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Moreton Frewen papers, 1870-1932
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924
- Title
- Moreton Frewen papers
- Dates
- 1870-1932 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 5.54 cubic feet (9 boxes) + maps
- Collection Number
- 09529
- Summary
- Moreton Frewen was a British investor in the American range cattle industry in the final quarter of the 19th century. The collection contains correspondence and business records of his investments.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Moreton Frewen (1853-1924), of Sussex, England, came to Wyoming Territory in 1878 on a hunting trip. He and his brother Richard soon afterwards formed the Big Horn Ranche Company and operated a cattle ranch in what is now northeastern Wyoming. In 1882 the company was dissolved after Moreton bought out Richard's share and reorganized the company as the Powder River Cattle Company, Ltd., with an English board of directors. Frewen served as manager of the company until 1886. The company was dissolved in 1889 due to overstocked pastures and harsh winters. Frewen returned to England and speculated in mining and railroad ventures until his death in 1924. He was married to Clara Jerome of New York in 1881 and they had three children.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains materials mostly relating to Frewen's ranching interests in Wyoming during the 1880s. Collection includes biographical materials; correspondence; legal documents; photographs; business records; scrapbooks; and maps.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Moreton Frewen Papers, Collection Number 09529, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Alternative Forms Available
Existence and Location of CopiesDigital reproductions of select material from this collection are available online at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~90~90.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection has been processed and divided into seven series. Much of the collection has also been digitized and can be viewed by clicking on hyperlinks found in the container lists below.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I.: Biographical Material, 1874-1932Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Memoranda books, railroad passes and obituaries of Moreton Frewen. Also includes study notes probably compiled by Herbert Brayer on Frewen's movements and activities.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Notes concerning whereabouts and activities of Moreton
Frewen and his associates, 1872, 1880-1888, 1915 |
undated |
| 1 | 2 | Obituaries and other newspaper clippings |
1885-1932 |
| 1 | 3 | Pocket memorandum book of Moreton Frewen |
1874-1876 |
| 1 | 4 | Pocket memorandum book of Moreton Frewen |
1882-1884 |
| 1 | 5 | Railroad Passes |
1884-1885 |
Series II.: Correspondence, 1880-1924Return to Top
Arranged chronologically. Personal correspondence with family members, and business correspondence with associates, investors, and lawyers.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 6-13 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Jerome |
May 1880-January 1881 |
| 1 | 14-15 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Jerome and other Jerome Family
Members |
February-March 1881 |
| 1 | 16-17 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Jerome |
April-May 1881 |
| 2 | 1-2 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Jerome |
October-November 1881 |
| 2 | 3 | December 1881 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1880-1881 | |
| 2 | 5 | January-June 1882 | |
| 2 | 6 | January-June 1882 | |
| 2 | 7 | July-September 1882 | |
| 2 | 8 | July-September 1882 | |
| 2 | 9 | October 1882 | |
| 2 | 10 | October-December 1882 | |
| 2 | 11 | Letterpress book of outgoing correspondence of Moreton
Frewen |
1883-1887 |
| 2 | 12 | 1883 | |
| 2 | 13-19 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Frewen |
April-December 1883 |
| 3 | 1 | January-June 1884 | |
| 3 | 2-3 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Frewen |
May-June 1884 |
| 3 | 4 | July-August 1884 | |
| 3 | 5-6 | Moreton Frewen to Clara Frewen |
August-September 1884 |
| 3 | 7-12 | Business and Personal |
September 1884-January 1885 |
| 3 | 13 | February 1885 | |
| 3 | 14 | May 1885 | |
| 3 | 15 | June 1885 | |
| 3 | 16 | April-May 1885 | |
| 3 | 17 | May 1885 | |
| 3 | 18-19 | Business and Personal |
June-July 1885 |
| 3 | 20 | June-July 1885 | |
| 3 | 21-22 | Business |
August-September 1885 |
| 3 | 23 | October 1885 | |
| 3 | 24 | October 1885 | |
| 3 | 25-26 | Business and Personal |
November-December 1885 |
| 3 | 27-30 | Business |
January-March 1886, |
| 4 | 1-8 | Business |
April-June 1886 |
| 4 | 9 | July-August 1886 | |
| 4 | 10-14 | Business |
July-September 1886 |
| 4 | 15 | September 1886 | |
| 4 | 16 | October 1886 | |
| 4 | 17 | October 1886 | |
| 4 | 18-19 | Business |
November 1886 |
| 4 | 20 | November 1886 | |
| 4 | 21-23 | Business |
December 1886 |
| 5 | 1-6 | Business |
January-July 1887 |
| 5 | 7 | May-June 1887 | |
| 5 | 8-9 | Business |
June-September 1887 |
| 5 | 10 | September 1887 | |
| 5 | 11-12 | Business |
October-November 1887 |
| 5 | 13 | November 1887-April 1888 | |
| 5 | 14-16 | Business |
January-July 1888 |
| 5 | 17 | August 1888 | |
| 5 | 18 | August-September 1888 | |
| 5 | 19 | October-December 1888 | |
| 5 | 20 | October-December 1888 | |
| 5 | 21 | January-February 1889 | |
| 5 | 22-23 | Business |
1889 |
| 5 | 24 | October 1889 | |
| 5 | 25 | 1890-1896 | |
| 5 | 26 | 1908, 1916, 1924 | |
| 5 | 27 | undated |
Series III.: Spencer White Legal Documents, 1884-1892Return to Top
Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within year. Affidavits, briefs, judgments, etc. concerning lawsuits between Moreton Frewen and the Powder River Cattle Co.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1884 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1884-1885 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1884-1885 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1884-1885 | |
