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Letters Mendota, Minn., to P. Chouteau Jun. & Co., Saint Louis, Mo., 1845-1846

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Open book Letters Mendota, Minn., to P. Chouteau Jun. & Co., Saint Louis, Mo., 1845-1846

Title Letters Mendota, Minn., to P. Chouteau Jun. & Co., Saint Louis, Mo., 1845-1846

Creator Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

Date 1845-1846

Place Great Plains, Minnesota, Minnesota--Mendota

Language English

Subjects American Fur Company, Fur trade, Fur traders, Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Company

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Two letters (Dec. 9, 1845, June 29, 1846) from Henry Hastings Sibley to Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. in St. Louis, regarding fur trade matters. Included are discussions of William Kittson's fur purchases on the Red River, the rumored impending competition of the American Fur Co. in that region, shipments and prices of furs, and requisitions of trade goods.

Biographical/Historical Note Minnesota fur trader, pioneer, and first governor. From 1829-1834, Sibley worked at Mackinac and in Ohio as an American Fur Co. clerk and purchase agent; in 1834 he joined the Western Outfit of Ramsay Crooks' reorganized American Fur Co. in partnership with Hercules Dousman and Joseph Rolette of Prairie du Chien, Wis. Stationed at Mendota, Minn., Sibley assumed management of the Sioux trade. Beginning in 1842, Sibley and his partners transferred their business to Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co., becoming that firm's Upper Mississippi Outfit.

Extent 2 items (1 folder) ; 25 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 807

BibID 147478

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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