History of Kent County, Michigan: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Michigan ...C. C. Chapman & Company, 1881 - 1426 Seiten |
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... acres of land , fit for cultivation . The surveyors under this law reported that there were no lands in Michigan fit for cultiva- tion ! This unconscionable report deterred immigration for many years , and the Government took the whole ...
... acres of land , fit for cultivation . The surveyors under this law reported that there were no lands in Michigan fit for cultiva- tion ! This unconscionable report deterred immigration for many years , and the Government took the whole ...
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... acres of land . These lands have been placed in market , and about 74,000 acres sold , yielding a fund of $ 237,174 , the interest of which at seven per cent . is applied to the support of the college . The sale is under the direction ...
... acres of land . These lands have been placed in market , and about 74,000 acres sold , yielding a fund of $ 237,174 , the interest of which at seven per cent . is applied to the support of the college . The sale is under the direction ...
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... acres sold was 50,835.72 , for $ 87,968.05 , of which $ 69,800.54 was paid in hand . At that time the amount of land still owned by the State was 3,049,905.46 , of which 2,430,050.- 47 acres were swamp land , 447,270.89 primary school ...
... acres sold was 50,835.72 , for $ 87,968.05 , of which $ 69,800.54 was paid in hand . At that time the amount of land still owned by the State was 3,049,905.46 , of which 2,430,050.- 47 acres were swamp land , 447,270.89 primary school ...
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... acres at the mission of Little Rapids , a tract of land at the mouth of the Pississowinning river ; 640 acres on Grand island ; 2,000 acres on the main land south of it ; 1,280 acres at the northern extremity of Green bay , together 164 ...
... acres at the mission of Little Rapids , a tract of land at the mouth of the Pississowinning river ; 640 acres on Grand island ; 2,000 acres on the main land south of it ; 1,280 acres at the northern extremity of Green bay , together 164 ...
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... land , granted to his Indian family , on the Grand River rap- ids , estimated by good judges to be now worth $ 500,000 , $ 23,040 , being at the rate of $ 36 per acre ... acre ; to John A. Drew , for 12 sections of land , at Cheboygan Rapids ...
... land , granted to his Indian family , on the Grand River rap- ids , estimated by good judges to be now worth $ 500,000 , $ 23,040 , being at the rate of $ 36 per acre ... acre ; to John A. Drew , for 12 sections of land , at Cheboygan Rapids ...
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Seite 281 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Seite 77 - Miami, aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line, drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line...
Seite 105 - This act shall not take effect in favor of any bank not subject to the act, entitled "an act to create a fund for the benefit of the creditors of certain moneyed corporations, and for other purposes...
Seite 76 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that 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...
Seite 69 - ... would not be more than one acre out of a hundred, if there would be one out of a thousand, that would in any case admit of cultivation.
Seite 68 - ... 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 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...
Seite 90 - The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement; and shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment of an Agricultural School.
Seite 36 - In 1803 Congress referred it to a committee of which John Randolph was chairman. He reported that this ordinance was a compact, and opposed repeal. Thus it stood a rock, in the way of the on-rushing sea of slavery.
Seite 317 - Association is established to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law, to increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice, and to cultivate social intercourse among its members.
Seite 35 - Jefferson's policy wanted to provide for the public credit, and this was a good opportunity to do something. Massachusetts then owned the territory of Maine, which she was crowding on the market. She was opposed to opening the northwestern region. This fired the zeal of Virginia. The South caught the inspiration, and all exalted Dr. Cutler.