Chauncey Pratt Williams (December 6, 1860 – December 25, 1936) was an American historian, banker, and soldier. Williams graduated from

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, where he was a member of the varsity

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, and the

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. He was president of the Albany Exchange Bank and, from 1909 to 1917, served as adjutant-general of the New York National Guard. Williams wrote extensively on the history of the American West, including biographies of the trappers

Antoine Robidoux Antoine Robidoux (September 24, 1794 – August 29, 1860) was a fur trapper and trader of French-Canadian descent best known for his exploits in the American Southwest in the first half of the 19th century. Early life Robidoux was born in 1794 in ...

and Bill Williams; United States Senator

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; and frontiersmen John Hoback and John Coulter. His works on this subject are held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In 1886 he married Emma McClure.

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Chauncey Pratt Williams Writings on the American West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{Authority control Albany Law School alumni Adjutants General of New York (state) 1860 births 1936 deaths