Duggan, Thomas, d. 1803.

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Thomas Duggan was a longtime service member of the British Army in Canada. He began his career in 1766 as an assistant to M. Chandler, a barracks master in Quebec. In 1792, Duggan was stationed in Detroit as a storekeeper and clerk in the Indian Department. He was next transferred to Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Michigan) and finally, in 1796, was stationed at St. Joseph Island with the 24th Regiment of Foot. Duggan built a house on the remote island, but in 1801, with his health failing, he requested to be transferred to a more comfortable post within the British military. In 1802, Duggan was court-martialed for defrauding several Native Americans of food and liquor, supplied by the British Indian Department. Relinquished of his duties, he remained on St. Joseph until his death on December 17, 1803.

From the guide to the Thomas Duggan journal, Duggan, Thomas journal, 1795-1801, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Harbor Springs (Mich.)
Thunder Bay Island (Mich.)
Great Lakes Region (North America)
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
Superior, Lake.
Beaver Island (Mich.)
Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
Fort Saint Joseph Site (Ont.)
Grand Traverse Bay (Mich.)
Michigan, Lake.
Milwaukee (Wis.)
Saint Joseph Island (Ont.)
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
Fort Saint Joseph (Mich.)
Fort Saint Joseph (Mich.)
Detroit (Mich.)
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Cherokee Indians
Dakota Indians
Fur trade
Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Native Americans
Ojibwa Indians
Ottawa Indians
Potawatomi Indians
Sugar trade
Sugar trade
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Death 1803

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