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Papers, 1799-1854

Correspondence of principal members of the company, which was engaged in trade with the Indians of the Gulf Coast. Includes letters of Indian traders and of Indian chieftains of the period, accounting abstracts, and miscellaneous papers. Many papers relate to John Forbes, the founder of the firm of Panton, Leslie and Company. Constitutes approximately one third of the extant Forbes documents

Archival Material, English, 1799-1854