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    Peter Bisaillon (also Bezellon, Bizaillon, and other spellings), (baptized Pierre) (c. 1662 – 18 July 1742) was a New France fur trader and interpreter...
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    in prices. For a few years Chartier and his French-Canadian friends Peter Bisaillon and Jacques Le Tort ran a smuggling operation, bringing furs from Detroit...
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    and eventually traded for furs in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Peter Bisaillon (1662–1742) Jacques Le Tort (1651–1702) James Le Tort (1675-1742) The...
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    was confirmed by treaty in 1701. In October 1714, French fur trader Peter Bisaillon was granted 250 acres of land "at Peshtang or any other Indian Town...
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    summer of 1686 by Henri de Tonti, Jacques Cardinal, Jean Couture, Peter Bisaillon, and three other Frenchmen as a trading post near the site of a Quapaw...
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  • and access to European trade goods. Kakowatcheky Martin Chartier Peter Bisaillon Jacques Le Tort Meshemethequater Lower Shawneetown Opessa Straight...
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  • collaborated with other French-Canadians living there at the time, including Peter Bisaillon and Martin Chartier, as well as the future mayor of Philadelphia, James...
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    an Indian name. An early settler was the French-Canadian fur trader Peter Bisaillon, who was granted 700 acres near Conoy Creek in 1719.: 309  Locust Grove...
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  • eventually became a fur trader in partnership with Martin Chartier and Peter Bisaillon. His first trading post was on the Schuylkill River. Around 1700 they...
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    while journeying up the Susquehanna River. Late 1600s French trader Peter Bisaillon, located at the mouth of Paxton Creek, was among the first Europeans...
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