Astor, John Jacob An important collection of 48 letters, notes and documents, nearly all related to the early American fur trade between 1790 and 1813, including 19 autograph letters variously signed by the ambitious entrepreneur John Jacob Astor, as well as 2 autograph notes signed, one note signed, and one document signed, all but one addressed to Judge Pliny Moore, founder of Champlain, New York — A draft autograph letter by Pliny Moore, Champlain, 26 March 1813 to John Jacob Astor, reporting that the troops have departed for Sacket's Harbour and that "our safety consists in our insignificance." — 6 autograph letters and one receipt signed by Henry Hardie, an early settler and merchant in Champlain, New York; his correspondence, written from montreal and St. John's between 1790 and 1794, includes a letter of introduction for Astor to Moore (6 August 1794) — 3 autograph letters signed by Alexander Henry traveler and author of Travels & Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories 1760–1776, and described by one writer as Astor's "friend, patron and occasional partner" — 2 autograph letters by Caughnawaga Indian trader Thomas Araguente dated 1794 to Pliny Moore sending muskrat and beaver pelts for storage and asking when the Chiefs of Moore's state will treat with Araguente's. — An autograph letter signed by fur trader Z. Bedient, Montreal, 12 October 1793 to Moore, intended to accompany a shipment of pelts. — An autograph letter signed by William Howard agent for Astor, White Hall, 30 November 1813, to Moore, being a length letter about $200,000 worth of fur under his care and concerning an abortive attempt by the British to seize the furs. — and 12 other letters, documents, and receipts from Auguste N. L'Herbette, Peter Sailly, and others. An inventory of the archive accompanies the lot. Varying conditions, a few seal tears, but generally good, Hardie's letter of 13 June 1790 and Astor's letter of 17 October 1812 stained. Housed in a coral moire folding case, green morocco spine lettered gilt.
Astor, John Jacob An important collection of 48 letters, notes and documents, nearly all related to the early American fur trade between 1790 and 1813, including 19 autograph letters variously signed by the ambitious entrepreneur John Jacob Astor, as well as 2 autograph notes signed, one note signed, and one document signed, all but one addressed to Judge Pliny Moore, founder of Champlain, New York — A draft autograph letter by Pliny Moore, Champlain, 26 March 1813 to John Jacob Astor, reporting that the troops have departed for Sacket's Harbour and that "our safety consists in our insignificance." — 6 autograph letters and one receipt signed by Henry Hardie, an early settler and merchant in Champlain, New York; his correspondence, written from montreal and St. John's between 1790 and 1794, includes a letter of introduction for Astor to Moore (6 August 1794) — 3 autograph letters signed by Alexander Henry traveler and author of Travels & Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories 1760–1776, and described by one writer as Astor's "friend, patron and occasional partner" — 2 autograph letters by Caughnawaga Indian trader Thomas Araguente dated 1794 to Pliny Moore sending muskrat and beaver pelts for storage and asking when the Chiefs of Moore's state will treat with Araguente's. — An autograph letter signed by fur trader Z. Bedient, Montreal, 12 October 1793 to Moore, intended to accompany a shipment of pelts. — An autograph letter signed by William Howard agent for Astor, White Hall, 30 November 1813, to Moore, being a length letter about $200,000 worth of fur under his care and concerning an abortive attempt by the British to seize the furs. — and 12 other letters, documents, and receipts from Auguste N. L'Herbette, Peter Sailly, and others. An inventory of the archive accompanies the lot. Varying conditions, a few seal tears, but generally good, Hardie's letter of 13 June 1790 and Astor's letter of 17 October 1812 stained. Housed in a coral moire folding case, green morocco spine lettered gilt.
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