Charles Foster diary, 1836-1839.

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Charles Foster diary, 1836-1839.

Account of his voyage to America, his stay in New York City, and his subsequent settlement in Monroe, Michigan, with observations on people and political and economic conditions of frontier Michigan, especially in Detroit, and Monroe, Michigan, and the wildcat banking phenomenon.

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Foster, Charles, 1828-1904

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