Douglass Houghton papers, 1830-1846.

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Douglass Houghton papers, 1830-1846.

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Business correspondence relating to real estate business of Houghton and Henry Hubbard, correspondence concerning the incorporation of St. Paul's Church in Detroit, survey maps, and geological field notes (1837-1840 and 1845).

1 microfilm reel : positive.

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Bentley Historical Library

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Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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Hubbard, Henry G., 1813-1845.

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