Lewis family papers, 1869-1890.

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Lewis family papers, 1869-1890.

These are bound volumes of various newspaper clipppings from the different newspapers where George F. Lewis worked. Some of the newspapers included are the Saginaw Courier, Morning Call, Daily Enterprise, Mt. Clemens True Record and the Daily Call. They are not in order by any date.

.8 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775224

Public Libraries of Saginaw

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Lewis, George F. 1828-1890.

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Lewis family.

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George F. Lewis was born in Harvard, Massachusetts in 1828. He moved to Mt. Clemens, Michigan in 1835. In 1845 he became acquainted with Horace Greeley, and in July of 1848 he took a position on the Daily Commercial Bulletin, which was starting in Detroit. He helped to put in type the first news of a presidential election ever received by telegraph. He helped to found the Saginaw Daily Courier in 1868 and started the Mt. Pleasant Journal in 1880 and the Daily Call in Bay City in 1881. He continu...