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Parker, J., fl. 1791 [Remarks on the trade and country of Illinois]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08089 Author/Creator: Parker, J., fl. 1791 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1791 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the opportunities for business, trade and settlement in the upper Mississippi region, such as the animals for pelts, and the friendliness of the natives. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Parker, J., 1791

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