Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections: MPHC

Highlights: Establishment of Society; Reports of Counties, Towns, and Districts

Highlights: Reports of Counties, Towns, and Districts

Highlights: Reports of Counties, Towns, and Districts

Highlights: A Missionary among the Indians

Highlights: A Pioneer Minister — Supply Chase; A History of the Black Hawk War— Henry Little; Death of Peter Navarre, the Scout of 1812— Toledo Commercial; Recollections of Pioneer Life— Geo. B. Turner; Autobiography of Hon. J. W. Begole; Recollections of Pioneer Life— Josiah VV. Begole; An Indian Deed;

Highlights: Veterans of the War with Mexico; Toledo War Song— Crawford; Song to Our Pioneers— Mrs. Emma Tuttle; Legends of Indian History— Hon. Wm. T.Mitchell; Maple Sugar making; Pioneer Life in 1830— Mrs. Azuhah L. Jewett; Indian Affairs around Detroit in 1706;

That Windsor Battle— James Dougall; The "Patriot War" ; Michigan Soldiers in Mexico— Col. Isaac D. Toll; Traveling on the Great Lakes when Detroit was Young— H. Massey; Indian Names; What I Know About O-taw- wars and Ne-war-go — E. S. Williams; Certificate made by Chippewa Chiefs, signers of treaty of 1819— E. S. Williams; Lake Superior (poem); Historical Address— S. P. Ely; A Mackinaw Pioneer; The Treaty of Saginaw, 1819— E. S. Williams; Letter from James H. Lawrence; The Old Pioneer— Poem, by E. Woodworth; Autobiography of Francis A. Dewey; Reminiscences of Mrs. Geo. Palmer; Reminiscences of Tuscola County— Albert Miller

Highlights: Papers Read at the Annual Meeting; Translation of the Pontiac Manuscript; The Conspiracy of Pontiac—Accounts of Eye-witnesses; Pontiac's Incursions—Maxwell's Account; Extracts from a Manuscript Journal of Rev. David Jones; First Employment of Indians by Whites in Warfare, 1748; Letter of General Gage to Captain MacPherson, 1778; Rules for the Militia of Detroit, ordered by Lieut. Gov. Henry Hamilton; Letters of C. W. Butterfleld to C. I. Walker, regarding Crawford's Defeat in 1782; Release of Lands by Chippewa Chiefs to James May and Others, 1797; Agreement of James May and Others with Chippewa Chiefs, 1797; Address of the Chiefs of the Chippewa Nation, 1797; A Speech from .Ino. Asian, Jr., to his Indian Brethren; Letter of James Madison to Gov. Hull, Nov. 28, 1806; Letter of President Jefferson to Gov. Hull, Mar. 21, 1807; Address of Wm. Eustis, Sec'y of War, to the Indians, Oct. 8, 1811; Documents pertaining to the War ot 1812 and the British Occupancy of Detroit; Narrative of the Massacre of Capt. Hart, Jan. 22, 1813; Letter of Judge Woodward, relative to the Battle of the River Raisin, Jan. 22, 1813; Account of an Indian Massacre in 1812; A Personal Narrative, 1808

Highlights: Papers Read at the Annual Meeting; Papers read at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Ottawa County; The Haldimand Papers

Highlights: Autobiography of Henry Fralick; The Gladwyn and Pontiac Fable, Henry A. Ford; Indian Deeds of Real Estate; Legends of Indian History in Saginaw Valley, Ephraim S. Williams; Indians in Kalamazoo County, A. H. Scott; Daily Life, Manners and Customs of the Indians in Kalsunazuo County, Mrs. St. John; The Haldimand Papers;

Highlights: The Ordinance of 1787, Cyrus G. Luce; The Haldimand Papers;

