Peter Pond papers, 1773-1777.

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Peter Pond papers, 1773-1777.

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Two versions of Pond's narrative of his early life as a fur trader and soldier in the "Northwest" and along the St. Peter's (Minnesota) River; fur trade accounts used at Grand Portage, 1773-1775, by Pond and his partner Felix Graham; and a list of supplies to be used by Pond and Greves, Grand Portage (1775).

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Pond, Peter, 1740-1807?

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Born in Milford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1740. After serving in French and Indian wars, he became a fur trader in Detroit. In 1778 he established the first post in the Athabaska country; in 1783 he became a partner in the North West Co., but the murder of John Ross by some of his men in 1787 (the second with which he had been connected) caused his retirement, and in 1790 he sold his share to Wm. McGillivray. He returned to the U.S., and became a special Indian agent. He died in New England about 1807, p...

Graham, Felix.

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