Summary Information

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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