Peter Crebassa Collection, 1831-1891.

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Peter Crebassa Collection, 1831-1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701561236

Collection, 1831-1891, of Peter Crebassa, a fur trader and agent for the American Fur Company at Mackinac, Michigan. Includes personal and business correspondence to and from Peter Crebassa, as well as on his behalf. Also includes statements of accounts, contracts, court cases and photographs of Crebassa and his family. These records relate to Crebassa's involvement with the fur companies, the Chippewa Indians, the Catholic Missions and the federal government and offers a unique view of the relationships between these institutions as well as demonstrating the significance of the fur trade to the early settlement of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Great Lakes Region.

0.48 cubic feet; 1 manuscript box (legal size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8005536

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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