Alpheus Felch Papers 1817-1896

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

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...

University of Michigan. Department of Law

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Hill, George D., 1820-1881.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman and surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. From the description of George D. Hill papers, 1843-1866 and 1870-1876. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422541 George D. Hill was an Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman active in the period of the 1840s through the 1870s. Early in his administration, President Lincoln selected Hill to serve as surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. He was reappointed in 1865. In this position, Hill o...

Woodruff, John Grant

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University of Michigan. Department of Medicine and Surgery

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The University of Michigan was the first state university to operate a medical school. Medicine was the second oldest field of study there, after classics. The program was started in 1850, and at that time the course lasted only a few months. In a letter dated October 10, 1938, a proposal to form a Medical School collection as part of the Michigan Historical Collections was submitted to Dr. A. C. Furstenberg, Dean of the Medical School. He replied in December that the ex...

Felch, Theodore A., b. 1847.

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Ishpeming, Michigan physician, son of Michigan governor Alpheus Felch. From the description of Theodore A. Felch papers, 1870s-1930s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81331764 ...

Parsons, Philo.

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Griswold, George R., d. 1857

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Upson, Charles, 1821-1885

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Upson was born March 19, 1821 in Connecticut and died in Coldwater (Mich.) on Sept. 5, 1885. He graduated from Yale, moved to Mich. in 1845, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1873 he was 1 of 18 commissioners to revise the state constitution of Michigan. He held various local political and judicial positions. He served as Senator from the 17th District, 1855-1856, from the 10th District 1881-1882, U.S. Attorney General, 1861-1863, and as a member of Congress 1863-1865 and 1869-1871. (For m...

Goodrich, Enos, 1813-1897.

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Enos (1813-1897) was the posmaster and owner of a general store in Goodrich (Mich.) and a Democratic State Senator from the 28th district, 1853-1854. He was born in Clarence (N.Y.) on Aug. 11, 1813 and settled in Atlas (Genesee County, Mich.) in 1836. With his brother, Reuben, Enos built the Goodrich flour mills. He died at Fostoria on Sept. 16, 1897. The Clarke Historical Library has the related published genealogy of the Goodrich family. (Information from Michigan biographies, v. 1, p. 335.) E...

Allen, Mr. (Edward Payson), 1839-1909

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Resident of Ypsilanti, Mich.; member of Congress 1887-1891. From the description of Edward Payson Allen papers, 1864-1909 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85212498 From the description of Edward Payson Allen photograph series. [188-?-189-?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 51767468 ...

Williams, Asa, 1802-1869

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Adam, John J., 1807-1888.

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Chipman, Henry, 1784-1867

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Born in Tinmouth, Vermont, July 25, 1784; graduated from Middlebury College, 1803; went to Jamaica to improve health; returned and settled at Charleton, South Carolina; moved and settled at Detroit, Mich., 1823-24; published the "Morning Herald" with Seymour; Judge of the Supreme Territory Court, 1827; Judge of the Criminal Court of Wayne County, 1841-1843; Director of Female Seminary, Detroit; Whig in politics; after 1854 Democrat; one of the earliest writers on law in U.S.; died in Detroit, Oc...

Prichette, Kintzing.

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Stone, Hiram

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Shearer, Jonathan, 1796-1881

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Goodrich, Reuben, 1819-1899.

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Truesdale family.

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United States. Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California

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Brown, William S., 1821-1891

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Wing, Austin Eli, 1792-1849

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Michigan legislator and congressman. Born in Conway, Hampshire County, Mass., Feb. 3, 1792; moved to Marietta, Ohio; attended common schools, academy at Chillicothe, and Athens College; graduated from Williams College, 1814; moved to Detroit and later to Monroe; sheriff of Michigan Territory; elected to Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-second Congresses; affiliated with the Whigs; member state House of Representatives; 1842; member Board of Regents, University of Michig...

Spencer, Sheldon.

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Buel, Alexander Woodruff, 1813-1868

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Noble, Charles, 1797-1874

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Born in Williamstown, Mass., July 4,1797; was graduated from Williams College, 1815; studied law with his uncle, David Noble, and was admitted to bar,1818; practiced in Monroe, Mich.,1818-67; was member of Legislative Council; justice of the peace; district attorney; register of probate; lawyer-general of the U. S. for district northwest of Ohio River. He was a purchaser and first president of Michigan Southern Railroad. In 1867 he moved to Detroit and became partner of real estate firm,George S...

Noble, David A., 1806-1896

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Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

Angell, Sarah Caswell, 1831-1903.

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Wife of University of Michigan President, James B. Angell. From the description of Sarah Caswell Angell papers, 1850-1903. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419701 ...

