Historical Collections, Volume 32The Society, 1903 |
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... took a very active part in the work of our society , being its President in 1879 , and afterwards as chairman of the committee of Historians , doing very valuable and conscientious work . No action has yet been taken regarding the ...
... took a very active part in the work of our society , being its President in 1879 , and afterwards as chairman of the committee of Historians , doing very valuable and conscientious work . No action has yet been taken regarding the ...
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... took this method of expressing his approval of what had been done and of his hatred of the English . It is uncertain what would have been the fate of the remaining pris- oners , had there been no check to the doings of the Chippewas ...
... took this method of expressing his approval of what had been done and of his hatred of the English . It is uncertain what would have been the fate of the remaining pris- oners , had there been no check to the doings of the Chippewas ...
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... took refuge in Canada . In the preceding pages the author has endeavored to narrate suc- cinctly the events known to have occurred in the Grand Traverse region while it was yet a strictly Indian country , and to portray truthfully the ...
... took refuge in Canada . In the preceding pages the author has endeavored to narrate suc- cinctly the events known to have occurred in the Grand Traverse region while it was yet a strictly Indian country , and to portray truthfully the ...
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... took place in September , 1845. Im- mediately after the marriage they set sail in the little sloop Lady of the Lake , for their home in the wilderness . Mr. Miller had chartered the vessel for the occasion , and had loaded her with ...
... took place in September , 1845. Im- mediately after the marriage they set sail in the little sloop Lady of the Lake , for their home in the wilderness . Mr. Miller had chartered the vessel for the occasion , and had loaded her with ...
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... took three days to get it up . It was finally got into condition to be set running about the 1st of October . Then some of the first boards made were used to com- plete the block - house , which up to that time had remained unfinished ...
... took three days to get it up . It was finally got into condition to be set running about the 1st of October . Then some of the first boards made were used to com- plete the block - house , which up to that time had remained unfinished ...
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Page 220 - ... therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall not make haste.
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Page 435 - Abednego : therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their...
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