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Title
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The Earliest Fur Traders and Merchants
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Description
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Early history of the fur trade in the West and especially the Midwest, describing how the Chouteau family controlled the Missouri River valley fur trade from the start, buying out fur magnate John Jacob Astor of New York in 1813. Comments about account books from 1839-1840 of the Ewing Clymer & Company fur business showing the economy at the time in Westport.
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Date
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1966-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Traders and Merchants
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Description
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Brief biographies of early businessmen in the Town of Kansas and Westport by writer Zealia Bishop, mainly early fur traders such as the Chouteaus, Ewing Clymer & Company, and others, from the 1820s to the 1840s.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
