Papers, 1834-1848 [microform].

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Papers, 1834-1848 [microform].

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Business correspondence of Gabriel Franchere and John Livingstone, agents at Sault Ste. Marie, with their supervisor Ramsay Crooks, N.Y., and other agents, relating to trade and fishing on the Great Lakes.

1 reel of 1 (833 items, 5 v.) : positive ; 35 mm.

Clarke Historical Library

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Livingstone, John P. (John Peter)

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FrancheĢ€re, Gabriel, 1786-1863

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Agent of the American Fur Company at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. From the description of Gabriele Franchere papers, 1834-1851. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420333 Franchere was born in Montreal in 1786. He was well educated in French and English. From 1810-1814 he was part of the near fatal American Fur Co. expedition to the Columbia River and Astoria (Ore.), about which he later published two books. Later, Franchere continued working for the Co. in Sault ...

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...

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...