Silver, Abiel, 1797-1881

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Dodge, Henry M.

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Morey, Peter, 1798-1881

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Hunt, James B. (James Bennett), 1799-1857

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Swineford, A. P. (Alfred P.), 1834-1909

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Alfred P. Swineford was born at Ashland, Wisconsin, September 14, 1834. In 1871he was elected to the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. He served two terms as mayor of Marquette and afterwards was elected to several terms as alderman and supervisor. In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland to be Governor of the District of Alaska and held that office until 1889. Trained at an early age in the printing trade, Swineford published and edited newspapers in Michigan and Alaska, including...

Burt, William Austin, 1792-1858

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Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 13, 1792; received a good education; was for some time an engineer in Erie, New York; came to Michigan, 1822; member of territorial council, 1826-27; settled in Washtenaw County, 1824; engaged in mill-building and local surveying, 1824-33; County surveyor, Macomb Co., 1831-34; Postmaster of Mt. Vernon for 24 years; invented solar compass; surveyed Upper Peninsula 1840-27; discovered 20 beds of iron ore, 1844-46; representative from Macomb County, 1853-1843;...

Joslin, C., 1813-1889

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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. A.

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Gillet, Ransom H. (Ransom Hooker), 1800-1876

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Anderson, William, b. 1843

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Agnew, John Holmes, 1804-1865

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Hall, Frederick, 1816-1883

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Whipple, Charles Whiley, 1805-1855.

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Richmond, William A., 1808-1870.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, citizen. From the description of William A. Richmond letter, 1851. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420867 ...

Butler, Charles, 1802-1897

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Charles Butler was a New York lawyer whose activities included New York politics; anti-Masonry; western state bond issues and speculation; New York Life Insurance and Trust Company loans; canal, road and railroad construction; and philanthropy. From the description of Charles Butler Papers, 1817-1908. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58788229 Entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist. From the description of Charles Butler papers, 1819-1...

Wright, Dorothea Mason.

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Burt, John

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Price, Lyman B., b. 1811

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Morse, Richard E.

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Cook, D. B.

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Denton, Samuel, 1803-1860.

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Physician, professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. From the description of Samuel Denton notebook, ca. 1831. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422891 ...

Prescott, R. F.

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Hale, William, 1809-1874

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Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851

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U.S. senator and representative of Michigan and surveyor. From the description of Letters of Lucius Lyon, 1833-1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454137 Surveyor, congressman, U.S. Senator. From the description of Lucius Lyon letters, 1830, 1831 and 1834. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420826 Lyon (1800-1851) came to Detroit from Vt. in 1822 and was appointed Surveyor General Deputy in the territory northwest of the Ohio. He served i...

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Crane, Flavius J. B., 1812-1886

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Michigan. Supreme Court

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L.F. Seymour of Farwell (Mich.) won the bid to construct a gravel road, located mostly in Ionia County and a bit of Kent County (Mich.). Seymour and Frank F. Rogers, the then State Highway Commissioner, signed the contract on Oct. 1, 1920. Seymour later sued for $10,663.21, his unpaid balance. He was eventually paid. From the description of Case No. 31094 records, 1920-1928. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 50226073 ...

Mann, C. M.

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Bancroft, William L., b. 1825

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Comstock, Addison J., 1802-1867.

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Resident of Adrian, Michigan. From the description of Addison J. Comstock papers, 1826 and 1833. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421867 ...

Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902

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Historian, President of Cornell University, 1885-1892. From the description of Charles Kendall Adams papers, 1882-1892. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935288 ...

Taylor, Helen M.

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Helen M. Taylor, Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, arrived in Nyasaland in 1933, her first post being at a school at Loudon near Mzimba. She later moved to Livingstonia and became the principal of Overtoun Institute, the teacher training college there. When the Church of Scotland mission was dissolved in 1960 and responsibility passed to the synod of the Church of Livingstone Taylor became an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Central Africa. During the troubles in Nyasaland prompted b...

Lawrence, William Wolcott.

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Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Lawyer, U.S. senator from Ohio, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and of the interior. From the description of Thomas Ewing papers, 1815-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981690 U.S. cabinet officer and senator from Ohio. Other family members represented include his sons, Thomas (1829-1896), U.S. Army officer and congressman from Ohio, and Hugh (1826-1905), U.S. minister to Holland; his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen Ewing Sherman (1824-1888) and William T. Sherman (1820-...

Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898

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Professor of Law and American History at the University of Michigan; Michigan Supreme Court Justice; and chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. From the description of Thomas McIntyre Cooley papers, 1850-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421366 From the description of Thomas McIntyre Cooley papers, 1850-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799037 Lawyer, Michigan and Ohio; justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1864-1885; law ...

