Papers, 1836-1872.

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Papers, 1836-1872.

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Papers, 1836-1872, include: receipts (16), 1836-1872, for money issued by and to Ransom; correspondence from John Watkins of Detroit to Ransom, dated June 22, 1841, reminding Ransom of the late payment of a debt; and agreements (2 copies) on the sale of land in Augusta (Kalamazoo County, Mich.), 1839. Most of the receipts were signed by George Rigby.

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Rigby, George T. (George Thomas), 1958-

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Watkins, John, 1960-....

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Ransom, Epaphroditus, 1799-1859

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Ransom was born in Mass. in Feb. 1797. Raised in Vt., he graduated from law school at Northampton (Mass.) in 1823. In 1834 he moved to Mich., practicing law in Bronson (Kalamazoo County, Mich.). He was appointed Judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit and Assoc. Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court in 1836. He served as Governor of Mich., 1848-1850; Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court, 1836-1847, including Chief Justice, 1843-1847; as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Mich., 1850-1852...