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Guide to the Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection, 1938-1939
Biographical NoteMichel Branamour Meynard, Indian trader, entrepreneur and founder of the Galveston City company, was born near Montreal, Quebec, on December 5, 1805. He became a fur trader, working his way south from Detroit to Missouri, trading with the Shawnee and other Indian tribes. He later traded horses and mules for manufactured goods and built and operated a sawmill . He organized the Galveston Company in 1838 and represented Galveston in the fifth Congress in 1840-41. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThis collection consists of a biography written by Houston Wade about Michel B. Menard, founder of Galveston. Included are newsclippings about Menard, other Texas personalities, and correspondence to Mr. Wade regarding the Menard family history. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThis material is open for research. Use RestrictionsPermission to publish from the Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection, MS 189, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationWade biography of Michel B. Menard collection, 1938-1939, MS 189, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Acquisition InformationFletcher Collection, gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 1969 Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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