Letter signed R.A. Forsyth, Detroit, to Thomas Forsyth, St. Louis. This will be handed to you by my friend and brother who is on his way to Prairie du Chien and will be able to tell you all regarding the treaty. It has not yet been determined where the treaty will be held. I have not yet succeeded in selling the remaining part of your land at Grosse Pointe, but hope to soon. I hope your Indians who attended the treaty at Green Bay returned well satisfied., 1828 Oct 2

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8

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From the Collection:

This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and attorneys in France relating to the revolution in Santo Domingo and to family properties confiscated by the Haitian government after the revolution; and three daybooks of Thomas Forsyth with the Peorias, 1806-1816. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers that were originally created by a Missouri Historical Society archivist in the mid twentieth century. In some cases these document descriptions contain direct quotes taken from the document; in other cases the descriptions comprise summaries or abstracts of the content of the document.