Menard family papers and business records, 1794-1886.

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Menard family papers and business records, 1794-1886.

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Primarily letters and financial records of various members of the Menard family and of trading companies in which they were involved, chiefly in the 1790s, 1817-1831, and 1840-1880. Included are account sheets, account books, time books, receipts, inventories and lists, certificates, and in the 1880s, letters with reminiscences. Tardiveau, Audrain and Company is involved in many of the 1790s business dealings. Items were written at New Madrid, St. Genevieve, and St. Louis (Missouri); Kaskaskia (Illinois), and other places, mostly in the Mississippi River Valley and Ohio River Valley. Topics include trade in furs and other items, family matters, trade with American Indians of several tribes. Most items in French; some in English. Also present in the collection are copies of 4 items pertaining to Jean Menard. Originals of these are in the U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War Records.

3 linear ft. (3 boxes, 2 wrapped v.)

fre,

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Chicago History Museum

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