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American Fur Company (Missouri branch)

Fur-trading firm; its Missouri branch, owned since 1834 by Pratte, Chouteau & Company, ran Fort Clark and the steamboat St. Peters in 1837.

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Smallpox at Fort Clark, 1837 the Missouri branch, owned since 1834 by Pratte, Chouteau & Company, operated the steamboat; its captain refused to put a sick crewman ashore Primary record 1

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Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill, University of Colorado Boulder, 16 May 2006. Primary record Archived copy
which operated the boat. Among the passengers on the St. Peter’s in 1837 were two agents of the U.S. Office (or Bureau) of Indian Affairs
Pratte, Chouteau & Company, which had bought the Missouri branch of the American Fur Company from John Jacob Astor in 1834

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