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Stamford CT Directory 1907, compiled and published by the Price & Lee Co.
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Mitchell County Iowa Directory of Farmers 1911 Extracted from 1911 Mitchell County Atlas. Name, Sec. # Address, & farm name.
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Chicago City Directory of 1844 published by J. W. Norris and printed by Ellis & Fergus.
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Clinton County Illinois 1920 Prairie Farmer’s Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders
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Morgan and Scott Counties Illinois Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders Published by Prairie Farmer - 1917
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Pike County IL Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders - 1919
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Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders Tippecanoe County, Indiana Published by Prairie Farmer, Chicago, 1919
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Monson MA Directory 1897-8, compiled and published by A. B. Sparrow & Co.
- MD Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory Maryland - 1851-1852
- MD 1878 Maryland Directory, published by J. Frank Lewis & Co. of Baltimore
- MI Beard's directory and history of Marquette County [Mich.] with sketches of the early history of Lake Superior, its mines, furnaces, etc., 240 p. Hadger & Bryce, 1873.
- MI Berrien County directory and history: containing historical and descriptive sketches of the villages and townships within the county, and the names and occupations of persons residing therein, comp. and pub. Cowles, Edward B., 384 p. Record Steam Printing House, 1871.
- MI Branch County directory and historical record: containing a complete list of residents ... business directory of Coldwater, Quincy, Union City and Bronson; also a concise history of the county by Stevens & Conover, 1870-71. 315 p. Ann Arbor : Courier Steam Printing House, 1871.
- MI Calhoun County business directory for 1869-70 : with a history of the county, giving a detailed historical and descriptive sketch of each township, city and village. 426 p. E. G. Rust, 1869.
- MI Gogebic County, Michigan Directories 1892 - 1947
- MI History and directory of Ionia County, Michigan: containing a history of each township: the name, occupation, location, and post-office address of every man in the county; a list of post-offices in the county; a schedule of population; and other valuable statistics compiled and published by J.D. Dillenback. [9]-195 p. J.D. Dillenback, 1872.
- MI History and directory of Kent County, Michigan, containing a history of each township, and the city of Grand Rapids; the name, location and postoffice address of all residents outside of the city; a list of postoffices in the county; a schedule of population; and other valuable statistics. Comp. and pub. by Dillenback & Leavitt. 2-319 p., Daily eagle steam printing house, 1870.
- MI Ironwood Michigan Directory 1892
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Ironwood Michigan Directory 1912
- MI INDIAN AND PIONEER HISTORY of the SAGINAW VALLEY MI, WITH HISTORIES OF EAST SAGINAW, SAGINAW CITY AND BAY CITY, FROM THEIR EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS, PIONEER DIRECTORY AND BUSINESS ADVERTISER, FOR 1866 AND 1867. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THOMAS & GALATIAN,
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First Directory of Cleveland, Ohio 1837
by Julias P. Bolivar Maccabe
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First Directory of Ohio City, Ohio 1837 by Julias P. Bolivar Maccabe.
- OK 1890 Oklahoma Territory Directory
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Philadelphia City Directory for 1890, published by James Gopsill's Sons.
- WA Polk Directory Whatcom Washington 1890
- WI Directory of The Cities of Iron River, Crystal Falls, Stambaugh, and Iron County 1913 by Douglas Anderson, No. Crandon, Wisconsin
- WI Farm and Land Owner Directory Racine Wisconsin 1890 Farm and Land Owner Directory Racine Wisconsin 1890 Directory for Racine County Wisconsin for 1890-1891 shows names, section number, number of acres, post office location, and if they are non resident, or are heirs
- WI Green County Farmer's Directory 1919
- WI Iron County, Wisconsin Directories 1892 - 1947
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Hustisford WI. Business Directory 1845-1949
- WI Milwaukee Erving, Burdick & co's Milwaukee city directory, for 1857 & 1858. 336 p. Milwaukee, King, Jermain & co.
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Monroe, Wisconsin, llustrated Review and City Directory of Monroe, Wisconsin 1891, compiled and published by M. T. Gettings and W. D. Shoenfield.
- HISTORIC DISASTERS
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- History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... a proud career arrested by sudden and awful calamity, towns and counties laid waste by the devastating element: scenes and incidents, losses and sufferings, benevolence of the nations, etc., etc. with a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant" : to which is appended a record of the great fires in the past,Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson, 667 p. , J. W. Goodspeed; [etc., etc., 1871]
- Ohio
- Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters Edited by Thomas H.
