Records of the Michigan military establishment, 1888-1937.

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Records of the Michigan military establishment, 1888-1937.

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This record group consists of two sets of records relating to the Michigan military establishment. The first set of records are newspaper clippings relating to the Michigan National Guard and labor strikes (1937). The clippings are from state and national newspapers relating to the Guard action in the labor dispute between United Automobile Workers and General Motors Corporation at Flint, Michigan in 1937. Includes occasional other disturbances by laborers. The second set of records is the general ledger of accounts (1888-1905). This is mainly a record of sales and other miscellaneous records relating to the book Michigan in war, compiled by Jno. Robertson, Adjutant General, and other compilations.

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State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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Michigan. Adjutant-General's Dept.

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Michigan's military establishment formally began with an August 30, 1805 act that provided for a territorial militia. A state militia was established in 1838. Public Act 147 of 1846 completely re-organized the state militia. Public Act 198 of 1893 officially designated the militia as the Michigan National Guard. In 1916, the U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Act, making all state national guards the primary reserves of the U.S. armed forces. The Executive Organization Act of 1965, which ...

Michigan. National Guard

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Robertson, Jno. (John), 1814-1887

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Adjutant-General of Michigan, 1865-1887; served in Mexican and Civil Wars. Born in Portney Banffehire, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1814; came to Montreal; enlisted in Fifth U.S. Regt. and was assigned to Ft. Howard; appointed adjutant general by Austin Blair; was in commission business in Detroit with C.A. Trowbridge; for short time worked for U.S.in Mexico. Died in Detroit, 1887. He was twice married. (blue index cards) From the description of John Robertson papers, 1...