letter books
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 938
Abstract
Records of the Columbia River Fishing and Trading Company, consisting of ledgers, a letter book, and loose papers. The firm was established by Nathaniel J. Wyeth (1802-1856) and operated from Fort Hall near the near the junction of the Portneuf and Snake rivers in what would later become Idaho. The enterprise was unsuccessful, and Fort Hall was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1837.
Dates:
1833-1839
McLoughlin, Fraser, Wygant, and Winch family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 927
Abstract
Papers of and relating to John McLoughlin (1784-1857) and other members of the McLoughlin family, as well as papers of McLoughlin's maternal family, the Frasers, and some of his descendants and their families, including members of the Rae, Harvey, Wygant, and Winch families. McLoughlin was the chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, in what is now Washington, from the 1820s to the 1840s, and later lived in Oregon City, Oregon. The collection includes correspondence, legal...
Dates:
1775-1964