Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A0605
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885).
Papers, 1791-1801; 1858-1973; no date. 2 boxes
This is an artificial collection of documents from a variety of sources. The documents and
other items in this collection cover a wide range of dates and subjects. The documents in the
collection that were written by or to Grant cover the period 1858-1884. The remainder of the
documents relate to personal business and family matters. Also includes several letters from Julia
Grant that indicate she was still using mourning stationery as late as 1898, and an 1870 letter
from Gideon Welles to an Ohio representative containing strong criticism of Grant.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Ulysses Simpson Grant Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0607
Gratiot, Charles (1752-1817).
Papers, 1769-1933. 3 boxes
Born in 1752 in Switzerland, Charles Gratiot became a St. Louis pioneer and trader. He
trained under an uncle in London, then under another uncle in Canada where he learned the fur
trade. In 1777, he established himself in Cahokia, Illinois, where he opened a store. In 1781, he
moved to St. Louis where he married Victoire Chouteau, daughter of Marie Therese Bourgeois
Chouteau. After the 1804 transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States, Governor
William Henry Harrison appointed Gratiot first presiding justice of the court of quarter sessions.
He was elected trustee of the town of St. Louis when it incorporated in 1809. He died April 20,
1817, in St. Louis.
Correspondence, land papers, ledger (1777-98), "Journal des Cahos" (1778-1781) of David
McCrae, Charles Gratiot, John Kay, and Pierre Barthe, engaged in the fur trade in Cahokia,
Illinois, Charles Gratiot letterbooks and account books, and other papers.
In part French.
Cite as: Charles Gratiot Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0608
Gratiot, Henry Terry (1830-1919).
Journal, 1859-1868. 1 volume (365 pages)
Grandson of Charles Gratiot, and great grandson of Pierre Laclede.
Diary of a trip west in 1860 with assorted accounts dated 1859-1868.
Cite as: Henry Terry Gratiot Journal, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0606
Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Minute book, 1907 June 14-1936 Dec 1. 1 volume
The Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company was a St. Louis real estate
development company established by Charles B., Henry T., Paul B., and Maria T. Gratiot in
1907 and dissolved in 1936.
Minute book contains the minutes of the stockholders meetings (1907-1936) and anundated
list of land assessments on lands belonging to the Gratiot family.
Cite as: Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company Minute Book, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
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