Processed by
Paul Brockman
1 December 1999
Revised 27 June 2003
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
3 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 3 reels of microfilm |
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COLLECTION |
Inclusive 1751-1873, bulk 1783-1820 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Francis Vigo Chapter, D.A.R., Vincennes, Indiana, June, 1949. |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
Microfilm |
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RELATED |
Northwest Territory Collection (M 0367) |
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ACCESSION |
1949.0642 |
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NOTES: |
Joseph Maria Francesco Vigo (1747?-1836) was born in Mondovi, Italy and served with the Spanish Army in New Orleans. In 1772 he established a fur trading business in St. Louis and in 1778 he was engaged in a secret business partnership with the Spanish lieutenant governor, Fernando de Leyba. During the American Revolution Vigo provided financial assistance and intelligence information to George Rogers Clark and was instrumental in the capture of Vincennes in 1779. In 1783 Vigo moved to Vincennes and operated a fur trading business being associated with the Miami Company and Todd, McGill & Company during the 1780s. In the 1790s Vigo traded with American merchants on the East Coast. He also served as a colonel in the Knox County Militia from 1790-1810 and assisted Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison in negotiations with the Native Americans.
Source:
A Guide to Manuscript Collections of the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library, p. 189.
The collection consists of Vigo's business and personal papers, primarily from the period 1783-1820. Included are papers relating to the fur trade at Vincennes, Fort Wayne, Detroit and Montreal; Vigo's relations with John Askin and the Miami Company; his business dealing with the Piankeshaw and other midwestern Native Americans; his land transactions at Vincennes, particularly regarding donation lands granted by Congress in 1789 to the old French inhabitants of Vincennes; financial affairs of the French inhabitants of the Illinois Country and the American settlers around Vincennes; his work on behalf of Generals Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison; and his efforts to collect repayment from Congress for loans to George Rogers Clark during the American Revolution. Also included is the inventory of the estate of Fernando de Leyba (1780).
The collection includes papers of John Askin, John Badollet, Bishop Simon Brute de Remur, Lewis Cass, August Chouteau, John W. Ewing, John Hay Farnham, Pierre Gibault, John Francis Hamtramck, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Holmes, General Washington Johnson, John Law, Manuel Lisa, Pierre Menard, Benjamin Parke, Bartholomei Tardiveau and William Wells.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence 1783-1786 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence 1787-1790 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence 1791-1802 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence 1804-1809 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence 1814-1830 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence 1831-1840 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Land Documents 1768-1801 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Abstract of Donation Rights 1788-1797 |
OM 0060, FF 11-f |
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Land Documents 1786-1801 |
OM 0060 |
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Land Documents 1785-1786 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Land Documents 1787 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Land Documents 1788-1790 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Land Documents 1791-1792 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Land Documents 1793-1802 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Land Documents 1803-1819 |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Land Documents 1825-1841 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Land Documents n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Merchant Accounts, John Askin 1783-1807 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Merchant Accounts, John Askin 1784-1795 |
OM 0060 |
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Merchant Accounts 1784-1789 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Merchant Accounts 1787; 1790 |
OM 0060 |
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Merchant Accounts 1791-1803 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Merchant Accounts 1804-1815 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Merchant Accounts 1816-1840 |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Merchant Accounts n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Promissory Notes, Bills & Receipts 1778-1793 |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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Promissory Notes, Bills & Receipts 1794-1802 |
Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Promissory Notes, Bills & Receipts 1803-1820 |
Box 2, Folder 11 |
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Promissory Notes, Bills & Receipts 1821-1839 |
Box , Folder 12 |
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Promissory Notes, Bills & Receipts n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 13 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Legal Documents 1787-1836 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Legal Documents 1792 |
OM 0060 |
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Wills & Estate Documents 1784-1834 |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Wills & Estate Documents, Don Fernando De Leyba 1778? |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Military Appointments 1801-1805 |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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General Items & Fragment 1751-1808; n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Translations of Letter 1787; 1827; 1833; 1834; n.d. |
Box 3, Folder 6 |
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Transcriptions & Translations |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 1 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 2 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 3 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 4 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 5 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 6 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 7 |
Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 8 |
Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Photostats of Court Claim Records 1873, Folder 9 |
Box 3, Folder 16 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Reel 1: Calendar; Correspondence, 1783-1840; Land Documents, 1768-1787 |
F 0655 |
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Reel 2: Land Documents, 1788-1841; Merchant Accounts, 1783-1840 |
F 0656 |
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Reel 3: Promissory Notes, Legal Documents, and Miscellaneous |
F 0657 |
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