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FUR TRADE

Native American Bibliography

 

Manuscripts

Account Book of a Trading Post, 1873-1878. 1 volume
Account book is probably from the area in what is presently Leelanau or Charlevoix county. Pages 404-430 include accounts with Native Americans.

Account Book with Indians and Voyageurs, 1821, 1834. 1 volume
Account book from Detroit recording the fur trade activities of about 14 fur traders and 130 Indians.

American Fur Company. Blotter. Public Archives of Canada. 2 reels of microfilm

American Fur Company. Papers. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1 reel of microfilm.
Mackinac Letter Books December 1816-1830.

American Fur Company. Papers. New York Historical Society. 37 reels of microfilm
Letter books, invoices, orders, store orders, memoranda, and letters 1834-1845.
Indexed in: Nute Grace Lee. Calendar of the American Fur Company's Papers.

American Fur Company. Papers. 30 reels of microfilm
Rolls 1-4. Letters to Gabriel Franchere, John Livingston, Peter Barbeau.
Rolls 4-9. Peter Barbeau letters
Roll 10. G. Johnston papers.
Roll 11. Schoolcraft letters
Roll 12-21. Port Mackinac papers, 1802-1828.
Roll 22-25. N.W. Scranton papers

American Fur Company. Papers. 2 reels of microfilm
Papers from 1803-1843.

American Fur Company. Records located in Stuart House, Mackinac Island. 2 reels of microfilm.
Records dating from 1817 -.

Astor, John J. Papers. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 14 reels of microfilm.

Fitting, James E. "The Mackinac Bubble: Economic Theory and the Late Period Trade in the Straits of Mackinac." (Fitting Mss Box 4)
A comparison of the inflationary spiral in the Straits of Mackinac, following the inception of the European fur trade, to that in Europe.

Franchere, Gabriel. Collection, 1835-1847. 1 box
Typed English transcriptions of letters from two letterbooks of the American Fur Company. Remarks on visits to fishing stations at Grand Portage, Isle Royale, and Ance Quiwinan.

McDowell, John. Papers.
McDowell's papers include his drafts, notes and related correspondence of his unpublished biography of Madeline La Framboise and other women fur traders.

Sault Ste. Marie Collection of the American Fur Company. 6 reels of microfilm
Includes the General Store Ledger, 1834-1859 and Bills of Lading 1839-1848.

St. Louis Fur Trade Company Ledgers. Missouri Historical Society. 21 reels of microfilm.