Letter book

Description

Title: Letter book
Creator: Missouri Fur Company
Contributor: Gibson, George, 1783-1861
Hempstead, Thomas, 1795-
Missouri Fur Company
Pilcher, Joshua, 1790-1843
United States--Army--Procurement
Published / Created: 1819-1823
Abstract: The letterbook is in two parts: 1821-23 letters of the Missouri Fur Company by acting partner Thomas Hempstead; and 1819-22 letters of United States Military Store by the storekeeper Thomas Hempstead. The Missouri Fur Company letters are to acting partner Joshua Pilcher, Charles Billon, Louis Bompart, O. N. Bostwick, J. C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, James Monroe, Andrew Woods, and others. The military storekeeper's letters are to George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence at Washington, and others.
Description: Formerly in the library of George H. Hart of New York, the letter book was sold at auction at the Anderson Galleries, October 17, 1922. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe.
Original binding.
Extent: 151 p.; 33 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)--Economic conditions
Subject (Name): Gibson, George, 1783-1861
Hempstead, Thomas, 1795-
Missouri Fur Company
Pilcher, Joshua, 1790-1843
United States--Army--Procurement
Subject (Topic): Fur trading--West (U.S.)--History--19th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Missouri Fur Company Letter Book. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 345.