tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89237703602468966492024-03-14T06:54:25.911-04:00 Michigan in LettersHere you will find edited and transcribed documents from the collections of the Clarke Historical Library, each chosen for its interesting character and the particular light it shines on Michigan history.Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-33132649839370531282014-08-19T12:24:00.000-04:002014-08-19T15:43:05.461-04:00The Hugh Brady Letters and the Removal of the Potawatomis
Introduction
The Clarke
Historical Library recently acquired eight letters relating to the removal of
the Potawatomis to reserves west of the Mississippi River in the year 1840. Six
of the letters are addressed to Gen. Hugh Brady, who was responsible for
arranging and overseeing the removal. Two are letters Brady himself wrote. A
ninth letter, which the Secretary of War addressed to John Fiersthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263988361358820066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-17944617183851466452013-03-28T11:31:00.000-04:002014-03-14T22:24:35.706-04:00Michigan Superintendency—Indian Agents Face Budget Concerns <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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By Kelly Beattie
In 1818, President James Monroe appointed Alexander Wolcott Jr. MD (1790-1830)
to serve as agent at the Chicago Indian Agency, one of nine agencies under the
direction of Gov. Lewis Cass, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Michigan
Territory. Cass placed great Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-35683302728539877962011-01-11T10:44:00.018-05:002011-07-18T15:38:54.330-04:00Orlando Poe in Knoxville, TennesseeBy Susan Powers
[Post 3 in a series on Orlando Poe. Please see March 24, 2010 for Post 1, and May 17, 2010 for Post 2]
O. E. Babcock and O.M. Poe,
Fort Sanders, Knoxville, TN,
November 29. 1863
The outbreak of the American Civil War altered the direction of Orlando Poe’s career. The peace time task of mapping and surveying the Great Lakes gave way to the new mission of war. Poe Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-71368478775989586192010-11-23T15:55:00.007-05:002011-07-18T13:31:14.432-04:00Founders' Papers To Be Published Online By John Fierst
On October 12th the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) announced an agreement with the University of Virginia Press “to make freely available online the historical documents of the Founders of the United States of America.” The website will provides access to the annotated published papers of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-32873856826499920172010-05-17T10:12:00.009-04:002011-07-18T15:57:14.260-04:00Orlando Poe and the United States Lake SurveyBy Susan Powers
[Post 2 of a series on Orlando Metcalfe Poe, from the Orlando Poe Collection at Clarke Historical Library. To read Post 1, see March 24, 2010]
Prior to his service in the Civil War, Orlando Poe served as a topographical engineer working for Captain George G. Meade and the United States Lakes Survey. Meade, who would later become famous for his victory over General Robert ESusan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-24092177446393846372010-03-24T16:43:00.006-04:002011-07-18T15:59:37.083-04:00Orlando Metcalfe PoeBy John Fierst
[Post 1 in a series on Orlando Metcalfe Poe, from the Orlando Poe Collection at Clarke Historical Library. To read Post 2, see May 17, 2010]
Orlando Poe (1832-1895) grew up ten miles outside of the town of Canton, Ohio, on a farm located on the Tuscarawas River. His German ancestors had immigrated to the United States a century earlier. As a boy Poe dreamed of becoming a Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-50038782938825412712009-12-10T14:55:00.012-05:002011-07-18T16:02:00.597-04:00Frances Margaret Fox, Michigan Children’s AuthorBy Susan Powers and Hannah Jenkins
Frances Margaret (Madge) Fox was born June 23, 1870 in South Farmington, Massachusetts. Tragically, her mother died two weeks after giving birth to Frances. Her father remarried and moved the family to Mackinaw City, Michigan, where he became a railroad dispatcher. Frances’ childhood was difficult; there were reports of beatings and other Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-55505576591307235282009-10-08T10:55:00.001-04:002010-05-21T15:10:54.188-04:00Hannah Brown Bingham Posted below you will find two entries from the 1829 diary of Hannah Bingham. She wrote them in July of that year, at the close of a very long journey, from Wheatland, in upstate New York, to Sault Ste. Marie at the eastern end of Lake Superior. On July 11th her party has just crossed Lake Huron and has entered the Saint Mary's River, which will lead to the American outpost at the Sault. Hannah Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923770360246896649.post-1075303653926676982009-07-17T19:32:00.008-04:002011-07-19T14:31:28.250-04:00Sarah Emma Edmonds SeelyeSarah Emma Edmonds Seelye was born in December, 1841, in New Brunswick, Canada. At age fifteen she ran away from home to escape a tyrannical father and an unwanted arranged marriage. After two years of living as a single woman, Sarah decided to pursue her fortune disguised as a man. Her travels as a Bible salesman brought her to Flint, Michigan, where she resided in 1861, at the start of the Susan Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947777643771932238noreply@blogger.com1