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A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 ... The tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territor...

In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor ... More

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass. In the year 1820

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the U...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an explorer, Indian agent, and early ethnologist of Native American culture who joined an expedition organized by Governor Cass of Michigan in 1819. Its purpose was to loc... More

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a general view of the state, a description of the face of the country, soil, productions, public lands, internal improvements, commerce, government, climate, education, religious denomincations, population, antiquities, &c. &c., with a succinct history of the state, from the earliest period to the present time. Also a particular description of the counties, towns, villages, post offices, water courses, lakes, prairies, &c., alphabetically arranged. With an appendix, containing the usual statistical tables, and a directory for emigrants, &c

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a gener...

This is a detailed compendium of information about Michigan in 1839. Part One presents a "general view of the state," describing Michigan's geology, soil, climate and topography as well as its improvements, pro... More

Detroit and the pleasure resorts of northern Michigan. Compliments of Passenger Department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard ... More

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Narrative of an expedition to take possession of Detroit, Mackinaw, and other western posts surrendered to the British by the capitulation of Montreal. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men; with an outline history of the state ..

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Mic...

This book provides full-page biographies of men prominent in Michigan's business, professional, political, educational, and cultural life in the late nineteenth century. Although the entries are not in alphabet... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

This brief journal, written for the author's wife and father, describes a three- week trip from Rochester, New York to southern Michigan by way of the Great Lakes. Swan's business seems to have been the manufac... More

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "as we see 'em.", by Newpaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "...

This is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other notables drawn by cartoonists from such newspapers as the Detroit News and the Free Press. ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It opens with a presidential address and other reports, memoria... More

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Mic...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. The first half of the volume is devoted to a fourth installment... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. This is the first of several volumes that contain excerpts from... More

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Volume 10 combines approximately two hundred pages of articles ... More

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

"From John Askin's letter-book, which now resides in the Burton Library, Detroit." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains a further installment of materials selected from th... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It is devoted to another installment of materials selected from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains the last installment of the Haldimand Papers, conti... More

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters from the thirties

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a...

This account focuses on the fur trade experiences of Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), better known as commander of the military forces suppressing the Sioux [Dakota] uprisings of 1862 and 1863, and, in 1858, ... More

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This is the autobiography of a distinguished Michigan native who helped to establish a place for women in medicine. Bertha Van Hoosen was born in 1863 to a Dutch Canadian father and a third-generation Michigan ... More

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 ... The tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territor...

In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor ... More

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass. In the year 1820

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the U...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an explorer, Indian agent, and early ethnologist of Native American culture who joined an expedition organized by Governor Cass of Michigan in 1819. Its purpose was to loc... More

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a general view of the state, a description of the face of the country, soil, productions, public lands, internal improvements, commerce, government, climate, education, religious denomincations, population, antiquities, &c. &c., with a succinct history of the state, from the earliest period to the present time. Also a particular description of the counties, towns, villages, post offices, water courses, lakes, prairies, &c., alphabetically arranged. With an appendix, containing the usual statistical tables, and a directory for emigrants, &c

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a gener...

This is a detailed compendium of information about Michigan in 1839. Part One presents a "general view of the state," describing Michigan's geology, soil, climate and topography as well as its improvements, pro... More

Detroit and the pleasure resorts of northern Michigan. Compliments of Passenger Department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard ... More

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Narrative of an expedition to take possession of Detroit, Mackinaw, and other western posts surrendered to the British by the capitulation of Montreal. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men; with an outline history of the state ..

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Mic...

This book provides full-page biographies of men prominent in Michigan's business, professional, political, educational, and cultural life in the late nineteenth century. Although the entries are not in alphabet... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

This brief journal, written for the author's wife and father, describes a three- week trip from Rochester, New York to southern Michigan by way of the Great Lakes. Swan's business seems to have been the manufac... More

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "as we see 'em.", by Newpaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "...

This is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other notables drawn by cartoonists from such newspapers as the Detroit News and the Free Press. ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It opens with a presidential address and other reports, memoria... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. This is the first of several volumes that contain excerpts from... More

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Volume 10 combines approximately two hundred pages of articles ... More

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Mic...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. The first half of the volume is devoted to a fourth installment... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains a further installment of materials selected from th... More

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

"From John Askin's letter-book, which now resides in the Burton Library, Detroit." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It is devoted to another installment of materials selected from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains the last installment of the Haldimand Papers, conti... More

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters from the thirties

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a...

