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... hand , and solicit from each county in the State , papers relating to the early history of the counties ; that a complete record , as far as possible , may be had of the early history of the State , given by the pioneers themselves ...
... hand , and solicit from each county in the State , papers relating to the early history of the counties ; that a complete record , as far as possible , may be had of the early history of the State , given by the pioneers themselves ...
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... in their duties to the State and nation that he is willing to trust the reins of government in their hands . In a few more years the last of the noble 3 PROCEEDINGS . 17 Proceedings of the Pioneers April 22, 1874 Page.
... in their duties to the State and nation that he is willing to trust the reins of government in their hands . In a few more years the last of the noble 3 PROCEEDINGS . 17 Proceedings of the Pioneers April 22, 1874 Page.
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... hand ; one of the lots he designated as court- house lot , and very abruptly informed them that if they located the site for the seat of justice on that lot he would donate it to the county , and would give to each of the commissioners ...
... hand ; one of the lots he designated as court- house lot , and very abruptly informed them that if they located the site for the seat of justice on that lot he would donate it to the county , and would give to each of the commissioners ...
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... hands of the members of the society . The constitution has also been transcribed into a large , beauti- ful , and substantially bound book , prepared expressly for the purpose , with properly ruled spaces for inserting the names of ...
... hands of the members of the society . The constitution has also been transcribed into a large , beauti- ful , and substantially bound book , prepared expressly for the purpose , with properly ruled spaces for inserting the names of ...
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... hand February 4th , 1875 . Membership fees received . Donations $ 132 00 $ 63 00 69 00 $ 132 00 GENERAL ACCOUNTS . Debit . $ 115 00 17 00 $ 132 00 Credit . $ 47 00 16 00 Printing and postage E. B. Smith & Co. , for blank books . Cash on ...
... hand February 4th , 1875 . Membership fees received . Donations $ 132 00 $ 63 00 69 00 $ 132 00 GENERAL ACCOUNTS . Debit . $ 115 00 17 00 $ 132 00 Credit . $ 47 00 16 00 Printing and postage E. B. Smith & Co. , for blank books . Cash on ...
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Adrian Ann Arbor appointed Approved April Approved March base line Bay county Berrien county Blissfield boundary building built Calhoun Calhoun county called Cass church circuit court clerk commenced county canvassers county officers county-seat creek Detroit duties early east erected father feet French Governor held Hillsdale HILLSDALE COUNTY House of Representatives Huron Indian inhabitants thereof entitled James John Joseph Judge June Kalamazoo Lake Michigan land Legislative Council Legislature Lenawee Lenawee county line between ranges line between townships located meeting Menominee meridian Michigan enact miles mill Monday Monroe Muskegon Muskegon lake Ohio organized counties Pioneer Society present President principal meridian register of deeds road Saginaw Saginaw county seat Secretary Senate and House separate county settlement settlers street Tecumseh Territory of Michigan thence tion town village votes Washtenaw Washtenaw county Wayne William Ypsilanti
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Page 254 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 451 - The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 140 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 236 - ... 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.
Page 139 - Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie! Around her knees domestic .duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Page 63 - President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to each Member of Congress from the State of Washington, and to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
Page 138 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 197 - SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Page 140 - Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet Stumble as they seek to climb. Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place. Thus alone can we attain To those turrets, where the eye Sees the world as one vast plain, And one boundless reach of sky.
Page 314 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.