Papers, 1838,1840.

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Papers, 1838,1840.

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Papers, 1838 and 1840. Included here is a military appointment certificates for Eastman as Brigade Inspector of the 10th Brigade, 5th Division, Michigan Militia, as signed by Stevens T. Mason, Governor of Michigan, dated Sept. 4, 1838. A note on the back states that the oath was taken on March 17, 1840 as witnessed by E.A. Brown, St. Col. 20th Regiment, 10th Brig., 5th Div. The certificate was stamped with imprint of state seal. Also, a certificate of admission for Eastman as an attorney, counsellor at law and solicitor in chancery, from the Michigan Circuit Court (Washtenaw County), dated Jan. 31, 1857. The certificate was signed and sealed by I.E. Field, County Clerk, and A.M. Gould, Deputy Clerk.

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Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843

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Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Virginia (October 27, 1811) and educated in Kentucky where his father had emigrated in 1812. In 1830, his father, John Mason, was appointed secretary of the Territory of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson. He resigned a year later and left for Texas and Mexico perhaps on a mission for the president. In his place, Jackson named the nineteen year old Stevens Mason to the vacant secretariat, taking his oath of office on July 25, 1831. As secretary Mason was also ...

Field, I. E.

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Michigan. Circuit Court (Washtenaw County)

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Gould, A. Minetta (Ashley Minetta), 1984-

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Brown, E. A. (Everett A.)

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Eastman, Ahira G.

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In 1835 Eastman moved to Michigan from N.Y. (State) to work as a lawyer in Adrian (Mich.). Eastman served in the Mexican War, but had to resign due to ill health before fighting. He served as a Representative from Lenawee County (1845). Eastman died in Breedsville (Van Buren County, Mich.) (Information from Michigan Biographies, v. 1, p. 263.) Mason served as Secretary; Acting Governor, 1831-1835; and Governor of the Territory of Michigan, 1835-1840. (For further information see Michigan Biograp...