Box 2
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Louis Campau Sophie Campau to Canton Smith, Jan.1, 1847. [Provenance note: Gift of Sophie De Marsac Campau Chapter D.A.R. (DAR), n.d.; Rec’d by DAR from Mrs. Lucy S. Hughes, Jan. 1911. Found among the papers of Thomas B. Church, by Hughes?] No accession number found.
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Louis Campau has been credited as the founder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, although there were Baptist missionaries and other fur traders in the area before Campau. His trading post was located on the east side of the Grand River, while the mission settlement was on the west side. This series includes select original documents which have survived, along with reference materials related to the couple. Also, there area materials located in other archival collections, and many...
Dates:
1830-1922
The 'Old Fox' was a contract / by Liz Hyman. (Oversized, source unknown) Includes image of old Louis Campau and the Booth painting. Probably from Grand Rapids Press, date unknown.
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Louis Campau has been credited as the founder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, although there were Baptist missionaries and other fur traders in the area before Campau. His trading post was located on the east side of the Grand River, while the mission settlement was on the west side. This series includes select original documents which have survived, along with reference materials related to the couple. Also, there area materials located in other archival collections, and many...
Dates:
1830-1922
A Fortune and a Feud : the Campaus : first of the first families / Howard Silbar. GR Press, Feb. 18, 1979. [Wonderland??] Sketches, map including islands, photo of Campau house, photo of Louie Sophie, photo of older Antoine. (Oversized tabloid, 2 sheets).
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Louis Campau has been credited as the founder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, although there were Baptist missionaries and other fur traders in the area before Campau. His trading post was located on the east side of the Grand River, while the mission settlement was on the west side. This series includes select original documents which have survived, along with reference materials related to the couple. Also, there area materials located in other archival collections, and many...
Dates:
1830-1922
Vol. P. Land Books, Upper Canada Roll C105. Entry for Louis Campau (2 photocopied oversized sheets) July 5, 1832.
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From the Series:
Louis Campau has been credited as the founder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, although there were Baptist missionaries and other fur traders in the area before Campau. His trading post was located on the east side of the Grand River, while the mission settlement was on the west side. This series includes select original documents which have survived, along with reference materials related to the couple. Also, there area materials located in other archival collections, and many...
Dates:
1830-1922
Photocopy of 1850 partial census sheet showing Louis and Sophia Campau family
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From the Series:
Louis Campau has been credited as the founder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, although there were Baptist missionaries and other fur traders in the area before Campau. His trading post was located on the east side of the Grand River, while the mission settlement was on the west side. This series includes select original documents which have survived, along with reference materials related to the couple. Also, there area materials located in other archival collections, and many...
Dates:
1830-1922
Aug. 2, 1839. Antoine Louis Campau. C30:A6.1
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This collection contains original, typescript and facsimile items in the form of public records, letters, reports and land deeds involving Louis Campau, Antoine Campau and other Campau relatives and associates. Louis Campau's original land deed contracts include Campau either buying, selling or acting as a third party. A metal plate for printing a Campau land grant is also included. Other original documents include Campau’s last will and testament and the probate proceedings of...
Dates:
1830-1922