John G. Parkhurst papers 1802-1914

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Campau, Daniel J., 1852-1927

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The son of Daniel Joseph and Mary Frances (Palms) Campau, Daniel J. Campau Jr. was born in Detroit on Aug. 20, 1852. He was the Registrar of the Land Office in Detroit and customs collector. Interested in the Detroit River Terminal, Campau was also a prominent horseman. From the description of Daniel Joseph Campau Jr. papers, 1871-1911. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300429312 ...

Parkhurst, John G. (John Gibson), 1824-1906

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Lawyer at Coldwater, Michigan, Civil War officer, U.S. Marshal of Eastern District of Michigan and Minister to Belgium. From the description of John Gibson Parkhurst papers, 1860-1909 (bulk 1860-1865) [microform]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778501 From the description of John Gibson Parkhurst papers, 1802-1914. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419759 Parkhurst enlisted and was commissioned at age 37 in the 9th Michigan Infantry as...

Custer National Monument Association.

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Coldwater Electric Street Railway.

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Stockbridge, Mr. (Francis Brown), 1826-1894.

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Blair, Austin, 1818-1894

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Republican governor of Michigan, 1861-1864. From the description of Austin Blair papers, 1861-1863 and 1882. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422843 Governor of Michigan, 1861-64, state legislator and U.S. congressman, 1866-1870. From the description of Austin Blair papers, 1838-1921. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55628517 Blair was a Governor of Michigan, 1861-1864, a Michigan representative in Congress, 1867-1872, and a r...

Parkhurst, Stephen.

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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Duffield, D. Bethune (Divie Bethune), 1821-1891

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Epithet: of Michigan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0001cb Detroit lawyer, member of the Detroit Board of Education (1847-1869), called the "Father of the High School." Born in Carlistle, Penn. on Aug. 29, 1821, Divie Bethune Duffield moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1835. He graduated from Yale University in 1840 and Yale Law School in 1841. He had come to Detroit in...

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 1829-1906

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Businessman, banker, and public official; uncle of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt papers, 1888-1897. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779340 Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829-1906), writer, political reformer, and pioneer in conservation, was a founder of New York's Union League Club, and as attorney and influential Democratic Party member, helped to establish many social reforms and as...

Coldwater Gas Light Company.

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Dickinson, Donald McDonald, 1846-1917

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Lawyer and U.S. postmaster general. From the description of Donald McDonald Dickinson papers, 1863-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 156849517 Donald McDonald Dickinson was born in New York on Jan. 17, 1846. He moved with his family to Mich. at the age of two. He was raised and educated in Detroit. In 1867, he received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Michigan and went into practice in Detroit that same year. He married Frances Platt on June 15, 1869. In 1...

McMillan, James, 1838-1902

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Detroit industrialist and U.S. Senator (1889-1902). Purchasing agent for the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad; organizer of the Michigan Car Co., 1863; president of the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railroad; member of Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad and Detroit City Railroad; president of the Detroit Board of Park Commissioners and the Detroit Board of Estimates; member of the Republican State Central Committee, 1876. Was also a member of the following firms: Detroit Car Wheel Co...

Weston, Isaac M. (Isaac Mellen), 1845-1899.

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Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943

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Epithet: American economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000366 Richard T. Ely received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his doctorate in economics from the University of Heidelberg. He held the professorship of economics at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1892, and was subsequently professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ely took an active part in t...

Duffield, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1842-1912

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Greenback Labor Party (U.S.)

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Palmer, Thomas Witherell, 1830-1913

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Born in Detroit, Jan. 25, 1830; stud.at Academy at Palmer (now St. Clair) & Mich. University; was manufacturer & farmer; served on Board of estimates, Detroit; State Senator, 1879-80; U.S. Senator, Republican, 1883-89; U.S. minister to Spain, 1889-91; president of World's Columbian Exposition,1690-93; died In Detroit, June 1, 1913. (Mich. Biogr. ; Farmer, Detroit, v. 2, p. 1069, with port.) From the description of Thomas Witherell Palmer papers, 1830-1913 (Detroit Public Libr...

Coldwater Light and Power Company.

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Bliss, Aaron Thomas, 1837-1906.

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)

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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...

Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915

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Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1895-1911. From the description of Julius Caesar Burrows diary, 1867. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419912 Born January 9, 1837 in Erie Co, Pennsylvania; attended school in Ohio; admitted to the bar at Jefferson, Ohio, 1859; Principle of Richland Seminary in Kalamazoo County, 1859; practiced law, 1861; raised a company for 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 1862, served as captain until 1863; elected Circuit Co...

Wilkinson, William Henry, 1819-1890

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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 ...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

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...

Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...

Society of the Army of the Cumberland

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Civil war veterans organization; formed ca. 1868. From the description of Society of the Army of the Cumberland records, 1862-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 228824873 ...

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...

Democratic Party (Mich.). State Central Committee

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