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Indian agents -- Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Tesson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1610
Scope and Contents 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: 1797-1958, no date; Majority of material found within 1797-1866