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EARLY MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN 1820
Emerson used to say this was a fact, and any man who has ever tried to establish a corner in that county will need few arguments to convince him of- the truthfulness of the story.
May it not be presumed that much of the odium which for many years attached to Michigan, and which materially retarded its settlement, may be directly traceable to the influence which the promulgation of the above report in congress had upon the minds of those people who were seeking new homes in the then far west?
W. R. BATES
Philadelphia, December 29, 1882.
THE TOWN OF GREEN
ADDRESS OF C. D. RANDALL AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRANCH COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY IN COLDWATER,, DEC. 23, 1885
[Revised and enlarged for the State Pioneer Society. ]
Mr. President, Ladies and. Gentlemen:
The following interesting and touching correspondence I present here, after mature deliberation, for my preface and apology:
Coldwater, Dec. 17, 18S5. Hon. C. D. Randall, Coldwater:
Dear Sib—Will you have the kindness to give our pioneers about a three minutes talk on "The Town-of Green, " at our pioneer meeting the 23rd inst. Yours truly,
J. G. PARKHURST, President.
REPLY. Gen. John Q. Parkhurst, President:
Mt Dear Sir—Yours of the 17^h inst., requesting me to tell in three minutes all I know of "The Town of Green, " is at hand. The time suits me exactly. I am sure I can tell all I know about it in that time, and will try to do so, relying upon you to help me out on the last minute, as I may not have material enough for the allotted time. Yours truly,
C. D. RANDALL.
MICHIGAN
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