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Emery, Benjamin Franklin, 1867-. Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

Title: Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

8 vols., 1931-1932, includes (Prospectus) Introduction (16 p.) and seven mimeographed typed sketches of Michigan forts: Fort Holmes, 1812 (11 p.); Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1780 (37 p.); Fort Collyer, Post Cemetery, Drummond, 1815-1828 (13 p., map and newspaper clipping inside back cover); Fort Drummond (Fort Collyer), 1815-1828 (20 p.); Fort Saint Joseph, 1686-1781 (39p.); Fort Wilkins, 1844-1846 (52 p.); and Fort Saginaw, 1822-1823 (34 p.). Each sketch has several visual plates and a diagram or map of the fort.

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Old Forts and Historic Memorial Association (Detroit). Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

Title: Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

A series of mimeographed sketches on Michigan forts prepared by B. Frank Emery, including essays on Fort St. Joseph, 1686-1781, the only place in Michigan where the Spanish flag floated over a fortification; Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island, erected in 1812; Fort Drummond (Fort Collyer), the last British stronghold in Michigan, 1815-1828; the post cemetery of Fort Collyer on Drummond Island; Fort Wilkins, a frontier stockaded post built to protect Michigan's first copper mines, 1844-1846; Fort Saginaw, a forgotten frontier post, 1822-1823; and Fort Michilimackinac, the scene of the Pontiac massacre, abandoned in 1781.

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Emery, Benjamin Franklin, 1867-. Histories of Forts in Michigan, 1686-1828.

Title: Histories of Forts in Michigan, 1686-1828.

Typescript histories of Forts Drummond and Michilimackinac and the mission and fort at St. Joseph, written by Benjamin Franklin Emery in 1931. Emery presents the various occupations of forts by France, Great Britain, Spain, and the U.S.; relations with the Fox, Miami, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sauk Indians; and the Jesuit mission activity in Michigan. Emery's discussion of Native American life includes: burial practices, alcohol use, trade involvement, and Pontiac's Massacre at Fort Michilimackinac. Fur trading, use of forts as exploration and military outposts, the administration of forts, fort construction, and cemetery grounds are also described. Emery explains the role of various men in the region, especially Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, Jean Baptiste Chevalier, George Etherington, Sir Frederick Haldimand, Charles Michel Mouet de Langlade, and Pontiac. All three histories are published.

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