Barry, John Stewart, 1802-1870.

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Governor of Michigan. From the description of John Stewart Barry land patents, 1850-1851. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421620 ...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890

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Republican State Senator from Monroe County, Michigan, 1850-1851, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, 1858-1875, U.S. Senator, 1875-1879, and U.S. Minister to Peru. From the description of Isaac Peckham Christiancy papers, 1840-1883. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423529 From the description of Isaac Peckham Christiancy papers, 1830-1874. [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84431251 From the description of Isaac Peckham Christiancy...

Michigan Central Railroad Company

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On March 20, 1837, legislation providing for work to proceed on three railroads and two canals in Michigan became law. One of the railroads -- the central -- was to connect Detroit and St. Joseph through the second tier of counties. Based upon preliminary work already done by the Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad Company (whose rights and properties were purchased by the state), the railroad was able to begin operation (at least as far as Dearborn) by the end of 1837. In 1846, the central railroad...

Landon, Daniel C., 1815-1886

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Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885

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John Langdon Sibley (1804-1885) served as Harvard's Assistant Librarian from 1825 to 1826 and 1841 to 1856, Librarian from 1856 to 1877, and Librarian, Emeritus from 1877 to 1885. He was the editor of the Harvard Triennial Catalogue from 1839 to 1875 and of the Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue from 1875-1885. A noted biographer, Sibley is best known for his "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University", an extensive collection of biographical material on Harvard graduates. Sibley was ...

Grant, Claudius Buchanan, 1835-1921.

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Regent of University of Michigan and chief justice of Michigan Supreme Court. From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1855-1905. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418335 From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1830s-1924. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78376986 From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1830s-1924 [microform]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78554710 ...

Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.)

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Bishop, Levi, 1815-1881

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Levi was a Michigan author who wrote Teuchsa Grondie, a copy of which is in the Clarke Historical Library, and in which this letter was found. In 1855, Bishop was the President of the Board of Education in Michigan. From the description of Correspondence, 1877. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 38876628 Detroit lawyer, (b. Oct. 15, 1815; d. Dec. 23, 1881) assuming a leading role in the promotion of educational and cultural activities. From the desc...

Bates, George C., -1886

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Shook, Jacob, 1779-1862

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Piper, Horace.

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Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843

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Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Virginia (October 27, 1811) and educated in Kentucky where his father had emigrated in 1812. In 1830, his father, John Mason, was appointed secretary of the Territory of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson. He resigned a year later and left for Texas and Mexico perhaps on a mission for the president. In his place, Jackson named the nineteen year old Stevens Mason to the vacant secretariat, taking his oath of office on July 25, 1831. As secretary Mason was also ...

Delta Kappa Epsilon. Omicron Chapter (University of Michigan)

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Allen, John, 1796-1851

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Founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of John Allen papers, 1817-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778560 From the description of John Allen papers, 1817-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420587 Founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Born in Augusta County, Va. on May 17, 1796, John Allen came to Mich. in Jan. 1824. He and E.W. Rumsey were the first settlers of Ann Arbor, named in honor of thei...

Douglass, Samuel T. (Samuel Townsend), 1814-1898

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Lawyer and Judge in Wayne County, Mich. b. 1814. d. 1898. Samuel Townsend Douglass was born in Wallingford, Vt. on Feb. 28, 1814, son of Benjamin Douglass. His parents moved to Fredonia, N.Y., where he grew up and was educated at Fredonia Academy. Douglass studied law in the office of Judge James Mullett of the New York Supreme Court. In 1837, Mr. Douglass came to Detroit. There he met Elizabeth Campbell, and after a long engagement, they were married in 1856. In 1860 th...

Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861

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Michigan Democratic Congressman, 1847-1851, Republican Governor, 1855-1858, and U.S. Senator, 1859-1861. From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419699 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81408982 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78696456 ...

Wilson, John, 1822-1907

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

Weston, J. W.

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Webber, William Lewis, 1825-1901.

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Walker, Henry N. (Henry Nelson), 1811-1886

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Detroit lawyer and businessman. Born in Chautauqua County, New York on Nov. 30, 1811, Henry N. Walker attended the Fredonia Academy and read law with James Mullett. In 1834 he came to Detroit, where he was admitted to the bar, and became a partner of Farnworth, Douglass & Campbell. In 1837 Walker was master in chancery; attorney general from 1843-1845; state representative in 1846, and Supreme Court reporter. Walker served as city historiographer, postmaster, 1859-18...

