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This ledger and letterbook of the Missouri Fur Company are part of the papers of William Clark, a board member of that company. The volume was discovered with the records of the U. S. Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency. Clark (of the Lewis and Clark Expedition) served as Indian superintendent for the central superintendency from 1807 until his death in 1838. The page headings read in French: "La Compagny des Fourures du Missoury." The last page of the book includes an entry for July 12, 1817.
Creator: Missouri Fur Company
Date: Between 1812 and 1813
Item Number: 224666
Call Number: U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, St. Louis, Missouri, and William Clark Papers Coll. #741, vol. 33
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224666
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Fur traders
Collections - Manuscript - Clark, William
Date - 1800-1819 - 1812
Date - 1800-1819 - 1813
Date - 1800-1819 - 1817
Environment - Water - Rivers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Ledger
People - Notable People - Clark, William
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Thematic Time Period - Exploration, 1541 - 1820
Transportation - Water
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Ledger
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