Russell 1913
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Native Americans American Indians / First Nations Social Studies
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- Some free online information but many links to commercial sites (Ancestry.com)
- Native American Material in the Clarke Historical Library
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Index of Native American Electronic Text Resources on the Internet
- The Reservation Boarding
School System in the United States, 1870 -1928, material by Sonja
Keohane
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First Person History Articles published in Canku Ota.
- Native American (Indian) Genealogy
- People's Paths - Native American Indian/First Nations Ancestry
- 1st-hand-history
- Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology Library and Archives at Indiana University - the Ohio Valley Great Lakes Ethnohistory Archives, which provides historical information on the Miami, Potawatomi, Fox, Huron, Chippewa, Delawares, Illinois, Kickapoo, Mascouten, Menomini, Ottawa, Sac, Seneca, Shawnee, Sioux, and Winnebago groups
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Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 Digital Library of Georgia University System
- Lakota Dakota Information Home Page Creighton University
- Academic Info Native American Studies Tribal & Local History and Resources
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Aboriginal Inhabitants of Connecticut
New Englander and Yale review; Volume 1, Issue 3, W. L.
Kingsley etc. July 1843.
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Early Life Among the Indians Reminiscences From the Life Of Benj. G. Armstrong by Thomas P. Wentworth, 1892
- History of
the Blackhawk War, by John A. Wakefield, Esquire, from
the Press of Calvin Goudy, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1834
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Houses of the Mound-Builders, by Lewis H. Morgan: pp. 60-86, The North
American review, Volume 123, Issue 252, University of Northern Iowa, July
1876
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Indian Education at Hampton and Carlisle by Ludlow, Helen
W., Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 62, issue 371 (April 1881).
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Indian Reminiscences of Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties - Collected
and Contributed by A. D. P. Van Buren. – late 1800’s, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections. Volume 10.
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Last Indian Council on The Genesee, by David Gray and first published in 1877.
- Native American Races, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume I, The History Company, 1883.
- Arapahoes
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Among the Arrapahoes, by Lieutenant H. R. Lemly,
Harper's new monthly magazine, Volume 60, Issue 358, Harper & Bros. March 1880
- Blackfeet
- Creek
- Dakota
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Dakota Indians, by Rev. Addison P. Foster, pp.
171-181, The American missionary. Volume 38, Issue 6 June 1884
- Nez Perce
- Omaha
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Home Life among the Indians, by Alice C. Fletcher: pp. 252-263; The Century; Volume 54, Issue 2 June 1897
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Hunting Customs of the Omahas: Personal Studies of Indian Life, by Alice C. Fletcher: The Century; Volume 50, Issue 5 Sept 1895
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Hunting Customs of the Omaha Personal Studies of Indian Life By: Alice C. Fletcher
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Indian Songs. Personal Studies of Indian Life, by Alice C. Fletcher: pp. 421-432; The Century; Volume 47, Issue 3 : Jan 1894
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Personal Studies of Indian Life: Politics and "Pipe-Dancing", by Alice C. Fletcher: The Century; Volume 45, Issue 3 Jan 1893
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Tribal Life Among the Omahas, by Alice C. Fletcher: pp. 450-462; The Century; Volume 51, Issue 3 Jan 1896
- S'Kokomish
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S'Kokomish Reservation, by Rev. G. H. Atkinson, D.D.: pp. 307-310;
The American missionary; Volume 32, Issue 10 ;Oct 1878
- Sioux
- Utes
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All the Western States and Territories from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, and
from the Lakes to the Gulf, containing their history from earliest times ..., by John W. Barber and Henry Howe 1867.
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Appleton's Hand-book of American Travel. Northern and Eastern Tour.
Including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the British dominions.
Appleton and Co.; 1873.
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Appleton's Hand-book of American Travel. The Southern Tour; being a
guide through Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia and Kentucky ... With maps of the leading routes of travel and of
the principal cities. By Edward H. Hall, D. Appleton & co.; 1866.
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The Farm and the Fireside; or, the Romance of Agriculture, being Half Hours of Life in the Country, for Rainy Days and Winter Evenings by Rev. John L. Blake, D.D.., by Derby, Miller and Company, 1850.