Nichols, Joseph

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Platt, Zephaniah, 1797-1872

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Ten Eyck, Anthony

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Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916

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American educator who served as the president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367566221 President of the University of Michigan, minister to China and Turkey. From the description of James Burrill Angell papers, 1845-1916. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419061 Editor of Providence Journal, 1860-1866. From the description of Letter, [ca.1860-1866], Providence,...

Lawrence, Edwin A.

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McGaffey, Neal

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Democratic Party (Mich.)

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The Democratic Party of Michigan is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Democratic National Committee, and its State Chairman is a member of the Association of State Democratic chairs. The group is dedicated to supporting Democratic candidates for public office in the state of Michigan, promoting the party in Michigan, and fielding the concerns of Michigan citizens as part of their effort to affect legislative change. Although the Democratic Party State Central...

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

Michigan Manual Labor School (Ann Arbor)

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Williams, Joseph R., 1808-1861.

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Kellogg, John R., 1793-1868.

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Kellogg moved to Allegan, Michigan in 1837. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1838. Kellogg helped Albertus C. Van Raalte settle his colony in Holland, Michigan. From the description of Collection, 1849. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30767454 ...

Luce, Cyrus Gray, 1824-1905.

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Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...

White, Peter, 1830-1908

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Born in Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y. Early settler of Marquette, MI; merchant, lawyer, established First National Bank of Marquette, state representative, and state senator. From the description of Papers, 1897-1907. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 31944885 Marquette, Michigan businessman, Democratic state senator, and Republican regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Peter White papers, 1848-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat ...

Bridge, Samuel J.

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Felch family.

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Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association.

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Jones, George Wallace, 1804-1896

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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896), born in Vincennes, Indiana, was a prominent jurist and politician in the upper mid-west region of the United States. He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1825. After being admitted to the bar, Jones moved to Michigan Territory where he worked as a miner and storekeeper; served in the Black Hawk War; and was a judge of the county court. He served as congressman from Michigan (1835-1837) and as one of the state of Iowa's first U. S. ...

Gunn, Moses, 1822-1887

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Professor of surgery at the University of Michigan. From the description of Moses Gunn papers, 1846 and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421486 ...

Bradbury, James Ware, 1802-1901

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Lawyer and U.S. Senator from Maine; president of the Maine Hist. Soc. from 1867 to 1887. From the description of James Ware Bradbury speech to the Maine Historical Society, 1889 Feb. 22. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 236487612 ...

Marsh, Owen.

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Rich, John T. (John Treadway), 1841-1926

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Born in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1841.Came to Michigan in 1848 and was a farmer. From 1872-1880 a representative in the State Legislature; 1880, in Senate; 1881, U.S. House of Representatives; commissioner of Railroads, 1887-1891; Governor of Michigan., 1892-1896; collector of customs, Detroit, 1898-1906; State treasurer, 1908-1913; collector of customs, Port Huron, Michigan 1908-1913; died in St. Petersburg, Florida, 1925. (from Cong. Dir.) (blue index cards) From the ...

Palmer, Charles Henry, 1814-1887.

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Regent of University of Michigan from Pontiac, Michigan. From the description of Papers, 1875-1879. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419633 ...

Terry, Henry D., 1814-1869

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Redfield, Alexander Hamilton, 1805-1869

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Alexander H. Redfield, United States Indian Agent for the Upper Missouri Agency. From the description of Reports, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128280 ...

Woodbridge, William, 1780-1861

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Woodbridge was born in Conn. on Aug. 20, 1780. He served in several high Ohio political positions before moving to Michigan. Woodbridge served as Secretary and Acting Governor of the Territory of Michigan, 1812-1828; Collector of Customs at Detroit, 1814- ; Michigan Territory's first delegate in Congress, 1819-1820; Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court, 1828-1832; Delegate from the 1st District (Detroit) to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; Senator from the 1st District, 1838-1839; Gove...

Carpenter, Guy, 1808-1849

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Jackson, Calvin C., 1814-1883

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Bell, Digby V., 1784-1871

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Whitney, Asa, 1797-1872

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Schwarz, J. E., 1799-1858

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Howard, Jacob Merritt, 1805-1871

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Rep. and Senator from Michigan. From the description of Autograph letter signed : U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington, to President Lincoln, 1865 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269539368 U.S. Representative and Senator, of Detroit, Mich. From the description of Reconstruction report of the committee, 1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643081 From the description of Reconstruction report of the committee, 1866. (Duke University Lib...

