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Fur trade -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Jacob Astor letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292330]
Identifier: Vault MSS 579
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Astor states he has received payment for a shipment of beaver pelts and wool.

Dates: 1820
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Jacob Astor letter

Thomas Waterman ledger

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310846]
Identifier: MSS SC 1277
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed ledger recording sales at Indian trading houses. The item lists the sale of several different types of furs and pelts by the "Hiwassee," "Chikago," "Arkansa," "Chaktaw," and "Natchitoche" tribes.

Dates: 1809
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Waterman ledger

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