- Collections
- History of the Great Lakes by J. B. Mansfield, ed., J. H. Beers, 1899.
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Notes from the Copper Region, by Robert D. Clarke: pp. 433-448,
Harper's new monthly magazine, Volume 6, Issue 34 Harper & Bros., March
1853
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Notes from the Copper Region, by Robert D. Clarke: pp. 577-588,
Harper's new monthly magazine, Volume 6, Issue 34 Harper & Bros., April
1853
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The Great Lakes, by Samuel C. Clarke: pp. 693-698 ; The Atlantic
monthly; Volume 15, Issue 92 Atlantic Monthly Co. June 1865
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A summer in the wilderness; embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and
around Lake Superior. By Charles Lanman, 1846
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Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing Three
Generations of those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's
Register, by James Savage with two supplements in Four Volumes
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First New England Witch, by Willard H. Morse, M.D.: pp.
270-277,The Bay State monthly, Volume 3, Issue 4 Publisher: John N.
McClintock and Co. Publication Date: September 1885
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The History and
antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; by
Barber, John Warner, A. S. Stillman & son, 1856.
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- History of the New California, its Resources and People, edited by Leigh H.
Irvine, Volume. I, Lewis Publishing Co.1905
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History of California, by Helen Elliott Bandini, 1908.
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The Vigilantes of California, Idaho, and Montana, by John W. Clampitt:
pp. 442-452; Harper's new monthly magazine; Volume 83, Issue 495 ;Harper &
Bros. August, 1891
- Yuba County
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Witchcraft in Connecticut, by Charles H. Levermore: pp. 788-818, New
Englander and Yale review. Volume 44, Issue 189, November 1885
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Witchcraft in Connecticut, by Prof. Charles H. Levermore: pp. 636-644,
The New England magazine. Volume 12, Issue 5, July 1892
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
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Litchfield, Connecticut, by William L. Adam: pp. 705-720; The New
England magazine; Volume 21, Issue 6; New England Magazine Co.; February
1897
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- History of the Blackhawk War, by John A. Wakefield, Esquire, from the Press of Calvin Goudy, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1834
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Wau-bun - The Early Day In The Northwest By Mrs. John H. Kinzie 1873
- Brown County
- Cass County
- Clark County
- Early Settlers of Clark County Illinois (newspaper accounts)
- Clinton County
- Cook County
- History of the great
fires in Chicago and the West ... a proud career arrested by sudden and
awful calamity, towns and counties laid waste by the devastating element
: scenes and incidents, losses and sufferings, benevolence of the
nations, etc., etc. with a history of the rise and progress of Chicago,
the "young giant" : to which is appended a record of the great fires in the past,
Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson, 667 p. , J. W. Goodspeed; 1871
- Massac County
- Pike County
- Sangamon County
- Schuyler County
- Hancock County
- DeKalb County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Washington County
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- History of Kansas Cutler 1883
- Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History,
Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc., 3 volumes, Edited by Frank W. Blackmar, A. M. Ph. D. by Standard Publishing Company, 1912
- Standard History of Kansas and Kansans 5 volumes, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, published in 1918.
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Douglas County
- Jewel County
- Johnson County
- Lincoln County
- Nemaha County
- Norton County
- Pottawatomie County
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- Bell County:
- Christian County:
- The Great South; a Record
of Journeys in Louisiana, King, Edward, 802p. American publishing
company, 1875.
- Louisiana; its colonial
history and romance, Volume II. Gayerré, Charles Étienne Arthur, Harper
& brothers, 1851-52.
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History of Louisiana: The Spanish Domination, Volume III, By Charles
Gayarré; Redfield, 1854.
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History of Louisiana: The American Domination, Volume IV, By Charles
Gayarré; William J. Widdleton, 1866.
- Historical collections of
Louisiana and Florida, including translations of original manuscripts
relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and
biographical notes. By B.F. French; 362 p. J. Sabin & sons, 1869.
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Lectures delivered in a course before the Lowell institute, in Boston by
Massachusetts Historical Society and Lowell institute lectures, 1868-69. The
Society Publication Date: 1869
- Barnstable County
- Berkshire County
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History of Cheshire Massachusetts Early History of Cheshire Massachusetts 1885 Originally published in 1885 as part of history of Berkshire County
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Early History of Lanesboro Mass Early History of Lanesboro Mass. By Hamilton Child 1885
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History of Pittsfield (Berkshire County), Massachusetts, from the Year 1734 to the Year 1800, Smith, Joseph Edward Adams. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1869-76.
