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... Michigan Indians in The Revolution - Michigan Indians in The Battles of Harmar , St. Clair and Wayne - La Flamboise- The Chicago Treaty - The Mission - Indian Chiefs in The Valley- Indian Names - The Washington Treaty - Indian Payments ...
... Michigan Indians in The Revolution - Michigan Indians in The Battles of Harmar , St. Clair and Wayne - La Flamboise- The Chicago Treaty - The Mission - Indian Chiefs in The Valley- Indian Names - The Washington Treaty - Indian Payments ...
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... Michigan Banks - Grand River Bank - Village and Private Scrip -Wildeat Banking - Private Banking and Exchange - Old ... Michigan Trust Co. - Clearing House . CHAPTER X. POMOLOGY . The Graham Orchard - First Shipment - Planting Orchards ...
... Michigan Banks - Grand River Bank - Village and Private Scrip -Wildeat Banking - Private Banking and Exchange - Old ... Michigan Trust Co. - Clearing House . CHAPTER X. POMOLOGY . The Graham Orchard - First Shipment - Planting Orchards ...
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... Michigan Territory - State of Michigan - Organization of Kent County - Cam- paign of 1840 - Early Political Meetings - Campaign of 1876— The Greenback Movement - The Blaine Campaign - Political Meet- irgs in 1888 - The McKinley Meeting ...
... Michigan Territory - State of Michigan - Organization of Kent County - Cam- paign of 1840 - Early Political Meetings - Campaign of 1876— The Greenback Movement - The Blaine Campaign - Political Meet- irgs in 1888 - The McKinley Meeting ...
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... Michigan of which Kent county is the west , Jackson county is the south , Genesee county is the east , and Clare county is the north . Its thickness under the city is about fifty - two feet . Away from Grand Rapids it does not often ...
... Michigan of which Kent county is the west , Jackson county is the south , Genesee county is the east , and Clare county is the north . Its thickness under the city is about fifty - two feet . Away from Grand Rapids it does not often ...
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... Michigan . This depres- sion nowhere attains an elevation greater than seventy - two feet above Lake Michigan , the Grand Rapids reservoir is higher than the sources of the Maple and the Saginaw Rivers . North- ern Michigan was ...
... Michigan . This depres- sion nowhere attains an elevation greater than seventy - two feet above Lake Michigan , the Grand Rapids reservoir is higher than the sources of the Maple and the Saginaw Rivers . North- ern Michigan was ...
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acres Anna April avenue Ball block Board born Bridge street building built Canal street Cashier Charles Charles Shepard charter Church city of Grand Coldbrook College Company corner Daniel Detroit Directors Division street early Edward elected engine house erected feet Fifth Ward fire Frank Fred Fulton street George George W graduated Grand Haven Grand Rapids Grand River Valley Henry Indian Ionia street James James Lyman January John Joseph Julius Houseman July June Kalamazoo Kent county Lake land Leonard located logs Louis Campau Louise Lucius Lyon Mary Medical Michigan miles mill Monroe street organized Ottawa Ottawa streets Park Pearl street President purchased Railroad Rix Robinson road Robert rooms with sittings school house Secretary settlers Smith Society spring teachers Thomas Thornapple River tion town trade Treasurer Turner Vice-President village of Grand west side William Withey
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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...