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Pond, Peter, 1740-1807

 Person

Biography

Peter Pond was a soldier with a Connecticut Regiment, a fur trader, a founding member of the North West Company and the Beaver Club, an explorer and a cartographer. Though he was born and died in Milford, Connecticut, most of his life was spent in northwestern North America.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America, 1790

 Item
Identifier: G3300 1790 .P6 +Oversize
Scope and Contents

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: London. In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. March 1790. Pt. I, p. 197.

Dates: 1790

Pond and Steedman Report, 1788-1792

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Identifier: MC-1954-176
Scope and Contents

Entitled "Peter Pond and William Steedman's communications to the Secretary of War, 1792," this is a report of their journey to Niagara, their experiences among the New York Indians, principally the Onondagas, Senecas, and Oneidas, and their account of a council meeting at Buffalo,

Attached to this report is a communication from the Governor of the Western Territory made in 1788 regarding settlement of the Indian Tribes north of the Ohio River.

Dates: 1788 - 1792

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Subject
Canada -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 1
Oneida Indians 1
Onondaga Indians 1
Seneca Indians. 1