Highlights: Recollections of the Patriot War; A brief history of the war with the Sacs and Foxes, Col. E. Buckner; Narrative of escape from Indians; Address of Port Sarnia Indians to the Queen; Letter from Judge Woodward to James Madison; Circular from John Quincy Adams; Address and Deposition, of William A. Fletcher; Papers relative to Insurrection of negroes; Report, of committee of Temperance Society; Papers pertaining to Mexican prisoners of war; Appointment, by Indian chiefs;

Highlights: My first trip to Lansing; Battle of Skull Island; Some correspondence of interest; Me-te-au, a King, and where he reigned

Highlights: A Visit with a Lady who Knew Detroit as a Frontier Post; A Pioneer Picnic; Letter from an Octogenarian; My First Journey to Michigan; Extracts from an Old Newspaper

Highlights: Copies of papers on file in the Dominion archives at Ottawa, Canada, pertaining to the relations of the British government with the United States during the period of the war of 1812

Highlights: Copies of papers on file in the Dominion archives at Ottawa, Canada, pertaining to the relations of the British Government with the United States during and
subsequent to the period of the war of 1812

Highlights: Reminiscences of Pioneer Ministers of Michigan, by Rev. R. C. Crawford ; Michigan in the Campaign of 1856, by A. D. P. Van Buren; Incidents of Pioneer Life in the Upper Peninsula, by John Harris Forster; Expedition to Detroit in 1793, From Friend's Miscellany;

Highlights: Childhood's Recollections of Detroit—Mrs E. M. S. Stewart; Battle of the Bee-Tree at Sutton‘s Corners; An Old Time Murder in Northfleid—Gcorge Sutton; Pioneer Picnic; Reminiscences of Kalamazoo as a Colony—Ira Smith; Tales and Traditions of Northern Michigan;

Highlights: Reports on American Colonies, 1721-1762.; Military Dispatches; Bouquet Papers; Haldimand Papers

Highlights: Haldimand Papers; Indian affairs;

Highlights: Autoblographical Sketch of John Harris Forster; Indian Reminiscences - Mrs. Helen N. Caldwell; Aunt Emily Ward. Some events in the life of a unique woman; Marquette's Journal of his first visit. to the Mississippi; Marquette's Last Journal; Pontiac, or the Siege of Detroit

Highlights: Poem—When I was a Boy with a Head like Tow— U. B. Webster; Battle and Massacre at Frenchtown, Mich., January, 1813—Rev. Thomus P. Dudley; Pioneer Reminiscence—Mrs. Azuhah L. Jexoett; A Pioneer's Reminiscenses—Contributed by Judge Albert Miller; Recollections of a Pioneer of Early Michigan—Judge Albert Miller; Personal Reminiscenses—Rev. W. B. Williams; Historical Sermon—Rev. L. P. Spelman; Story of the drowning of Dr. Douglass Houghton and sketch of Peter McFarland, the last survivor
of the expedition;

Highlights: Indian Affairs 1801-1848; Commissariat 1788-1830; Military Posts 1790-1824; Posts and Barrages 1790-1796; Provincial Marine 1794-1829; Ordnance and Engineers 1788-1824; Buloer Correspondence 1810-1815; Relations with the United States 1822-1830; Miscellaneous 1788-1829; Colonial Office Records 1786-1790

Highlights: Maps; Colonial Office Records

Highlights: Maps; Plan of the Fort at Detroit at the time of its surrender, August 16,1812; Colonial Office Records; Haldiman Papers; Miscellaneous Papers - British Museum;

Highlights: Reminicence of Pioneer Days in Hastings—Mrs. A. M. Hayes ; Some Reminiscences of Early Times in Brooklyn, Jackson County—Joseph M. Griswold; The Indians of Michigan and the Cession of their Lands to the Unitod States by Treaties; Indian Cession of 1819; Pioneer Memories—Enos Goodrich;

Highlights: Facsimile of Gov. Felch's last letter; Early Recollections of the Indians about Gull Prairie—F‘rank Liltiz; Indian Funeral Scene—M. D. Chalterton; Letters of Lucius Lyon; The Gladwin Manuscripts, Together with an Introduction and an Historical Sketch of the Conspiracy of Pontiac;

