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Earliest Protestant Ministers. - The Moravians. -- Later Missionaries and Clerical Visitors. - First Regular Protestant Services. - First Protestant Clergymen in Detroit. - English Army Chaplains. - Moravians Brought to Detroit. -- Departure of Moravians. - Their Return. - First Protestant Services. - Interesting Details. -- The Moravians on the Huron .- New Gnadenhutten .- Consecration of Church. -- Moravian Visits and Baptisms. - Leaving New Gnadenhutten. - A Chaplain of the Queen's Rangers. -- Gen. Wayne's Army Chaplain. - Extract from Journal. -- Arri- val of David Bacon. - Revs. Badger and Hughes. -- Mrs. Bacon Leaves for Connecticut. -- Return with Wife and Brother. -- His Sermons and his Hearers. - Visit of a Moravian Minister. - Messrs. Badger and Hughes again. - Dr. Leonard Bacon's Birthplace. - Incident of his Infancy. -- Bacon Visits Maumee and Mackinaw. -- Goes to Ohio. -- Visit of Daniel Freeman. - Services by Rev. Mr. Pollard. -- Rev. Nathan Bangs Arrives. -- Account of Visit and Services. - Lot Asked for Protestant Church. - Rev. Wm. Case Appointed to Detroit. - Bravery and Success. - Methodist Episcopal Church Organized. -- First Protestant Church in Territory. - Names of Members. - Early Methodist Preachers. - Mitchell, Holmes, Ryan, and Hopkins. - American Army Chaplains. -- Death of Rev. J. T. Wilmor. - Arrival of Joseph Hickcox. - Low State of Morals. - A Rigid Law. - Plain Talk by Mr. Hickcox. - Services by Rev. Gideon Lanning. - The Rouge Church. - Methodist Ministers : Davis, Dixon, Kent, Finlay, Morey, and Strange. - Rev. John Monteith Arrives, -- His First Sermon. - Evangelistic Society Organized. - Services at Council House. - Judge Woodward's Proposed Society. - Robert Abbott's Advertisement. - Burying Ground Granted to Protestant
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Society. - Erection of Church. - Dedication of Building. -- Sabbath Collections. - Church Due Bills. - Pew Rents. - First Protestant Society Incorporated. - Departure of Mr. Monteith. -- His Successor. - First Protestant Society Becomes a Presbyterian Church. 550-558
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The Methodist Episcopal Churches. - Events of Interest to the Denomination. - Circuit Riders. -
First M. E. Society. - First Church Building. - Notice of Meeting. - Incorporation of Society. - Names of Corporators. - Relation to the Rouge Society. -- Reminiscences by Dr. Brunson. -- Indian Visitors. - Christian Courtesies. - Gathering Materials for Building. - Location. -- Description of Building. - Christian Indians. -- Interesting Meetings. - Old-Time Records - Sale of Church Prop- erty. - Erection of New Church. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Erection of Woodward Avenue and State Street Churches. -- Consolidation of Woodward Avenue and Congress Street Societies. - Erection of Central Church. - Cost of Property. - Church Societies. -. Members by Decades. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Church Societies. - Central Morning Mission. - Congress Street Church. - First Services. - First Trustees. - Location of Building. -- Sermon by Rev. John N. Maffitt. - A Comprehensive Lecture. - Donation Parties. - General Grant as a Pew-Holder. - Library Association. - Enlargement of Church. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Burning of Church. - Subsequent Services. - Number of Members by Decades. - Tabernacle Society. - Former Names .- First Church Building. - Old Location. - Extensive Repairs. - Sale of Property. - Purchase of New Site. - Church and Chapel Erected. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Simpson Church. - Former Names. - When Organized. - First Building. - New Location. - New Building. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Palmer Memorial Church. -- Former Name. - Original Location. - Dedi- cation. - Improvements and Alterations. - Yearly Expenses. - Members by Decades. - Value of Property. - New Location. - New Church. -- New Name. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Fort Street Church. - Preliminary History. - Erection of Building. -- Location. - Cost. -- Dedication. - Number of Members. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Yearly Expenses. - Value of Property. - Sixteenth Street Church. - Location of Building. - Date of Dedication. -- Cost. - Value of I'rop- erty. - Number of Members. -- List of Pastors. -- Junction Church. - Original Location. - Early Services. - New Site. -- Names of Pastors. - Value of Property. - Delray Church. -- Location. ---- When Dedicated. -- Cost. - First Pastor. -- Wesley Church. - Its Beginnings. - Cost of Building. - Date of Dedication .- Cass Avenue Church .- Asbury Mission .- Lincoln Avenue Church .- Wood- ward Avenue Church. - Ninde Church. - Arnold Mission. - First German Church. - Date of Organization. -- First Meetings. -- Erection of Church. - Location. -- Value of Property. - Members by Decades. -- Names and Terms of Pastors. - Second German Church. -- Location. -- When Dedi- cated. - Cost. - Members by Decades. - Names of Pastors. - Thirty - second Street German Church .- Location. - When Dedicated. - Cost. - First Pastor. - Lafayette Street African Church .- John Stewart's Mission. - First Colored Society. - First Building. -- Various Removals. - First Brick Church. -- Location. - Cost. - Extensive Repairs. - Value of Property. - Members by De- cades. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Ebenezer African Church. - When Organized. - First Building. - Chapel Purchased. - When Dedicated. - Value of Property. - Names of Ministers. - Zion African Church. -- First Building. - When Dedicated. - Names of Ministers. -- Society Dis- bands. --- New Organization. -- Place of Meeting. - Names of Ministers. - French Church. - Location. --- Cost of Building. - Names of Pastors. - Society Disbanded. - Church Sold. - Pine Street Protestant Methodist Church. - Date of Organization. - Location. -- Names of Pastors. - Society Disbanded. - Bethel Evangelical Association Church. - Date of Organization. - First Building. - Cost. - New Location. - New Building. - Members by Decades. - Names and Terms of Pastors. - Events Interesting to Methodists. - Names and Terms of Presiding Elders. 559-580
CHAPTER LIX.
The Protestant Episcopal Churches. - Bishops, Dioceses, and Conventions. - Anglo-Catholic and Reformed Episcopal Churches. - St. Paul's Church. - When Organized. - Meetings at Council House. - Part of Old Burying-Ground Obtained. - First Church. - Enlargement of Church. - Names of Rectors. - Service Described by Mrs. Jameson. - Sale of Woodward Avenue Property. - Erection of New Church. - Names of Rectors. - Annual Expenses. - Value of Property. - Mem- bers by Decades. - Christ Church. - When Organized. - Location. - First Building. - When Consecrated. - Addition .Built - Chapel Erected. - Cost. - Church Erected. - Cost. - Size. - Chime of Bells Donated. - Names and Terms of Rectors. - Memorial Window. - Members by Decades. - Mariners' Church. - Mrs. Anderson's Bequest. - Special Legislation. - Erection of Building. - Cost. - Names of Rectors. - Members by Decades. - Value of Property. - St. Peter's Church. - First Services. - