Samuel Barstow papers, 1848.

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Samuel Barstow papers, 1848.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52073821

One letter from Barstow to Michigan governor Epaphroditus Ransom asking official permission to use the old Capitol building in Detroit for school purposes.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647485

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Barstow, Samuel, 1813-1854

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Lawyer and president of the Young Men's Society. From the description of Samuel Barstow papers, 1848. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52073821 ...

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...