1. John Jacob Astor
The main concentration of the business was furs, skins, and buffalo robes, which it secured from Indians and whites by means of factors throughout the length of the present territory of the U.S. ... After receiving a charter from the state of New York, the American Fur Company was then formed. ... Burnett wrote to a salt dealer in New York, (they supplied the large amount of salt that the American Fur Company packed their fish in) "As the usual time has arrived for speaking about our supply of salt for the current year we deem it proper to inform you that fish has sold so poorly the past seaso...
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