| 6 | 5 | 1885 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1885 | |
| 6 | 7 | 1885 | |
| 6 | 8 | 1885 | |
| 6 | 9 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 10 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 11 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 12 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 13 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 14 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 15 | May 3, 1886 | |
| 6 | 16 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 17 | 1886 | |
| 6 | 18 | 1886-1887 | |
| 6 | 19 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 20 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 21 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 22 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 23 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 24 | 1887 | |
| 6 | 25 | 1887 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1887 | |
| 7 | 2 | April 29, 1887 | |
| 7 | 3 | March 1887-June 1888 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 6 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 8 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 9 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 10 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 11 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 12 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 13-14 | Correspondence between Stibbard, Gibson & Co. and
Spencer Whitehead |
1888 |
| 7 | 15 | 1888 | |
| 7 | 16 | 1889 | |
| 7 | 17 | 1889 | |
| 7 | 18 | 1889 | |
| 7 | 19 | 1889 | |
| 7 | 20 | Charges and expenses incurred on behalf of Moreton Frewen,
|
1887-1889 |
| 7 | 21 | Expense Calendar |
1887-1889 |
| 7 | 22 | 1891 | |
| 7 | 23 | 1892 |
Series IV.: Powder River Cattle Co. Documents, 1881-ca. 1920Return to Top
Arranged chronologically by year. Business documents and publications regarding formation and financing of the Powder River Cattle Company.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | 1881 | |
| 8 | 2 | May 17, 1882 | |
| 8 | 3 | 1882 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1882-1883 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1884 | |
| 8 | 6 | 1884 | |
| 8 | 7 | January 28, 1884 | |
| 8 | 8 | November 30, 1884 | |
| 8 | 9 | 1884-1885 | |
| 8 | 10 | March 17, 1885 | |
| 8 | 11 | Statement of Accounts |
November 30, 1885 |
| 8 | 12 | Share Certificates |
1885-1886 |
| 8 | 13 | Articles of Association, International Cattle Co.,
|
1886 |
| 8 | 14 | 1886 | |
| 8 | 15 | 1886 | |
| 8 | 16 | News clipping on Canadian leases |
1886 |
| 8 | 17 | Notes on a meeting of the shareholders |
February 23, 1886 |
| 8 | 18 | ca. 1886 | |
| 8 | 19 | 1886 | |
| 8 | 20 | 1887 | |
| 8 | 21 | 1887 | |
| 8 | 22 | 1887 | |
| 8 | 23 | Forms for protest against sale of Alberta Herd,
|
1888 |
| 8 | 24 | Warranty Deed, Moreton and Clara Frewen to Cornelius C.
Cuyler for sale of lands in Wyoming (incomplete draft) |
1888 |
| 8 | 25 | Circular of C. Fitch Kemp |
1889 |
| 8 | 26 | Conveyance of "Moreton" and "Dick" Irrigating Ditches
(incomplete draft) |
188_? |
| 8 | 27 | "The Transatlantic Cattle Trade", article by Moreton
Frewen |
1891 |
| 8 | 28 | "Notes on Proposed Importations of Store Cattle from
Canada", government document |
ca. 1920 |
| 8 | 29 | Untitled article by Moreton Frewen on McKinley Tariff
(typed draft) |
undated |
| 8 | 30 | Statistics and Financial Records |
undated |
| 8 | 31 | Blank form for proof under Desert Land Act |
undated |
| 8 | 32 | Blank form for grazing lease in Canada |
undated |
Series V.: Photographs, 1875-1905Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Photographs of Frewen, his acquaintances, places of residence, etc.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 33 | Antler Malformations |
1883 |
| 8 | 34 | Brede Place; Sheephouse (Sussex, England) |
undated |
| 8 | 35 | 1875, 1878, 1905 | |
| 8 | 36 | undated | |
| 8 | 37 | Fred Hollyer; William Fairbairn Wailes-Fairbairn,
|
undated |
| 8 | 38 | Powder River Cattle Co. Calendar |
1883 |
| 8 | 39 | undated | |
| Box | |||
| 8 | 40 | Rye, Old Hospital (England) |
undated |
Series VI.: Scrapbooks, 1870-1889Return to Top
Arranged chronologically. Newspaper clippings on topics of interest to Moreton Frewen.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | "Newspaper Scraps" |
1870-1881 |
| 9 | 2-4 | "News Cuttings" |
1884-1889 |
Series VII.: Maps, 1876-1886Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Areas in Canada, Wisconsin and Wyoming pertaining to Frewen's ranching interests.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | Item | ||
| Oversized Folder | 1 | Canada, Grazing Lands in Southern Canada |
undated |
| Oversized Folder | 2 | Canada, Montreal and Western Land Co., Ltd., General Map
of Part of the North-West Territory and of Manitoba |
ca. 1881 |
| Oversized Folder | 3 | Canada, Townships in Manitoba and the North West
Territories, Dept. of the Interior |
1886 |
| Oversized Folder | 4 | Wisconsin, Index to Douglas County, Wisconsin,
|
undated |
| Oversized Folder | 5 | Wisconsin, Railway Connections |
undated |
| Oversized Folder | 6 | Wisconsin, Sectional Map...of Superior and Duluth,
|
1876 |
| Oversized Folder | 7 | Wyoming, R.S. Tassel's Stock Range, Rawhide Creek
District |
1883 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cattle trade -- Wyoming
- Cattle trade -- Wisconsin -- Douglas County
- Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918
- Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945
- Wyoming -- History -- To 1889
Form or Genre Terms
- Business records
- Letterpress copybooks
- Scrapbooks
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Frewen, Richard
- Frewen, Clara Jerome
- Whitehead, Spencer
Corporate Names
- Powder River Cattle Company
- Stibbard, Gibson &Sykes
Inventory prepared by D.C.
Thompson
2005, 2009
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