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Open book Letters 1834-1835

Title Letters 1834-1835

Creator McKenzie, Kenneth, 1797-1861

Date 1834-1835

Place Missouri River Region

Language English

Subjects Fur trade, Fur traders, Pratte, Chouteau and Company, Scientific expeditions

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
formerly known as Ayer MS 555.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Two letters (Sept. 27, 1835, Fort Pierre, S.D.; Mar. 20, 1834, Fort Union, N.D.) addressed to Pratte, Chouteau & Co. in St. Louis and to "Baron de Braunsberg." The first, written on a trip up the Missouri to an unspecified destination, requests good news and newspapers. The second, to the Prince of Wied Neuwied, who was then engaged in a two-year natural science expedition to the American West, concerns McKenzie's failure to procure a specimen of "Le Gros Corne" and arrangements to escort the traveler down the Missouri.

Biographical/Historical Note Fur trader and wealthy St. Louis businessman. Emigrating from Scotland in 1816, McKenzie worked as a clerk for the North West Company and later oganized and served as president of the Columbia Fur Company. When this firm merged in 1827 with the American Fur Company, McKenzie guided the operations of its Upper Missouri Outfit from Fort Union, N.D. After an ill-fated attempt to evade federal liquor shipment prohibitions by distilling whisky for the Indian trade, McKenzie retired in 1834 to a lucrative business career in St. Louis.

Extent 2 items (1 folder) ; 25 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, Records and correspondence

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 554

BibID 143146

Size 2362px × 2938px 19.88 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991431468805867_Ayer_MS_554_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IBJ0