Granville and James Stuart account books, 1857-1873.

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Granville and James Stuart account books, 1857-1873.

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Five volumes containing accounts, vocabularies of American Indian languages, and other notes, written in holograph manuscript by Granville and James Stuart. A volume signed by Granville Stuart, 1857, contains lists of words with Flathead [Salish] and Nez PerceĢ translations; also present are brief notes and accounts for merchandise sold by the Stuarts, listed under names of customers, 1861-1863 and undated. A second volume consists of similar accounts dated 1863. A third volume, consisting mostly of similar accounts,is written in a printed memorandum book published by L.O. Wilson & Company, dealers in dry goods, New York. The book contains printed lists of L.O. Wilson & Company merchandise and is signed by Oliver Ruby, 1859. Also present in this volume is a brief account of travel along the Platte River in Wyoming, 1859, by Granville Stuart, James Stuart, and Rezin Anderson. Accounts in these volumes are listed under names including George Ives, Rezin Anderson, and Frederick H. Burr. A fourth volume contains brief accounts of George Ives, Ives & Crow, Virgina City, Idaho Territory; and diary entries pertaining to a gold prospecting trip in Montana, March-July, 1864, possibly written by James Stuart. Also present are brief references to James Stuart, Firm of Dance & Stuart, Virginia City, 1864, and to the estate of George Ives, 1863. Laid in is a holograph manuscript note, signed by "Mrs. Stuart," identifying the volume as an account book of George Ives. A fifth volume contains lists of words with Assiniboine and Sioux [Dakota] translations, with brief diary entries regarding relations with Assiniboine Indians, accounts and notes, 1871-1873 and undated, possibly written by James Stuart.

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Anderson, Rezin.

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L.O. Wilson and Company.

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Burr, Frederick

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Frederick H. Burr served as engineer under Lieutenant John Mullan on Isaac Stevens's survey expeditions in Montana beginning in 1853. Following a survey expedition with Mullan to Salt Lake City, Burr brought 400 head of cattle and settled in the Bitterroot River Valley area in 1856, married a sister of Granville Stuart's wife Aubony, a Shoshoni, and in later years became sheriff of Deer Lodge County, Montana. From the description of Diary, Montana, 1858 Jan 1-Aug 30. (Unknown). World...

Ives, George, 1836-1863

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Stuart, James, 1832-1873

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Granville Stuart was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) on August 27, 1834, and was the son of Robert and Nancy (Currence) Stuart. James was born in the same place on March 14, 1832. Granville and James also had two younger brothers Samuel and Thomas. The family, of Scottish origin, came to the United States in 1775 and is identified with the development of Virginia. In 1837 Robert Stuart moved the family to Illinois, and a year later, to Iowa. Granville Stuart grew up...

Ruby, Oliver.

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Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918

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Granville Stuart was born August 27, 1834, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, to Robert Stuart and Nancy Currence Hall. He was the second of five children. Stuart left Iowa in 1852 with his brother James to seek a fortune in the gold fields of California. They traveled with their father, Robert Stuart, from the American Valley (Quincy) to Bidwell Bar, then on through Morris Ravine near Cherokee, finally arriving at Sam Neal's ranch near present-day Durham. He and his brother moved up the ...