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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... District , or Land Beyond , from Wushte , further , and nong , place or country . Among the sup- porters of this opinion was R. V. Williams , a man who whiled away many years among the Indians , and always heard the name Wushetenong ...
... District , or Land Beyond , from Wushte , further , and nong , place or country . Among the sup- porters of this opinion was R. V. Williams , a man who whiled away many years among the Indians , and always heard the name Wushetenong ...
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... district , when the massacre of Skull Island resulted in almost the total annihilation of the original possessors , the Sauks . The story of this massacre was thus related by William R. McCormick to the writer : On nearly all the ...
... district , when the massacre of Skull Island resulted in almost the total annihilation of the original possessors , the Sauks . The story of this massacre was thus related by William R. McCormick to the writer : On nearly all the ...
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... district was fully compensated for by the manly beauty of this Canote . The old set- tlers who remember him all bear testimony to his high character , to the savage majesty of his person , his generosity , and desire to W accomplish ...
... district was fully compensated for by the manly beauty of this Canote . The old set- tlers who remember him all bear testimony to his high character , to the savage majesty of his person , his generosity , and desire to W accomplish ...
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... district , where he is remembered by the Indians and the Hud- son's Bay Company's officers and men . Baraga was a cousin of the emperor of Austria , one of the Ru- dolph Hapsburgs . T. B. Church visited him at Marquette a short time ...
... district , where he is remembered by the Indians and the Hud- son's Bay Company's officers and men . Baraga was a cousin of the emperor of Austria , one of the Ru- dolph Hapsburgs . T. B. Church visited him at Marquette a short time ...
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... district northwest of the Ohio . In this office , Mr. Lyon con- tinued until 1832. While still engaged in its duties , he was in- formed that he had been elected a delegate from the then Territory of Michigan to the Congress of the ...
... district northwest of the Ohio . In this office , Mr. Lyon con- tinued until 1832. While still engaged in its duties , he was in- formed that he had been elected a delegate from the then Territory of Michigan to the Congress of the ...
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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.