(Excerpt from A History of Detroit
In A plan of a general...)
Excerpt from A History of Detroit
In A plan of a general assembly of the Freeholders of the province of Quebec, the writer starts out with the statement that there would be no dith culty in forming such a plan if all the Canadians were protestants.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
(This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
Ephraim Douglass and His Times: A Fragment of History With the Journal of George McCully (Hitherto Unpublished) And Various Letters of the Period (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Ephraim Douglass and His Times: A Fragment o...)
Excerpt from Ephraim Douglass and His Times: A Fragment of History With the Journal of George McCully (Hitherto Unpublished) And Various Letters of the Period
The early history of the Northwest Territory is not well known. But few travelers have left a record of their journeys through its woods, and a hearty welcome is always extended to any new document that is found on the subject.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Historical Paper Delivered By C.m. Burton: Before The Society Of Colonial Wars Of The State Of Michigan ... January Twenty-sixth, Ninteen Hundred And Two...
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++
The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++
Historical Paper Delivered By C.M. Burton: Before The Society Of Colonial Wars Of The State Of Michigan ... January Twenty-sixth, Ninteen Hundred And Two
Clarence Monroe Burton
Winn & Hammond, 1903
Transportation; Ships & Shipbuilding; General; Erie, Lake; Shipbuilding; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Historical papers delivered before the Society of colonial wars of the state of Michigan
(Historical papers delivered before the Society of colonia...)
Historical papers delivered before the Society of colonial wars of the state of Michigan This book, "Historical papers delivered before the Society of colonial wars of the state of Michigan", by Edwin Erle Sparks, Clarence M. Burton, is a replication of a book originally published before 1908. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit, for the Year 1893: Together With a Historical Sketch of Belle Isle (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners of ...)
Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards to the Common Council of the City of Detroit, for the Year 1893: Together With a Historical Sketch of Belle Isle
Secretary's financial statement, and the Board may be congratulated upon the successful termination of the year's labors in this respect.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ephraim Douglass and His Times: A Fragment of History: with the Journal of George McCully
(Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this clas...)
Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.
Michigan As a Province, Territory and State: Michigan As a Province, From Its Discovery and Settlement by the French to Its Final Surrender to the United States, by H. M. Utley
(
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Historical Paper Delivered By C. M. Burton, Before The Society Of Colonial Wars Of The State Of Michigan
(
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
(Excerpt from A History of Detroit
In A plan of a general...)
Excerpt from A History of Detroit
In A plan of a general assembly of the Freeholders of the province of Quebec, the writer starts out with the statement that there would be no dith culty in forming such a plan if all the Canadians were protestants.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union
(This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
Clarence Monroe Burton was an American historian and lawyer. His is regarded as a founder and donor of the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library.
Background
Clarence Monroe Burton was born on November 18, 1853 at "Whiskey Diggings, " Sierra County, California, the son of Dr. Charles Seymour and Ann Eliza (Monroe) Burton, both natives of the state of New York, who had spent their early lives in Seneca County. His grandfather was English-born John Burton, son of a Baptist minister, who was a lawyer and a surveyor of Cayuga and Seneca counties.
His parents went to Michigan from New York in 1849 and settled at Battle Creek, where his father practiced medicine and founded the Battle Creek Journal. His mother was a writer of some ability, whose poems appeared in various publications. In the spring of 1853 the family moved to California and settled in the region later called Sierra County, where Dr. Burton made a successful living from mining and the practice of medicine. Here Clarence, the second child, was born.
In 1855 the family returned to Michigan and settled at Hastings, where Dr. Burton continued his practice of medicine and also founded the Hastings Banner.
Education
Clarence attended the Hastings public schools and in 1869 entered the University of Michigan, but, because of some difficulty with the faculty, left in 1871. In 1872 he entered the law school of the same institution and was graduated in 1874. In 1891 the University conferred upon him the degree of B. S. as of 1873.
Career
Clarence Burton obtained a position as a clerk in the law office of Ward & Palmer, and there part of his daily routine was the searching of land titles for pieces of property offered as security for loans made by Ward & Palmer. To supplement his income, he did other work of this kind in the evenings for Ward & Skinner, an abstract firm.
In 1883 he was taken into the latter business as a partner, the following year he bought out the surviving partner, and in 1891 he organized the C. M. Burton Abstract Company, later to become the Burton Abstract & Title Company. The firm maintained high principles of painstaking and exhaustive research in connection with every abstract it handled and accumulated wealth for its founder.
Burton is said to have received his inspiration for acquiring Americana from a lecturer at the University of Michigan who urged each student to have a hobby and exhibited a leaf from an old account book of 1780 as an example of material valuable in the study of history. Soon after he left the university he began collecting books, gradually confining himself to materials on the United States, the Old Northwest Territory, and especially to that section in which he was interested as a resident, Detroit and Michigan.
He tried to buy a book a week, then later a book a day, and gradually the number grew to many books a day. Through his searches in investigating land titles, he had the opportunity to acquire a large number of old documents, letters, and papers which he recognized as valuable source material, throwing light upon the history of the region.
He acquired a great knowledge of the beginnings of Detroit and of its early families and their connections.
Large groups of personal papers were added to his library, and he spent many hours tracing the development of the city in all its aspects. Books, documents, maps, personal papers, photographs, and early reports were supplemented by carefully compiled scrapbooks, files of bound newspapers, copies of old church records, transcripts of notarial and other records in Canada, translations of French works, and photostats of original material which he could not buy but found in various repositories.
His agents combed the archives of France for maps and other unpublished colonial documents relating to Michigan, he visited the birthplace of Cadillac and made a thorough search in every part of France for Cadillac information, he examined early files in London, and he followed the paths of early French travelers from Montreal to Lake Huron. Collecting was only a part of his pleasure.
He was always glad to share his finds and he carried on a voluminous correspondence with hundreds of persons who were interested in Michigan history. The quarters of his house, used for the library, grew too small and he built an annex, to which came writers, students, and others interested in Americana. In 1914, when his collection had become very large and valuable, he presented it to the Detroit Library Commission and later added an endowment fund, the income from which was to be used to add materials to those he had gathered.
The gift was named the Burton Historical Collection, was placed under the direction of a curator and staff, and became a part of the Detroit Public Library system. Burton was given the honorary title of consulting librarian and was helpful to the departmental staff in the further development of the collection. He was especially concerned with the interpretation of its source materials through publications, which he sponsored, or encouraged public and private agencies to sponsor. Among these were The John Askin Papers (2 vols. , 1928 - 31), issued by the Detroit Library Commission.
The only published guide to the collection, Manuscripts from the Burton Historical Collection, edited by M. Agnes Burton, appeared in 1916.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of several months.
Keenly interested in the work of the hereditary patriotic societies, he held various offices in the Michigan Society of Colonial Wars and in the Detroit Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution. He wrote constantly during his lifetime of searching for authentic material about Michigan and Detroit.
Membership
Clarence Burton was a member of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society and a member of the Detroit Historical Society from its organization in 1921 until 1932.
Personality
Burton was a man of fine stature, dignified in bearing, and possessed of an alert mind.
Connections
Clarence Burton was married before completing his law course, and, with his wife and daughter, went to Detroit immediately upon graduation.
He was married three times: on December 25, 1872, to Harriet J. Nye of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who died in 1896, on December 27, 1897, to Lina (Shoemaker) Grant who died in 1898, and on June 20, 1900, to Anna (Monroe) Knox who died in 1925.
He had nine children, eight by his first marriage, Agnes, Charles, Clarence, Louise, Fred, Frank, Ralph, and Harriet, and one daughter by the third marriage, Elizabeth Monroe.