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Open book Letters 1822-1834

Title Letters 1822-1834

Creator Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

Date 1822-1834

Place Missouri--Saint Louis

Language English

Subjects American Fur Company, Fur trade, Fur traders, Pratte, Chouteau and Company

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
formerly known as Ayer MS 36.
Note signed by Edward E. Ayer on Dec. 23, 1822, letter: Presented to me Nov. 1891 by Chas P Chouteau.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Letters from John Jacob Astor regarding American Fur Company business to Samuel Abbott, Michilimackinac agent of the firm (1822); and to Pratte, Chouteau and Company of St. Louis and Pierre Chouteau (1834). The Dec. 23, 1822, letter to Abbott, then in St. Louis, advises on the prices and desirability of various skins and on shipping them from New Orleans. The Aug. 30, 1834, letter to Pratte, Chouteau and Company also includes a separate letter of the same date to Pierre Chouteau and a copy of a previous letter (Aug. 23) to him. This correspondence discusses payments from the American Fur Company office and requests information regarding business prospects.

Biographical/Historical Note Fur trade entrepreneur, founder of the American Fur Company. Astor established the Western Department of the American Fur Company in St. Louis in 1822. In 1834, Pratte, Chouteau and Company (in which Pierre Chouteau was a partner) purchased the Western Department from Astor, who was leaving the business.

Extent 2 items ; 25 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, Records and correspondence, Transcripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 35

BibID 134965

Size 2327px × 2962px 19.75 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 12/03/2013

Filename 991349658805867_Ayer_MS_35_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I0JD