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History of Pittsfield, (Berkshire County,) Massachusetts, from the Year 1800 to the Year 1876, Smith, Joseph Edward Adams. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1869-76.
- Essex County
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City of Lynn, by Edwin A. Start: pp. 497-521 New England magazine,
Volume 10, Issue 4, June 1891
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History of Lynn, Essex county, Massachusetts: including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant, by Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall. Lewis, Alonzo, 1794-1861. 620 p. Boston, J.L. Shorey, 1865.
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Historical sketch of the town of Methuen, from its settlement to the
year 1876 ... Howe, Joseph Sidney. 48 p., E.L. Houghton & co., 1876.
- Franklin County
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Slavery in Deerfield, by George Sheldon: pp. 49-60, The New England
magazine. Volume 14, Issue 1 March 1893.
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Old Deerfield, by Mary E. Allen; pp. 33-47; The New
England magazine; Volume 13, Issue 1; September 1892
- Hampden County
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City of Holyoke, by Edwin L. Kirtland: pp. 715-738, The New England
magazine, Volume 23, Issue 6, Feb 1898
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The City of Chicopee, by Collins G. Burnham, pp.
361-379, The New England magazine, Volume 24, Issue 3, May 1898
- Middlesex County
- Suffolk County
- Worcester County
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Fitchburg in 1885, by Atherton P. Mason, M.D.: pp. 341-359, The Bay
State monthly, Volume 2, Issue 6, John N. McClintock and Co., March
1885.
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History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876:
Including Grafton Until 1735;Millbury until 1813; ... By Hiram A. Tracy,
837 pages, 1878
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Historical Sketch of Fitchburg, by Ebenezer Bailey: pp. 226-231, The
Bay State monthly, Volume 2, Issue 4, John N. McClintock and Co.,
January 1885 .
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- Directories
- Beard's directory and history of Marquette County [Mich.] with sketches of the early history
of Lake Superior, its mines, furnaces, etc., 240 p. Hadger & Bryce, 1873.
- Berrien County directory and history: containing historical and descriptive sketches of
the villages and townships within the county, and the names and occupations of persons residing therein, comp. and
pub. Cowles, Edward B., 384 p. Record Steam Printing House, 1871.
- Branch
County directory and historical record: containing a complete list of
residents ... business directory of Coldwater, Quincy, Union City and
Bronson; also a concise history of the county by Stevens & Conover,
1870-71. 315 p. Ann Arbor : Courier Steam Printing House, 1871.
- Calhoun
County business directory for 1869-70 : with a history of the county,
giving a detailed historical and descriptive sketch of each township,
city and village. 426 p. E. G. Rust, 1869.
- Gogebic County, Michigan Directories 1892 - 1947
- History and directory of
Ionia County, Michigan: containing a history of each township: the name,
occupation, location, and post-office address of every man in the
county; a list of post-offices in the county; a schedule of population;
and other valuable statistics compiled and published
by J.D. Dillenback. [9]-195 p. J.D. Dillenback, 1872.
- History
and directory of Kent County, Michigan, containing a history of each
township, and the city of Grand Rapids; the name, location and
postoffice address of all residents outside of the city; a list of
postoffices in the county; a schedule of population; and other valuable
statistics. Comp. and pub. by Dillenback & Leavitt. 2-319 p., Daily
eagle steam printing house, 1870.
- Ironwood Michigan Directory 1892
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Ironwood Michigan Directory 1912
- State
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 8.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 9.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 10.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
Historical collections. Volume 11.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 12.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 15.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 16.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 19.
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Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Historical collections.
Volume 20.
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True description of the Lake Superior country ... with
Bayfield's chart (showing the boundary line as established by joint
commission) also a minute account of the copper mines and working
companies ... containing a concise mode of assaying, treating,
smelting, and refining copper ores. By John R. St. John 1846. Charts
included.
- A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People; 3 Volumes, Sawyer, Alvah L., Lewis Publishing Co., 1911.
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A History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, [17]-549 pg. Chicago, Western Historical Co.,
A. T. Andreas, 1883.
- Historic Michigan, land of the Great Lakes; its life, resources, industries, people, politics, government, wars, institutions, achievements, the press, schools and churches, legendary and prehistoric lore. Fuller, George N. ed.
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