Estates Collection
Scope and Contents
The papers concern claims against estates of prominent people of St. Louis and other parts of the country. Names of those acting as administrators or having other legal interest in the estates include Auguste Chouteau, Charles Gratiot, Charles Dehault Delassus, Charles Sanguinet, Edward Hempstead, Henry von Phul, John Bent, H.S. Geyer, Robert Simpson, Frederick Bates, Kenneth MacKenzie, and John F. Darby. Also includes papers pertaining to the estates of Antoine Laframboise (October 12, 1771), Etienne Derouen (1798-1806), Mathurin Bouvet (October 9, 1800), Jean Baptiste Tardif (June 30, 1808), Joseph Robidoux (1809-1812), John Colter (1814-1815), Robert McClennan (1815-1817), Saint Paul Lacroix (1815-1822), Charles Sanguinet, Jr. (November 6, 1818), John McKnight (1821-1836), Aaron T. Crane (January 15, 1822), Pascal Pourpart (June 13, 1822), William Smith (December 18, 1824), William Shearer (February 26, 1825), Helene Chevalier (1831-1835), Alfred K. Stevens (1832-1852), Antoine Cerre (1834), Auguste P. Chouteau (1838-1852), Robert Paul Lucas (November 23, 1840), Hypolite Papin (1842-1847), James A. Hamilton Palmer (December 20, 1843), Joseph and Simon Philipson (1844-1845), Adam Martin (1845), Francisco Robledo (1848-1850), Sylvester Labadie (1852-1855), Henry Shaw (November 1889), Mrs. Alice B. von Versen (no date), Julien Dubuque (1811), and Pierre Barribeau (?-ca. 1850).
Dates
- 1771-1864
Language of Materials
French, Spanish
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Extent
0.45 Cubic Feet ( (9 folders (approximately 100 items)))
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
When readily available, accession information has been noted in the inventory.
Processing Information
Finding aid by Jaime Bourassa, September 2020.
- Barribeau, Pierre (Associated name)
- Bates, Frederick, 1777-1825 (Associated name)
- Bouvet, Mathurin (Associated name)
- Cerre, Antoine, Jr. (Associated name)
- Cerre, Antoine, Sr. (Associated name)
- Chevalier, Helene (Associated name)
- Chevalier, Helene -- Estate
- Chouteau, Auguste P. -- Estate
- Chouteau, Auguste Pierre, 1786-1838 (Associated name)
- Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865 (Associated name)
- Claims against decedents' estates
- Colter, John (Associated name)
- Crane, Aaron T. (Associated name)
- Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882 (Associated name)
- Derouen, Etienne (Associated name)
- Derouen, Etienne -- Estate
- Distribution of decedents' estates
- Dubuque, Julien (Associated name)
- Executors and administrators -- Illinois
- Executors and administrators -- Missouri
- Executors and administrators -- New Mexico
- Gratiot, Charles, 1752-1817 (Associated name)
- Harmon, William C. (Associated name)
- Hempstead, Edward, 1780-1817 (Associated name)
- Inventories of decedents' estates
- Joyal, Joseph (Associated name)
- Labbadie, Silvestre, Jr., 1779-1849 (Associated name)
- Lacroix, St. Paul (Associated name)
- Lacroix, St. Paul -- Estate
- Laframboise, Antoine (Associated name)
- Lucas, John B. C. (John Baptiste Charles), -1842 (Associated name)
- Lucas, Robert Paul (Associated name)
- Martin, Adam (Associated name)
- McClellan, Robert (Associated name)
- McClellan, Robert -- Estate
- McKnight, John (Associated name)
- Palmer, James A. Hamilton (Associated name)
- Papin, Hypolite -- Estate
- Papin, Hypolite Leber, 1787-1842 (Associated name)
- Partition of decedents' estates
- Philipson, Joseph (Associated name)
- Philipson, Joseph -- Estate
- Philipson, Simon (Associated name)
- Pourpart, Pascal (Associated name)
- Reilhe, Antoine (Associated name)
- Robledo, Francisco (Associated name)
- Robledo, Francisco -- Estate
- Sanguinet, Charles, 1743-1818 (Associated name)
- Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889 (Associated name)
- Shearer, William (Associated name)
- Smith, William (Associated name)
- Stevens, Alfred K. (Associated name)
- Stevens, Alfred K. -- Estate
- Tardif, Jean Baptiste (Associated name)
- Von Versen, Alice B. (Associated name)
- Title
- Inventory of Estates Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- EAD by Jaime Bourassa using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository