Paper, regarding a trading voyage by Joseph Kellug from Canada to the Mississippi by Paul Dudley

Reference number: CLP/7ii/1

Date: 11 May 1721

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Concerning the journey of Joseph Kellogg of New England, made in 1710 in the company of six French men, in two canoes made of birch bark.

Kellog's party travelled from Montreal via Lake Nipissing to Lake Huron, and wintered at Michilimackinac. They then proceeded along Lake Michigan to “Chigaquea” (Chicago) and portaged to the Illinois River, which they followed to the Mississippi and southward to the mouth of the Ohio.

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Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1721

Reference number: CLP/7ii/1
Earliest possible date: 11 May 1721
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Paper, regarding a trading voyage by Joseph Kellug from Canada to the Mississippi by Paul Dudley, 11 May 1721, CLP/7ii/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_1/paper-regarding-a-trading-voyage-by-joseph-kellug-from-canada-to-the-mississippi-by-paul-dudley, accessed on 15 March 2025

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'A Short account of a trading Voyage perform'd by Joseph Kellug an Englishman of New England in Company with Six French men from Canada to Missisippi in the year 1710 in two Canoos made of Birch Bark with some general Remark made by the Said Kellug'
Reference number: RBO/11/32

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'
1721-1739 Reference number: CLP/7ii

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Dates: 1592 - 1741

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