Treaty Between the United States and the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot and Potawatomi Indians Signed at Detroit, 11/17/1807.
Map of land ceded via digitreaties.org.
Series: Indian Treaties, 1789 - 1869
Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006
Image description: Cession 66, a sizeable chunk of south-eastern Michigan and a bit of Ohio, encompassing Port Huron, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, and Toledo. Not quite over to Lansing.
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Sketch Map of the Public Surveys in Michigan, 10/26/1857
File Unit: 35th Congress, ¾/1857 - 3/3/1859
Image description: A map of both peninsulas of Michigan, neatly divided into squares. I think they mostly correspond with modern townships, which are 36 miles square. Each square is marked according to whether the field notes have been recorded, transcribed, descriptive sheets recorded, etc.
Image description: A zoomed-in view of the portion of the map where the Upper and Lower peninsulas meet. The irregular shorelines contrast with the square lines of the manmade divisions.
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West-bound vessels wait at Fort Brady Pier before passing through the Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 7/4/1892.
Series: Construction and Renovation Photographs of St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, ca. 1889 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Image description: Ships and boats of various sizes are docked at the side of a pier. Their dark masts contrast with the light, cloudy sky. On the pier are piles of barrels and large blocks. A few people walk along the pier.
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Treaty (p 1, sig. pg) Between the United States and the Wyandot Indians Signed at the Council House, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 3/17/1842, and maps of land ceded in this treaty (via Digitreaties).
Series: Indian Treaties, 1789 - 1869
Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006
Image description: Map with a section of land outlined, which covers Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and east almost to Bucyrus.
Image Description: Map with a section of land outlined, which covers parts of Wayne County and Monroe County, Michigan, including Oakwoods Metropark.
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G.P. Miller, a Black physician in Michigan, wrote to the Secretary of War on 10/30/1861, wishing to raise a regiment of free Black men to fight for the Union (“sharp shooters preferred”). The War Department declined his offer.
Series: Letters Received, 3/1861 - 3/1866
Record Group 107: Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, 1791 - 1948
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On 8/12/1976, President Ford was reminded of a bet he had made with Representative Glenn English. Ford paid up with a signed $1 bill.
File Unit: Correspondence (8), 5/1976 - 11/1976
Series: Dorothy Downton’s Correspondence Files, 1974 - 1976
Collection: Dorothy E. Downton Files (Ford Administration), 1974 - 1977
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Standard Crackers, trademarked 4/29/1901.
Around the turn of the century, cracker companies combined to form powerful trusts and pressure competitors. This box proudly proclaimed that E.J. Kruce Co. was not part of a cracker trust.
Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
Image description: A blue-and-gold label with images of an American flag and wheat stalks. Text reads: “E.J. KRUCE & CO. STANDARD CRACKERS AND FINE BISCUITS. DETROIT, MICH. NOT IN THE TRUST.”
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Copy of a Drawing of Fort Gratiot Reserve, Michigan, 11/13/1865
File Unit: Drawer 001, 1818 - 1941
Series: Fortifications Map File Plans of Military Forts, 1818 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Image description: A drawing of the military reservation of Fort Gratiot, located between the River St. Clair and the Black River, next to Port Huron, Michigan. The drawing also shows the Detroit-Port Huron Railroad.
Image 2: A detail of the image, showing just the buildings of the fort. The flag staff is labeled.
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Upper Miter Wall and Guard Gate of the Poe Lock, St. Mary’s Falls Canal, 7/8/1895.
The Soo Locks allow ships to travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Series: Construction and Renovation Photographs of St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, ca. 1889 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Image Description: Men working on the curved wall of the lock, which is mostly covered in wooden scaffolding. The top of the structure is at ground level.
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“Resolution Adopted by Suffragettes of Fifth Congressional District of Michigan, Favoring Rankin Bill for Investigation Concerning Treatment of Suffragettes at Occoquan,” 4/19/1918
File Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress, 1917 - 1919. Series: Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or Tabled, 1789 - 1966. Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789 - 2015.
This resolution was sent to the Senate following a suffrage meeting in the Fifth Congressional District of Michigan. The letter asks the Michigan Senators to support a bill introduced by Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin calling for an investigation "concerning the brutal treatment of the suffragists” imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia.
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![“President Gerald R. Ford and Other Members of the 30-30 Club [the 30 members of the 1930 South High School football team from Grand Rapids, Michigan] in the Oval Office,” 11/28/1974“Series: Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, 8/9/1974 -...](https://cdn.statically.io/img/64.media.tumblr.com/f4cec26e732fb4459bac1d0af3929fee/73ee3fd94e9778bc-e7/s1280x1920/2af3d255c1ad8bf4a0bb0c726174da12bf48a9dc.png)
“President Gerald R. Ford and Other Members of the 30-30 Club [the 30 members of the 1930 South High School football team from Grand Rapids, Michigan] in the Oval Office,” 11/28/1974
Series: Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, 8/9/1974 - 1/20/1977. Collection: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration), 12/6/1973 - 1/20/1977.
Enjoying some high school or college football this Thanksgiving?
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“President Barack Obama Sits on the Famed Rosa Parks Bus at the Henry Ford Museum,” 4/18/2012
Souza, Pete, 1954, Photographer . Series: Presidential Photographs, 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017. Collection: Records of the White House Photo Office (Obama Administration), 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017.
Submitted anonymously to our Citizen Archivist Takeover.
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