Papers, 1801,1821.

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Papers, 1801,1821.

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Papers include: a bill for the schooling of his children in the Detroit Lancasterian School, signed by Superintendant Lemuel Shattuck, 1821; an account with the Territory of Michigan concerning the occupancy of May's building by the British during the War of 1812, audited by James McClosky and Robert Abbott, 1817; a bill to May from David Bacon for the schooling of children in his school, 1801; and a certificate of appointment for May as Adjutant General to the Militia of the Territory of Michigan, beginning Sept. 4, 1805, signed by William Hull, Governor, and Stanley Griswold, Secretary, of Michigan Territory, signed Sept. 23, 1805, Detroit.

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May, James, 1756-1829

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Marshal of the Michigan Territory. From the description of James May account, 1806-1807. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778547 James May (1756-1829) was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Wayne County (Mich.) and, later, Chief Justice. Arrest warrants and legal papers he signed may be found in the F. Navarre papers and Charles I. Walker Papers in the Clarke Historical Library. Hull served as Governor of Michigan, 1805-1813, and Griswold was Secretary o...

Hull, William, 1753-1825

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William Hull (1753-1825) was a lawyer and a soldier. He served in the Revolutionary War and afterwards in the U.S. Army where he attained the rank of Brigadier-General. In 1805 he was appointed Governor of the Michigan Territory. In 1812 he was court-martialed and cashiered from the Army because of the failure of his campaign into Canada against the British. Hull succeeded William Wetmore as a trustee of the New England Mississippi Land Company, one of the "Yazoo" companies. The Yazoo companies ...

Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815

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Griswold was a Congregational clergyman in New Milford, Conn. (1789-1803). His Republican political sympathies made life uncomfortable in Federalist Connecticut. He left the ministry in 1803 and served as secretary of Michigan territory and as a circuit judge in the Illinois territory. From the description of Sermons, 1789-1803. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373284 Born in Torrington, Conn., Nov. 14, 1753; served in the Revolution; graduated from Yale in 1786;...