This account focuses on the fur trade experiences of Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), better known as commander of the military forces suppressing the Sioux [Dakota] uprisings of 1862 and 1863, and, in 1858, ... More

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This is the autobiography of a distinguished Michigan native who helped to establish a place for women in medicine. Bertha Van Hoosen was born in 1863 to a Dutch Canadian father and a third-generation Michigan ... More

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 ... The tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territor...

In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor ... More

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass. In the year 1820

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the U...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an explorer, Indian agent, and early ethnologist of Native American culture who joined an expedition organized by Governor Cass of Michigan in 1819. Its purpose was to loc... More

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a general view of the state, a description of the face of the country, soil, productions, public lands, internal improvements, commerce, government, climate, education, religious denomincations, population, antiquities, &c. &c., with a succinct history of the state, from the earliest period to the present time. Also a particular description of the counties, towns, villages, post offices, water courses, lakes, prairies, &c., alphabetically arranged. With an appendix, containing the usual statistical tables, and a directory for emigrants, &c

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a gener...

This is a detailed compendium of information about Michigan in 1839. Part One presents a "general view of the state," describing Michigan's geology, soil, climate and topography as well as its improvements, pro... More

Detroit and the pleasure resorts of northern Michigan. Compliments of Passenger Department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard ... More

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Narrative of an expedition to take possession of Detroit, Mackinaw, and other western posts surrendered to the British by the capitulation of Montreal. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men; with an outline history of the state ..

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Mic...

This book provides full-page biographies of men prominent in Michigan's business, professional, political, educational, and cultural life in the late nineteenth century. Although the entries are not in alphabet... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

This brief journal, written for the author's wife and father, describes a three- week trip from Rochester, New York to southern Michigan by way of the Great Lakes. Swan's business seems to have been the manufac... More

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "as we see 'em.", by Newpaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "...

This is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other notables drawn by cartoonists from such newspapers as the Detroit News and the Free Press. ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It opens with a presidential address and other reports, memoria... More

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Mic...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. The first half of the volume is devoted to a fourth installment... More

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Volume 10 combines approximately two hundred pages of articles ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. This is the first of several volumes that contain excerpts from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains a further installment of materials selected from th... More

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

"From John Askin's letter-book, which now resides in the Burton Library, Detroit." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It is devoted to another installment of materials selected from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains the last installment of the Haldimand Papers, conti... More

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters from the thirties

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a...

This account focuses on the fur trade experiences of Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), better known as commander of the military forces suppressing the Sioux [Dakota] uprisings of 1862 and 1863, and, in 1858, ... More

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This is the autobiography of a distinguished Michigan native who helped to establish a place for women in medicine. Bertha Van Hoosen was born in 1863 to a Dutch Canadian father and a third-generation Michigan ... More

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 ... The tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territor...

In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor ... More

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass. In the year 1820

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the U...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an explorer, Indian agent, and early ethnologist of Native American culture who joined an expedition organized by Governor Cass of Michigan in 1819. Its purpose was to loc... More

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a general view of the state, a description of the face of the country, soil, productions, public lands, internal improvements, commerce, government, climate, education, religious denomincations, population, antiquities, &c. &c., with a succinct history of the state, from the earliest period to the present time. Also a particular description of the counties, towns, villages, post offices, water courses, lakes, prairies, &c., alphabetically arranged. With an appendix, containing the usual statistical tables, and a directory for emigrants, &c

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a gener...

This is a detailed compendium of information about Michigan in 1839. Part One presents a "general view of the state," describing Michigan's geology, soil, climate and topography as well as its improvements, pro... More

Detroit and the pleasure resorts of northern Michigan. Compliments of Passenger Department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard ... More

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Narrative of an expedition to take possession of Detroit, Mackinaw, and other western posts surrendered to the British by the capitulation of Montreal. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men; with an outline history of the state ..

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Mic...

This book provides full-page biographies of men prominent in Michigan's business, professional, political, educational, and cultural life in the late nineteenth century. Although the entries are not in alphabet... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

This brief journal, written for the author's wife and father, describes a three- week trip from Rochester, New York to southern Michigan by way of the Great Lakes. Swan's business seems to have been the manufac... More

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "as we see 'em.", by Newpaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "...

