Louise A. Milner collection, 1928-1936.

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Louise A. Milner collection, 1928-1936.

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Genealogical research on the Gillette family of Berrien County, Michigan, includes probate records; burial information; and registers of deeds. Genealogical research on the Emerick family of Fennville, Michigan. Also included is a copy of John Jacob Aster: an unwritten chapter, by C. I. Hoy. Boston: Meader Publishing Co., 1936; an account of the association of John Nicholas Emerick with John Jacob Astor, and of the lawsuit in connection with the Emerick estate.

1 box (.25 cu. ft.)

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761713

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Emerick, John Nicholas, 1749-1816.

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Hoy, Calvin I.

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Gillette family.

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Milner, Louise A.,

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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Emrich family.

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