The Bean Creek ValleyJ. M. Scarritt, 1876 - 140 σελίδες |
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acres Adrian afterwards aged Alpheus Pratt April arrived bank Bean Creek Bean Creek Country Beriah H Blissfield Boies Brown building built Canandaigua Charles Ames Chicago road church Coman commenced commissioners Comstock Daniel David day of June Detroit dollars east elected Evans farm George held Henry Hillsdale Hillsdale county Hiram Hudson Indian James Jesse John Joseph July Kidder Knapp Lake land Lane Lanesville Lenawee county log house March Mason Matthew Bennett Maumee Medina Methodist Michigan miles Monroe Monroe county Morenci named nine south Ohio organized party pastor Pittsford Pixley preached purchased quarter of section Raisin Reuben Davis Rollin Samuel saw mill school house Seeley Seneca Sept settled settlement settlers Smith spring Stephen Knapp Tecumseh territory Territory of Michigan Thomas Toledo war town eight south town seven south township meeting Treadwell treaty of Chicago Valley village wagon Wheatland wife William William W winter
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Σελίδα 7 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 69 - ... stock then paid in and actually possessed; nor shall its loans and discounts at any time exceed twice and a half the amount of its capital stock so paid in and possessed.
Σελίδα 10 - ... three miles across. Many of the lakes have extensive marshes adjoining their margins, sometimes thickly covered with a species of pine called tamarack...
Σελίδα 8 - Sinclair; thence running north east the course, that may be found, will lead in a direct line, to White Rock, in lake Huron, thence due east, until it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Upper Canada, in said lake, thence southwardly, following the said boundary line, down said lake, through river Sinclair, lake St.
Σελίδα 47 - Representative of Michigan." There were also twelve votes cast against the ratification of the constitution of Michigan, and one for its ratification. The reader will notice, perhaps, a discrepancy between the statement of the whole number of votes given for the office of representative in Congress and the aggregate of votes stated to be given to the two candidates. Fifteen is said to be the whole number given for the office, while Woodbridge is said to have received thirteen and Crary three.
Σελίδα 10 - 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 scarcely any vegetation grows except very small, scrubby oaks.
Σελίδα 10 - On approaching the eastern part of the military lands, toward the private claims on the straits and lake, the country does not contain so many swamps and lakes, but the extreme sterility and barrenness of the soil continues the same.
Σελίδα 10 - ... the country does not contain so many swamps and lakes, but the extreme sterility and barrenness of the soil continues the same. Taking the country altogether, so far as has been explored, and to all appearances, together with the information received...
Σελίδα 10 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 10 - A circumstance peculiar to that country is exhibited in many of the marshes, by their being thinly covered with a sward of grass, by walking on which...