Donald Chaput collection.

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Donald Chaput collection.

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This collection consists of a photocopy of a letter from Stanislaus Shapput, June 22, 1839, to John Lawe concerning a shipment of furs and request for whiskey, flour and lard; a photocopy of a letter from D.J. Campau, Mar. 18, 1839, to George W. Law, concerning failure of Law to pay Campau for advance in goods; and a photocopy of a letter from Ramsey Crooks, president of the American Fur Company, July 16, 1837, to John Lawe, American Fur Company representative in Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory, listing the reasons why the American Fur Company will discontinue the use of their trading facilities at Mackinac, Mich.

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Law, George W.

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Campau, D. J.

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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...

Lawe, John, 1780-1846

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Shapput, Stanislaus

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Crooks, Ramsay, 1787-1859

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Born at Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1787, and emigrated to Montreal at the age of 16. Entered the employ of a fur trader, Robert Dickson, at Mackinac, but soon, in 1806, moved on to St. Louis and formal partnership with Robert McClellan for trade on the upper Missouri. In 1810 the partnership was dissolved, Crooks returned to Canada, and there joined the recruits for the proposed overland journey to Astoria. He became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company, but after a disheartening journey re...

Chaput, Donald

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Curator of History, Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Author of books and articles about the history of the American West. From the description of Papers, 1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54679697 Donald Chaput was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Hubbell, Mich. He graduated from Northland College in Ashland, Wis., and Michigan State University. He completed course studies at the University of Detroit and the University of Paris. From 1959-1964, he taught ...