780-1860

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Green Bay and Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, fur trader. From the description of Letters and documents, 1834-1851. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37998793 ...

Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868

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Wealthy Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, fur trader and regional investor. Born on Mackinac Island in 1800 and educated in New Jersey, Dousman worked at a New York mercantile house as a clerk and with his father at Mackinac before coming in 1826 to Prairie du Chien. There Dousman worked as an agent of the American Fur Company in partnership with Joseph Rolette (whose widow, Jane Fisher Rolette, Dousman married in 1844). In 1834, Dousman, Rolette, and H.H. Sibley became stock...

Pratte, Chouteau and Company

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Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Company

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Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company, a St. Louis, Missouri-based fur trading company, was formed through the purchase of the assets of the American Fur Company's Western Department, in 1834 by Bernard Pratte and Pierre Chouteau, Jr. The new firm operated as Pratte, Chouteau and Company, but in 1838, Pratte retired, Chouteau gained control and the firm operated for the remainder of its existence under his name. The firm, however, continued to be known as the American Fur Company throughout its opera...

Bostwick, O. N. (Oliver N.)

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Fur trader, prior to 1823 in partnership with David Stone (Stone, Bostwick and Co.), and from 1823 to 1827 under contract with the American Fur Company, serving as agent of its Western Department in St. Louis. From the description of Letter : Vincennes, [Ind.], to Samuel Abbott, Saint Louis, Mo., 1823 Nov. 22. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36369421 ...

Rolette, Joseph, 1781-1842

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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, fur trader. In 1804 Rolette arrived in Prairie du Chien, where until 1821 he was associated with several fur trading companies. An agent of the American Fur Company from 1821 to 1834, Rolette and his partners Hercules Dousman and H.H. Sibley in 1834 became stockholders in Ramsay Crooks' reorganized American Fur Company and contracted to run its Western Outfit. In 1842, the three men transferred their trade to Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. of ...

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...

Davenport, George, 1783-1845

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Fur trader; soldier, War of 1812, Black Hawk War; postmaster, Rock Island, Illinois, 1825; one of the founders of Davenport, Iowa, 1835. From the description of Letter : Brownsville, [Pennsylvania], to John B. Patterson, Boston, Mass[achusetts], 1834 Feb. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28698052 Soldier, Rock Island, Ill., fur trader, and a founder of Davenport, Iowa. Born in Lincolnshire, Eng., George Davenport served...

Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Company. Upper Mississippi Outfit

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