Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Robert Stuart papers, 1824-1905
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Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Stuart, Robert,1785-1848.
- Title
- Robert Stuart papers
- ID
- 02519
- Date
- 1824-1905
- Extent
- 0.7 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (1 wallet, 1 volume)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Collection includes correspondence, ledger (1834-1848); deposition regarding an election at Michilimackinac (1825); plats of Hamtramck, Mich. (1905)
Biographical/Historical note
Born in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, Feb. 19, 1785; came to Montreal in 1807 and served in office of provincial attorney general. From 1810-13 was associated with John Jacob Astor. The affair ended in failure; in 1819 Astor sent him to Mackinac as agent of Am. Fur Co. , and he was a powerful factor in fur trade of Northwest until about 1834. In 1835 he made his home in Detroit, where he was active in church and business. He was state treasurer from 1840-41, and Supt. of Indian Affairs for Mich., from 1841-45. He was appointed commissioner to construct the canal connecting the Chicago and Ill. rivers, and died suddenly, Oct. 29 1848. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit. In 1810 he married Elizabeth Emma Sullivan of Brooklyn, N. Y. MMQ. (blue index cards)
Biographical/Historical note
Fur trader; agent for American Fur Co. at Mackinac.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Existence and Location of Originals note
Originals in Ayer Collection, Newberry Library, Chicago, and University of Mich.
Robert Stuart papers, 1824-1905 (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503296333]Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Stuart, Robert, -- 1785-1848 -- Archives.
- Stuart, Robert, -- 1785-1848 -- Travel.
Genre(s)
- Correspondence -- aat
- Ledgers -- aat
- Photocopies -- aat
- Plats -- aat
Geographic Name(s)
- Hamtramck (Mich.) -- Maps.
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
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Letter of Elizabeth (Sullivan) Stuart to her daughter, Kate (Stuart) Baker. -- 1853 March. -- Typescript. |
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Stuart Subdivision. -- 1905 Mar. 6. -- Scope and Contents notePlats (2) of Robert Stuart Subdivision Hamtramck, Mich. by Mason L. Brown. |
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Ledger. -- 1834-1848. Action noteTransferred from M.H.S., 1-3-1939. |
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Letter from John Morris. -- 1824 Aug. 2. -- Phot. (pos.). -- Scope and Contents noteOriginal in Ayer Collection, Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill. Immediate Source of Acquisition notePurchased from Newberry Library, May, 1942. $70. |
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Deposition regarding election at Michilimackinac. -- 1825. Action noteTransferred from M.H.S., 4-4-1939 |
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Letter from W. Clarke to Duncan Stuart. -- 1827. Action noteTransferred from M.H.S., 4-4-1939 |
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Funeral discourse by R.M. Patterson, First Presbyterian Church, Chicago. Action noteTransferred from M.H.S., 4-4-1939 |
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Letter to Chester Loomis, Rushville, N.Y. from Elisha Loomis in Mackinac. -- Apr.2, 1831. -- 8 p. : A.L.S. (Phot. pos.). Scope and Contents noteAccount of Robeft Stuart's voyage to the Pacific Ocean and journey from the Columbia River over the Rocky Mountains to New York in 1810 as told by him to the Mackinac Lyceum. General notePublished in: On the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart's Journey of Discovery, ed. by Kenneth A. Spaulding (Norman, Okla., c1953) p.170-80. |
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