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Patrick Marantette Papers

1833-1879.

Origination : Marantette, Patrick, 1807-1878.
Extent : 5 linear inches.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

Source

A gift from the Marantette family acquired by Paul J. Foik, CSC, University Librarian, 26 October 1915.

One box of dated correspondence has been microfilmed.

Preferred Citation

Patrick Marantette Papers (MAR), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Alexis Coquillard, trader in South Bend, Edward Sorin, CSC, president of the University of Notre Dame, and others, pertaining mostly to business affairs, the second Indian removal from the area in 1840, and Marantette's claims arising from it; and Marentette's account book, 1838-1840.

Background

French trader with the Indians in Mendon (St. Joseph County), Michigan.

Index

Marantette, Patrick, 1807-1878.
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866.
Coquillard, Alexis, 1795-1855.
Sorin, Edward.
Indians of North America -- Removal.
Account books.
Letters.

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