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Page 86
... organized a colony of emi- grants . In the spring of 1833 they started . The company numbered sixty - three persons . They were : Samuel Dexter , Erastus Yeomans , Oliver Arnold , Joel Guild , Edward 86 HISTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS .
... organized a colony of emi- grants . In the spring of 1833 they started . The company numbered sixty - three persons . They were : Samuel Dexter , Erastus Yeomans , Oliver Arnold , Joel Guild , Edward 86 HISTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS .
Page 87
... Edward Guild and their families ) started from Paris , Oneida county , N. Y. , taking goods and teams . At the Erie Canal we went aboard a boat purchased by Samuel Dexter for the party . In all there were sixty HISTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS . 87.
... Edward Guild and their families ) started from Paris , Oneida county , N. Y. , taking goods and teams . At the Erie Canal we went aboard a boat purchased by Samuel Dexter for the party . In all there were sixty HISTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS . 87.
Page 95
... Edward Guild came down from Ionia in the spring of 1834 , and soon after came another brother , Daniel Guild , and the three , with their relatives by kinship and mar- riage , constituted a circle of three or four score persons . Joel ...
... Edward Guild came down from Ionia in the spring of 1834 , and soon after came another brother , Daniel Guild , and the three , with their relatives by kinship and mar- riage , constituted a circle of three or four score persons . Joel ...
Page 96
... Edward Guild , Martin Ryerson , Darius Winsor , Cyrus Jones . In 1835 - James Clark , Lucius Lyon , Jefferson Morrison , John Almy , William Hinsdill , Dwight Lyman , James Lyman , William H. Godfroy , Joseph Marion , N. O. Sargeant ...
... Edward Guild , Martin Ryerson , Darius Winsor , Cyrus Jones . In 1835 - James Clark , Lucius Lyon , Jefferson Morrison , John Almy , William Hinsdill , Dwight Lyman , James Lyman , William H. Godfroy , Joseph Marion , N. O. Sargeant ...
Page 97
... Edward S. Marsh , Gouverneur B. Rathbun . This is by no means a complete list , nor can such a list be made , but it comprises a large portion of the pioneers of the first four years . They did not all become residents but most of them ...
... Edward S. Marsh , Gouverneur B. Rathbun . This is by no means a complete list , nor can such a list be made , but it comprises a large portion of the pioneers of the first four years . They did not all become residents but most of them ...
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Page 292 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 530 - The individual who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is held in highest emulation as a benefactor of his race.
Page 289 - Health for such city or village, to consist of not less than three nor more than seven persons, and a competent physician to be the health officer thereof.
Page 33 - Are they here — The dead of other days ? — and did the dust Of these fair solitudes once stir with life And burn with passion? Let the mighty mounds That overlook the rivers, or that rise i In the dim forest crowded with old oaks, Answer.
Page 142 - Middlesex, shall continue to be a body corporate and politic, under the name of the city of Cambridge; and, as such, shall have, exercise, and enjoy, all the rights, immunities, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon, and appertaining to, said town, as a municipal corporation.
Page 284 - Rapids ; and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law, and shall be and are hereby made capable of suing and being sued...
Page 111 - Campau was said to be worth $100,000 ; but when the change of times came, he made an assignment of all his property for the benefit of his creditors, except the Old Congregational Church, which he deeded to his mother.
Page 566 - Austin, on the 23rd day of February, 1910, by Allen Bond and William J. Buttfield, plaintiffs, against JL Hume, defendant, to recover the balance due upon an open account for money advanced to defendant, and paid, laid out and expended for his account, and for services rendered and performed...
Page 284 - And that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure...
Page 9 - ... to the southwest corner of said section one; thence north along the west line of said section one, one mile to the northwest corner thereof; thence west along the south line of sections...