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Title
Letter Kaskaskia Ill. to Mr. Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis, 1840 Mar. 19
Creator
Menard, Pierre, 1766-1844
Date
1840
Place
Illinois
,
Illinois--Fort de Chartres Site
,
Illinois--Kaskaskia
,
Middle West
,
Missouri--Saint Louis
Language
English
Subjects
Corn
,
Merchants
Description
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.
Note on verso: Presented to me Nov. 1891 by Chas. P. Chouteau, Ed. E. Ayer.
Summary
Letter written by Pierre Menard on Mar. 19, 1840 to Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis merchant and fur trader. In this letter Menard relays information about arrangements for the sale and shipment of Indian corn.
Biographical/Historical Note
Pierre Menard, fur trader and merchant, was born in 1766 in Quebec, Canada. Around 1791 Menard settled in Kaskaskia, Ill. where he lived most of his life. He later became a partner in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Co. which was founded by Pierre Chouteau's father, Jean Pierre Chouteau.
Extent
1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 25 cm
Format
Correspondence
,
Manuscripts, American
,
Sources
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
Newberry Open Access Policy
The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Ayer MS 595
BibID
144415
Size
2320px × 2907px 19.33 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991444158805867_Ayer_MS_595_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11ICAH
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