Peter Barbeau papers 1789-1909

Republican Party (Mich.)

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Wendell, Jacob, 1826-1878

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United States. Bureau of Customs

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Burt, Hiram Austin, b. 1839.

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Haring, Samuel K.

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Scranton, Myron W.

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Scranton, William Warren, 1917-2013

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William Warren Scranton was a businessman and civic leader in Scranton, Pa., 1946-; special assistant to Secretary of State, 1958-60; Congressman from 10th Pennsylvania House district, 1960-62; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican Party nomination for President of U.S., 1964; diplomat, policy advisor, businessman, civic leader, 1966- From the description of William Warren Scranton papers, 1933-2005 (bulk 1952-1989) (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Wor...

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...

American Fur Company

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Fur trading company in the American West. From the description of Papers, 1835-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497429 Chartered by John Astor in 1808. Astor withdrew his interest in 1834 and in 1864 the company was sold to the North Western Fur Company. From the description of American Fur Company records, 1803-1849. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56975212 No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Whiting, Justin Rice, 1847-1903.

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Barbeau, Peter

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Peter B. Barbeau was a prominent merchant and community leader in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, during the nineteenth century. He was born June 29, 1800, in LaPrairie, Quebec, and died in the Sault on October 17, 1882. Barbeau reputedly arrived in the Sault in 1817. He was initially employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, but eventually entered the service of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. After a tenure of company service in Baraboo, Wisconsin, he re-settled in Sa...

Whittemore, Gideon Olin, 1800-1863.

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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 ...

Michilimackinac Company

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Trowbridge, L. S. (Luther Stephen), 1836-1912

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Civil war general and lawyer. From the description of L.S. Trowbridge papers, [ca. 1842-1890] and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420470 Detroit lawyer, served as colonel in the 10th Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War. From the description of Correspondence of Luther Stephen, 1846-1898. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55628618 General Luther S. Trowbridge was born in Oakland County, Michigan. He attended Yale Uni...

Pendill, James, 1812-1885.

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Moore, William P., 1787-1850.

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Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868

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Frederic Baraga was born on June 29, 1797 in a Slovene province of Dobrinic, Carniola, later known as Slovenia. After receiving his preparatory education in Ljubljana, where his talent for languages was marked, he studied law at the University of Vienna. Upon graduation in 1821 he broke his engagement to marry, renounced his inheritance, and entered Ljubljana's seminary. He was ordained September 21, 1823. In 1830 he emigrated to the United States, and devoted thirty- six years of his life to th...

McKnight, Thomas

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McMath, John Watson, b. 1824.

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Mack, Stephen, 1762-1826.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company

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The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company was formed in 1891 with the merger of the Cleveland Iron Mining Co. and the Iron Cliffs Co. The Michigan office of the new company was established in Ishpeming. By the turn of the century, the company comprised a combination of constituent, allied and associated companies. Some were mining concerns, but others were established or aquired to provide transportation, to deal in land and lumber, or to manufacture products from iron or lumber. The Land and Lumbering ...