Highlights: Reminiscences of Port Huron— C. M. Stockton; Reminiscences and Scenes of Backwoods and Pioneer Life—A. M. Beardsley; A sketch of Pioneer Life among the Indians—Mrs. Catherine Calkins Srunson; Reminiscences of Pioneer Life In Oakland County—Mrs. Surah E. Soper; Story of the Baw Beese Indians—A. D. P. Van Buren;

Highlights: Recollections of Pioneer and Professional Life; The Story of Emancipation E. W. Barber; Michigan Indians M. D. Osband;

Highlights: Reminiscences of Old Keweenaw, Mrs. W. A. Childs; The Indians of the Grand River Valley, Dwight Goss; Life and Work of the Late George N. Smith, a Pioneer Missionary, Mrs. Etta Smith Wilson; Early Recollections of Pioneer Life in Michigan and the Founding of Yankee Springs, Mrs. Mary M. Hoyt; Reminiscences of the First Settlement at Owosso. Mrs. Mary E. Shout; Leaves from an Old Time Journal, E. C. Martin; Autobiographical Notes, E. Lakln Brown; Pioneer Memories of the War Days of 1861-65, Robert Campbell; Autobiography of Captain John G. Parker; Memories of the “Soo," Mrs. Thomas D. Gilbert

Highlights: Recollections and Lessons of Pioneer Boyhood—Edward W. Barber; The Great Conspiracy—John Gilbert; Papers and Orderly Book of Brig. Gen. James Winchester; The Black Hawk War—Papers of Gen. John R. Williams; Anthony Wayne and The Battle of Fallen Timbers;

Highlights: The Beaver Island Prophet; The Historic Johnston Family of the "Soo"; The Legends of the Indian Summer, and the Shooting Star. .;Extracts from the Diary of John Askin; Askin Papers; War, 1812— Williams Papers; Woodbridge Papers

CADILLAC PAPERS. (Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac)

CADILLAC PAPERS continued (Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac); CADILLAC'S RECORDS.; MONTREAL PAPERS.; DETROIT RULERS.; GENERAL WAYNE'S ORDERLY BOOK.; LETTERS OF COL. JOHN FRANCIS HAMTRAMCK.; EXTRACTS FROM B. VAN CLEVE'S MEMORANDA.

Highlights: Death and burial of "Injun Jim." An incident in the lives of two Alpena County Pioneers, James A. Case; Legal Reminiscences of forty years, Judge C. P. Black; "Michigan, My Michigan," Origin and History of this Noble State Song; Poem, Battle at the River Raisin January 22, 1813, Levi Bishop; Chapters from the autobiography of an Octogenarian (Miss Emily V. Mason), 1830-1850; A Boy's Story of Pioneer Life in Michigan, Theodore E. Potter; Letters from Gen. Wayne and Gen. Wilkinson to the Quartermaster General, continued from Vol. 34; Extract from Old Letters; Early Indian Orders;

Highlights: Proclamation of 1763; Notes for Memoir of Mrs. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft; Territorial Records, Copies of Papers at Washington, D. C.; Territorial Records Schoolcraft Papers; Memorial Sketches

Territorial Records 1808-1815, from the Woodbridge and Williams papers 1n the
Burton Library; Letters on the Fur Trade 1833; Territorial Papers 1831-1836, including Schoolcratt Papers; Bond Papers; Narrative of the Travels and Adventures 1783-1820 by Jean Baptiste Perrault; Biographical Sketches; Maps

Highlights: Autobiography of Mrs. Nancy Carey; Personal Recollections of Pioneer Life, Miss Ruth Hoppinn; Autobiography of Mrs. William Arney; Some Early Maps of Michigan; The Indians and the Trading Posts in the Northwest of Harry County; Memoirs; Collection Indian Relics;

Highlights: Memoirs of Pioneers and Settlers; Biographical sketches;

Documents Relating to Detroit and Vicinity, 1805-1813