Samuel Townsend Douglass papers, 1820-1896.

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Samuel Townsend Douglass papers, 1820-1896.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302412631

Papers contain posters used in Douglass' campaign; business papers; letters and papers of the Douglass family of Grosse Ile; and of the Campbell and Anderson families.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 large manuscript)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284956

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Campbell family.

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Anderson family.

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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...