Crooks, Ramsay, 1787-1859
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1787 - 1859
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hercules L. Dousman papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-18
Abstract
Correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, accounts, promissory notes, etc., of Hercules Dousman, primarily relating to his fur trade business.,Included are contractual agreements between Dousman, Sibley, and Rolette, and the American Fur Company (1834, 1841) and Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Co. (1842), and Dousman's statements of account (including several for the steamboat Ariel) with the firms. Also a power of attorney, correspondence, and other documents relating to Dousman's efforts...
Dates:
1808-1857, bulk 1840-1857; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1857
Ramsay Crooks correspondence
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-201
Abstract
Correspondence and list of Ramsay Crooks, dating primarily from 1822 and mainly regarding American Fur Company business. Subjects include the reception of trade goods in Philadelphia, the operation of the new Western Department in St. Louis (instructions re trade goods, trader indebtedness, fur shipments, etc.), and the purchase of Missouri and Mississippi River factory skins. Fur company-related correspondents include Samuel Abbott (agent at St. Louis), Robert Stuart (Northern Department...
Dates:
1822-1836; 1822
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- Accounts 1
- Agreements 1
- Correspondence 1
- Correspondence -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island (Island) -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1801-1850 1
- Dakota language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. 1
- Fur trade -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fur trade -- Wisconsin -- Prairie du Chien -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fur traders -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island (Island) -- Correspondence 1
- Fur traders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Correspondence 1
- Fur traders -- Wisconsin -- Prairie du Chien -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Land grants -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Prairie du Chien (Wis.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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