ALS regarding Fontenelle’s activities on behalf of the American Fur Company during his absence from Fort Union on the north bank of the Missouri River five miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone, between June and September, 1832. Fontenelle informs McKenzie (head of the Upper Missouri Outfit, a branch of the American Fur Company) that due to the large number of free and hired trappers, the difficulty of managing the outfit, and the dangerous environment, he had hired [Andrew] Drips in addition to [William H.] Vanderburgh to assist him in managing the business. He also discusses the status of the account books being kept by Drips.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Union (N.D.)
Subject (Name):
American Fur Company, Drips, Andrew, Fontenelle, Lucien, McKenzie, Kenneth, 1797-1861, and Vanderburgh, William H.
Montfaucon writes to Baluze (in exile) about the state of printing business in Paris and with general news of "la republique des lettres". He notes volumes recently published or in press, including: Lodovico Antonio Muratori’s Anecdota Graeca, Origen’s Hexapla, and Jean Mabillon’s Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti.
A letter discussing the inequalities and lack of scale in the brevet system which affects many of the men fighting in the Mexican War. General Kearny is disturbed that Lt. Elwell has not received a brevet promotion for his heroic service and harshly criticizes General Harney’s actions.
Subject (Name):
Boone, Nathan, 1782-1857?, Elwell, Richard S., Gibbs, Alfred, Graham, Lorimer, Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889, Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Mason, Richard Barnes, 1797-1850, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, United States. Army --Promotions, United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st, United States. Army. Cavalry, 2nd, and Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Philip Kearny, nephew of S. W. Kearny, writes to John Walker at General Scott’s office regarding a certificate of merit for the men in Company "F" 1st Dragoons, expressing his regret for the omission of a recommendation for Scott’s orderly, Macrae.
Holograph retained drafts of letters from Bulstrode to various persons, including the Duke of Somerset and Sir Richard Blackmore. Several letters deal with Bulstrode’s dispute with the government over the loss of his office to a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole.
Description:
Blank pages at end not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729, Bulstrode, Whitelocke, 1650-1724, Great Britain --Politics and government --1714-1727, and Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748