George Johnston letterbook 1832-1860
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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...
Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879
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George Armstrong Custer was a famous cavalry officer during the Civil War and the Indian wars of the 1860s and 1870s. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, his wife, was the author of several works about Army life on the plains. After the death of her husband, she dedicated her life to defending his honor. From the guide to the George A. and Elizabeth B. Custer papers, 1857-1929, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American politician. From the description of Autograph letter s...
Stuart, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1810-1887
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Epithet: brother of John Sobieski Stuart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001a1 Epithet: self-styled Count of Albany British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001a0 Kalamazoo, Michigan, lawyer and U.S. Senator. From the description of Charles Edward Stuart correspondence, 1880. (University of Michigan). Wo...
McCoskry, Samuel Allen, 1804-1886
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Pioneer bishop of the Michigan Episcopal Church. From the description of Samuel Allen McCoskry diary, 1836-1840. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423515 Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan. From the description of Samuel Allen McCoskry papers, 1836-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659806924 McCoskry, Samuel Allen, P.E. bishop; grad. Dickinson College 1825; lawyer, Carlisle, Pa. 1825-31; studied theology and ord. P.E. Church 183...
Johnston, George
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Epithet: of Add MS 29533 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x0002eb George Johnston (also spelled Johnson) was the son of John Johnston, an Irish immigrant and O-Shau-gus-co-day-way-gua, a Chippewa Indian woman. In 1826, he was a sub-Indian agent at LaPointe, Wisconsin; later in 1835, he was appointed by the then Secretary of War Lewis Cass to survey the northern Michigan boundary between the Sioux and Chi...
Dougherty, Peter, 1805-1894.
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Presbyterian missionary to Indians in the Mackinac area of Michigan. From the description of Peter Dougherty papers, 1838-1870. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420058 ...
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
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Epithet: Vice-president of the American Ethnological Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000a9 Author, Indian agent and ethnologist. From the description of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1826-1841. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418398 Henry Schoolcraft was an ethnologist, geologist, Indian agent, and glass manufacturer. From th...
McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880
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Robert McClelland was a Michigan congressmen and governor. He was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1807, and graduated from Dickinson College, Carlistle, Pennsylvania in 1829. He worked as a teacher before his admission to the Pennsylvania bar in 1831. McClelland moved to Monroe, Michigan two years later, becoming delegate in the state constitution convention in 1835. Robert McClelland served as Governor of Michigan, 1851-1853 and Secretary of the Interior, 1853-1857. He died in De...
Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883
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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...
