St. Clair County, Michigan, Its History and Its People: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 |
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... untouched , but I trust that the work in its present condition will be found a valuable addition to the history of this portion of Michigan . W. L. JENKS . CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY FRENCH CONTROL OF GREAT LAKES REGION iii.
... untouched , but I trust that the work in its present condition will be found a valuable addition to the history of this portion of Michigan . W. L. JENKS . CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY FRENCH CONTROL OF GREAT LAKES REGION iii.
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... PRESENT STRUCTURE - KEEPERS FOR SEVENTY YEARS- POST OFFICES - CUSTOM HOUSE - LIFE SAVING STATION - GOVERN- MENT CANALS - GOVERNMENT BUILDING - BUSINESS OF DISTRICT . 417 CHAPTER XXVIII BANKS AND BANKING BANK OF ST . CLAIR , PALMER ...
... PRESENT STRUCTURE - KEEPERS FOR SEVENTY YEARS- POST OFFICES - CUSTOM HOUSE - LIFE SAVING STATION - GOVERN- MENT CANALS - GOVERNMENT BUILDING - BUSINESS OF DISTRICT . 417 CHAPTER XXVIII BANKS AND BANKING BANK OF ST . CLAIR , PALMER ...
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... present structure . 419 ; keepers for eighty - six years , 420 ; post offices , 420 ; custom house , 424 ; life saving station , 424 ; government canals , 425 ; govern- ment building , 425 ; business of dis- trict , xxii INDEX.
... present structure . 419 ; keepers for eighty - six years , 420 ; post offices , 420 ; custom house , 424 ; life saving station , 424 ; government canals , 425 ; govern- ment building , 425 ; business of dis- trict , xxii INDEX.
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... Present light house , 419 . Press of St. Clair county - First terri- torial paper , 280 ; Michigan's earliest 281 : the " St. Clair newspapers , Whig , " 281 ; the " Lake Huron ( Port Huron ) Observer , " 282 ; " St. Clair Banner ...
... Present light house , 419 . Press of St. Clair county - First terri- torial paper , 280 ; Michigan's earliest 281 : the " St. Clair newspapers , Whig , " 281 ; the " Lake Huron ( Port Huron ) Observer , " 282 ; " St. Clair Banner ...
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... present states of Ohio and Indiana , and the formation of the state of Ohio out of the remain- ing Northwest Territory followed in 1802 , when the territory of In- diana was extended to take in the present Michigan , and the " North ...
... present states of Ohio and Indiana , and the formation of the state of Ohio out of the remain- ing Northwest Territory followed in 1802 , when the territory of In- diana was extended to take in the present Michigan , and the " North ...
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33rd Inf acres Algonac Andrew Westbrook appointed April became Belle river Black river building built Bunce Captain Charles church Clair county Clair river commissioners Company G Corporal Cottrell Cottrellville county seat court creek Deserted Detroit Died east Eighth Cavalry Enlisted in Battery Enlisted in Company father feet Fifteenth Infantry Fifth Infantry Fort Gratiot Fourth Infantry French Fulton George governor Gratiot H reorganized Harsen Henry Indians James John Joseph Judge July June Lake Huron Lake St land Macomb county March Marine City Michigan mill organized Palmer pany E pany H Pine river plat Port Huron railroad Removed resident road Samuel Ward Schooner Second Cavalry second lieutenant Sept Sergeant Sixth Cavalry Smith society Steamer street supervisors Tenth Infantry territory Third Infantry Thomas tons township Twenty-second Infantry Twenty-seventh Infantry Veteran village Wesbrook William
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Page 18 - Cataraquy ; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 82 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 65 - Bay, where the said river falleth into the sea ; and on the north by the line of the Massachusetts plantation ; and on the south by the sea; and in longitude as the line of the Massachusetts colony, running from east to west, that is to say, from the said Narraganset Bay on the east, to the south sea on the west part, with the islands thereunto adjoining...
Page 353 - Any corporation, society, order or voluntary association, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit...
Page 62 - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted and released and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances...
Page 17 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 64 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 64 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 63 - Florida, do presume, upon any pretence whatever, to grant warrants of survey, or pass any patents for lands beyond the bounds of their respective governments, as described in their commissions...
Page 19 - Clair ; thence through the middle of said lake, in a direction to enter that mouth or channel of the river St. Clair, which is usually denominated the Old Ship Channel...