This is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other notables drawn by cartoonists from such newspapers as the Detroit News and the Free Press. ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It opens with a presidential address and other reports, memoria... More

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Mic...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. The first half of the volume is devoted to a fourth installment... More

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Volume 10 combines approximately two hundred pages of articles ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. This is the first of several volumes that contain excerpts from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains a further installment of materials selected from th... More

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

"From John Askin's letter-book, which now resides in the Burton Library, Detroit." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It is devoted to another installment of materials selected from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains the last installment of the Haldimand Papers, conti... More

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters from the thirties

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a...

This account focuses on the fur trade experiences of Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), better known as commander of the military forces suppressing the Sioux [Dakota] uprisings of 1862 and 1863, and, in 1858, ... More

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This is the autobiography of a distinguished Michigan native who helped to establish a place for women in medicine. Bertha Van Hoosen was born in 1863 to a Dutch Canadian father and a third-generation Michigan ... More

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2d of May and the 22d of September, 1818 ... The tour is accompanied with a map upon which the route will be designated; a particular map of the falls and river of Niagara, and the environs of the city of Detroit

A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan territor...

In a series of letters, William Darby (1775-1854), who describes himself as a member of the New-York Historical Society, chronicles his journey up the Hudson, across New York to Ogdensburg and Sackett's Harbor ... More

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass. In the year 1820

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the U...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an explorer, Indian agent, and early ethnologist of Native American culture who joined an expedition organized by Governor Cass of Michigan in 1819. Its purpose was to loc... More

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a general view of the state, a description of the face of the country, soil, productions, public lands, internal improvements, commerce, government, climate, education, religious denomincations, population, antiquities, &c. &c., with a succinct history of the state, from the earliest period to the present time. Also a particular description of the counties, towns, villages, post offices, water courses, lakes, prairies, &c., alphabetically arranged. With an appendix, containing the usual statistical tables, and a directory for emigrants, &c

Gazetteer of the state of Michigan, in three parts. Containing a gener...

This is a detailed compendium of information about Michigan in 1839. Part One presents a "general view of the state," describing Michigan's geology, soil, climate and topography as well as its improvements, pro... More

Detroit and the pleasure resorts of northern Michigan. Compliments of Passenger Department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Memorials of a half-century, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard ... More

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Thompson Maxwell's narrative, 1760-1763

Narrative of an expedition to take possession of Detroit, Mackinaw, and other western posts surrendered to the British by the capitulation of Montreal. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men; with an outline history of the state ..

Men of progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Mic...

This book provides full-page biographies of men prominent in Michigan's business, professional, political, educational, and cultural life in the late nineteenth century. Although the entries are not in alphabet... More

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

The French regime in Wisconsin, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 19...

Vol. I (v. 16): This volume is the first of three volumes devoted to the era of French dominance in the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi (1634-1763), emphasizing the period be... More

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

Journal of a trip to Michigan in 1841,

This brief journal, written for the author's wife and father, describes a three- week trip from Rochester, New York to southern Michigan by way of the Great Lakes. Swan's business seems to have been the manufac... More

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "as we see 'em.", by Newpaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan

A gallery of pen sketches in black and white of our Michigan friends "...

This is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other notables drawn by cartoonists from such newspapers as the Detroit News and the Free Press. ... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It opens with a presidential address and other reports, memoria... More

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Collections and researches made by the Pioneer Society of the State of...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Volume 10 combines approximately two hundred pages of articles ... More

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan

Historical collections made by the Pioneer Society of the State of Mic...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. The first half of the volume is devoted to a fourth installment... More

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together with reports of county pioneer societies

Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. together ...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. This is the first of several volumes that contain excerpts from... More

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

Fur-trade on the upper lakes, 1778-1815

"From John Askin's letter-book, which now resides in the Burton Library, Detroit." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains a further installment of materials selected from th... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It is devoted to another installment of materials selected from... More

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. reprint

Collections and researches made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical...

This volume is a collection of several different kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. It contains the last installment of the Haldimand Papers, conti... More

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a selection of hitherto unpublished letters from the thirties

The unfinished autobiography of Henry Hastings Sibley, together with a...

This account focuses on the fur trade experiences of Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), better known as commander of the military forces suppressing the Sioux [Dakota] uprisings of 1862 and 1863, and, in 1858, ... More

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

Petticoat surgeon, Pioneering the Upper Midwest 1820 - 1910

This is the autobiography of a distinguished Michigan native who helped to establish a place for women in medicine. Bertha Van Hoosen was born in 1863 to a Dutch Canadian father and a third-generation Michigan ... More

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