History of Kent County, Michigan: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Michigan ...C. C. Chapman & Company, 1881 - 1426 էջ |
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... acres of land . These lands have been placed in market , and about 74,000 acres sold , yielding a fund of $ 237,174 , the interest of which at seven per cent . is applied to the support of the college . The sale is under the direction ...
... acres of land . These lands have been placed in market , and about 74,000 acres sold , yielding a fund of $ 237,174 , the interest of which at seven per cent . is applied to the support of the college . The sale is under the direction ...
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... acres on Little Traverse bay ; 20,000 acres on the north shore of Grand Traverse bay ; 70,000 acres on the north of the Pere Marquette river ; 1,000 acres to be located by Chingassanoo , or Big Sail , on the Cheboygan river ; 1,000 ...
... acres on Little Traverse bay ; 20,000 acres on the north shore of Grand Traverse bay ; 70,000 acres on the north of the Pere Marquette river ; 1,000 acres to be located by Chingassanoo , or Big Sail , on the Cheboygan river ; 1,000 ...
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... acres in a compact form , and embracing their buildings and im- provements . The buildings and so forth have been laid down on the plat according to their precise location , and , as will appear by inspection , they all are within the ...
... acres in a compact form , and embracing their buildings and im- provements . The buildings and so forth have been laid down on the plat according to their precise location , and , as will appear by inspection , they all are within the ...
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... acres of land toward the construction of a free bridge at Grand Rapids , and authorized the laying off of roads from Lyons and Gull prairie to the rapids of the Grand river . A year later the road from Barry , Muske- gon river ...
... acres of land toward the construction of a free bridge at Grand Rapids , and authorized the laying off of roads from Lyons and Gull prairie to the rapids of the Grand river . A year later the road from Barry , Muske- gon river ...
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... acreage is about as follows : J. D. Husted , Lowell , 15 acres ; N. P. Hus- ted , Lowell , 12 acres ; Munson & Knapp , Grand Rapids , 30 acres ; Thibos , Lewis & Co. , Cascade , 15 acres ; Wm . Watson , Cascade , five acres . Since 1870 ...
... acreage is about as follows : J. D. Husted , Lowell , 15 acres ; N. P. Hus- ted , Lowell , 12 acres ; Munson & Knapp , Grand Rapids , 30 acres ; Thibos , Lewis & Co. , Cascade , 15 acres ; Wm . Watson , Cascade , five acres . Since 1870 ...
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Էջ 281 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Էջ 77 - Miami, aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line, drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line...
Էջ 105 - This act shall not take effect in favor of any bank not subject to the act, entitled "an act to create a fund for the benefit of the creditors of certain moneyed corporations, and for other purposes...
Էջ 76 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan...
Էջ 69 - ... would not be more than one acre out of a hundred, if there would be one out of a thousand, that would in any case admit of cultivation.
Էջ 68 - ... and other places covered with a coarse, high grass, and uniformly covered from six inches to three feet (and more at times) with water. The margins of these lakes are not the only places where swamps are found, for they are interspersed throughout the whole country, and filled with water, as above stated, and varying in extent. The intermediate space between these swamps and lakes, which is probably near one-half of the country, is with a very few exceptions, a poor, barren, sandy land, on which...
Էջ 90 - The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement; and shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment of an Agricultural School.
Էջ 36 - In 1803 Congress referred it to a committee of which John Randolph was chairman. He reported that this ordinance was a compact, and opposed repeal. Thus it stood a rock, in the way of the on-rushing sea of slavery.
Էջ 317 - Association is established to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law, to increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice, and to cultivate social intercourse among its members.
Էջ 35 - Jefferson's policy wanted to provide for the public credit, and this was a good opportunity to do something. Massachusetts then owned the territory of Maine, which she was crowding on the market. She was opposed to opening the northwestern region. This fired the zeal of Virginia. The South caught the inspiration, and all exalted Dr. Cutler.