Box 1
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Contains 93 Results:
Prenuptial contract between Michel Desravines Tesson and Adelaide Barrousselle at St. Louis. (in French), 1811 Feb 14
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1811 Feb 14
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Thomas Forsyth, Kinzie & Forsyth, Auguste Chouteau, Kennerly & O’Fallon, William Christy, J. Philipson, Benjamin O'Fallon, J.V. Garnier, General [Benjamin] Howard, A. Saugrain, Henry Von Phul, Michael Tesson, J. Charless, and Charles Stewart. (21 items), 1813-1814
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1813-1814
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Thomas Forsyth, Joseph Philipson, H. Von Phul, Berthold & Chouteau, John W. Thompson, Christian Wilt, Theodore Hunt, E. Beebe, James Baird, A.V. Carr, James Morrison, and S. Labadie & Co. (10 documents), 1815
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1815
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Joseph Philipson, James Sawyer, Charles Bosseron, Thomas Forsyth, B. & J. Pratte, Hubert Guion, Berthold & Chouteau, Joseph Bissonette, Christian Wilt, Farrar & Walker, Ditch & Keese, J. Henderson, John Forsyth, and Henry Von Phul. (15 documents), 1816
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1816
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Sylvester Labadie, Thomas Forsyth, Robert S. Lett, James Kennerly, Peter Provenchere, Henry S. Lee, Henry Von Phul, Christian Wilt, and Farrar & Walker. (15 documents), 1817
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1817
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Thomas Forsyth, J. and G.H. Kennerly, Thomas Hanly, Henry Von Phul, J. McGunnegle, Henry S. Lee, Clamorgan, Sylvester Labbadie & Co., McNair & Owens, Salmon Giddings, Michael Dolan, Joseph C. Brown, P. Papin, Sarpy & Chouteau, Christian Wilt, and J. Warner. (17 documents), 1818
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1818
Bills and receipts of the following individuals and businesses: Thomas Forsyth, Thomas Hanly, Henry Von Phul, J. Lakenen, S. Giddings, Farrar & Walker, B. Cleland, James Moore, Chouteau & Sarpy, John Nicholson, C. Wahrendorff & Co., Renshaw & Hoffman, Joseph Hertzog, C. Wilt & Co., and Ant. LeClaire [Antoine LeClaire]. (20 documents), 1819
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1819
Letter signed J.C. Calhoun [John C. Calhoun], Dept. of War, to Wm. Clark [William Clark], St. Louis. An order has been issued for an establishment of a military post on the Mississippi [River] at the mouth of St. Peters [River], and it is necessary that an Indian agent accompany the expedition to explain the views of the Government. Mr. Forsyth has been selected., 1819 Mar 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1819 Mar 13
Letter signed J.C. Calhoun [John C. Calhoun], Dept. of War, to [Thomas Forsyth]. Regarding murder committed by a white man on an Indian. In order to prevent the Indians from resorting to retaliatory measures, you are requested to state to them the horror with which this and similar acts are viewed by the Government. I enclose a copy of a letter addressed to Gov. [William] Clark by which you will see you are to accompany the expedition to the mouth of the St. Peters [River]., 1819 Mar 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1819 Mar 15
Letter signed John Forsyth, Washington, to Thomas Forsyth, St. Louis. Brief biographical sketch of my father, Robert Forsyth, a native of Cumberland County, England. I have no relations in the U.S. by my family out of Georgia to my knowledge., 1819 Dec 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1819 Dec 16