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Author Bio

66: Five fur traders of the Northwest Being the narrative of Peter Pond and the diaries of John Macdonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries, and Thomas Connor . 1933.
Pond, Peter (1740-1807.)
1740-1807. Born in Milford, Connecticut; fur trader at Detroit; first expedition to Canadian Northwest, 1775; established first post in Athabasca country, 1778; partner in NWC, 1783-1790; retired to USA (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).

Other authors of Peel 66

  • Macdonell, John (1768-1850.) [info].
  • McLeod, Archibald Norman (fl.1796-1837.) [info].
  • Faries, Hugh (1779-1852.) [info].