Papers, 1823,1966.

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Papers, 1823,1966.

Papers, 1823,1966, undated, include: correspondence; deeds, agreements, and indentures; a petition to Lewis Cass by the 4th company, 11th Regiment of Mich. Militia regarding their pay, 1832 (copy); poems; a draft of Connor's last will (Sept. 28, 1855); township survey maps, undated; and miscellaneous.

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Connor family.

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Connor, William.

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Judge Connor was the first white settler in Nottawa (Mich.), buing 80 acres there in 1829. He then returned to teach in Ypsilanti (Mich.) for a year before returning to the property. Connor was the first township surveyor, elected in 1831, 1833, 1837, 1840, 1842, 1843, and 1853. He was one of the first three men to lay the first road from Centreville to the Branch County line in 1832 and one of the three original proprietors of Wasepi village in 1874. With Mr. Ensign, Connor operated a fruit dry...