Felch, Lucretia, d. 1882

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Campbell, James V. (James Valentine), 1823-1890

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Professor of law, University of Michigan and Judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan; author of Outlines of the Political History of Michigan, 1876. From the description of James Valentine Campbell papers, 1803-1886 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 662615525 Campbell was born on Feb. 25, 1823 in Buffalo (N.Y.). His father, Henry, brought his family to Detroit (Mich.). in 1826, and served as a county judge in Mich. and N.Y. (State). James was educated at Flushing ...

Felch, Caroline.

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Lawrence family.

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University of Michigan. Board of Regents

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Elected governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) records, 1817-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422511 The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) agendas, 1996-[ongoing] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778783 See the finding aid for Board of Regent...

Lothrop, Edwin H., 1806-1874

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Lothrop, G. V. N. (George Van Ness), 1817-1897

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Lathrop, H. B., 1808-1890

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Ingersoll, John N., 1817-1881

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Taylor, Charles H

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Burt, Hiram Austin, b. 1839.

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Cole family.

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Brown, Joseph W., 1793-1880.

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Tecumseh, Michigan, sawmill operator, county judge and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Joseph W. Brown letters, 1835 and 1837. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421870 ...

Taylor, Charles Coffin, 1805-1855.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, clergyman, and regent of the University of Michigan. From the description of Charles Coffin Taylor letters, 1846. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418818 ...

Wilson, Robert S., Ph. D.

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Crary, Isaac Edwin, 1804-1854

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Delegate from the Michigan Territory to Congress. From the description of Isaac Edwin Crary papers, 1836-1837 and 1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418367 ...

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876

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Harriet Martineau, English novelist, economist, and social reformer. From the guide to the Harriet Martineau manuscript material : 11 items, ca. 1834-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English author and traveler. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to Judge Joseph Story, [1836] May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871427 Harriet Martineau, journalis...

Danforth, George, 1800-1851

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Knox, John Jay, 1828-1892

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U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. From the description of First National Bank of Washington receivership letter, 1873. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 767726418 Financier and public official. From the description of Letters of John Jay Knox, 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009963 John Jay Knox has an entry in the Dictionary of American Biography. He was born in Oneida County, New York. He graduated from Hamilton Co...

Dunham, Nelson, 1803-1866

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Mason, Emily

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Smith, Henry, 1798-1847

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Felch, Alpheus, 1804-1896

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Resident of Houlton, Maine, later Monroe and Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan state supreme court justice, 1842-1845, Democratic governor, 1846-1847, and United States senator, 1847-1853. From the description of Alpheus Felch papers, 1817-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419272 Lawyer, Governor of Michigan, and U. S. Senator from Michigan. Born in Limerick, Me., Sept. 28, 1804; graduated from Bowdoin,1827; studied law, was admitted ...

Kearsley, Jonathan, 1786-1859.

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Born in Dauphin Co.,Pa.,Aug.20,1786; grad. at Washington Coll., Pa. 1811; lieutenant in war of 1812; briu. captain, 1813; Garrison Major, 1814; receiver of Land office, Detroit, 1819-50; recorder of Detroit, 1826; Justice of the Peace, 1827; Mayor of Detroit, 1829; Regent of Michigan University, 1836-50; died in Detroit, Aug.31,1859. (from Michigan Biographies. ; Farmer's Detroit, v.2, p.1030.) (blue index cards) From the description of Jonathan Kearsley correspondence, 1826-1827 (De...

Norris, Lyman, 1823-1894.

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Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907

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Alger (1836-1907) served as U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-1907. He was a Republican. (Information from Senators of the U.S.). Scripps served as Michigan Senator from the Third District, 1903-1904. He was born in England in 1835 and came to the U.S. in 1844. Scripps worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in 1857. After settling in Detroit in 1859, he managed the Detroit Tribune until 1863 when he founded the Detroit Evening News. In 1862, Scripps married Harriet J. Messinger. He was acti...

Thurber, Jefferson G., 1807-1857

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Pond, Elihu Bartlit, 1826-1898.

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Lamb, Jonathan

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Ransom, Epaphroditus, 1797-1859

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Noyes, Horace A., 1810-1877

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Comstock, O. C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1780-1860

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United States. Pension Bureau

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Bureau responsible for sending out war pensions. From the description of Pension and certificate, 1903 Oct. 26. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24273584 Brady was born in Batavia, N.Y., 14 Feb. 1847. He enlisted 25 July 1862, at Batavia, to serve three years. Mustered in as a drummer, Co. F., 28th Regiment, N.Y.S. Volunteers. Transferred to Co. D, 10th Maine Volunteers, 3 June 1863. The 10th Maine Volunteers consolidated with the 29th Maine in Dec. 1863...

Eldridge, Robert P., d. 1884

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Kawbawgam, Charles, -1902

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