Title: Pierre Chouteau and Others' Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1792-1888

Creators:

• Chouteau, Auguste, 1750-1829
• Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865
• Forsythe, Thomas
• Gratiot, Charles, 1752-1817
• Sublette, William Lewis, 1799-1845
• Vasquez, Benito
• Cabanné and Company
• Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Co.
• William L. Sublette and Company

Call Number: U.S. Mss 1B-U.S. Mss 8B

Quantity: 0.9 cubic feet (2 black boxes and 1 volume)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photostat copies of papers dealing with the fur trade in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, from the originals at the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis, consisting of papers of Pierre, Auguste, and Pierre Chouteau Jr., 1787-1859; two letter books of Charles Gratiot, 1792-1816; a letter book of Cabanne and Company, 1817-1819; papers of William L. Sublette and Company, 1826-1888; of Beniot Vasquez, 1811-1842, and of Thomas Forsyth of Rock Island, Illinois, 1811-1822. Many of these records are in French.

Language: English, French

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us00001b

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Originals at the Missouri Historical Society.

Acquisition Information

Gratiot volume (U.S. Mss 3B) presented by Clara A. Billon, St. Louis, Missouri, September 1900; papers of Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Co. (U.S. Mss 2B) presented by Edward V. Rapin.

U.S. Mss 1B Box   1	Papers of Auguste and Pierre Chouteau, 1787-1837 Physical Description: Photostats
U.S. Mss 2B Box   1	Papers of Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co., of St. Louis, 1829 June-December Note: Also several letters written in 1859.
U.S. Mss 3B Box   2	Charles Gratiot Sr., of St. Louis, letter book, 1792-1797
U.S. Mss 4B Volume   1	Letter book, 1798-1816
U.S. Mss 5B Box   2	Cabanne & Co. letter book, 1817 September 9-1819 June 20
U.S. Mss 6B Box   2	Forsyth papers, 1811-1812 Note: Complementary to those in Draper Mss Series T, chiefly letters to William Clark, with Indian speeches.
U.S. Mss 7B Box   2	Vasques papers, 1811-1842
U.S. Mss 8B Box   2	William L. Sublette papers, 1826-1888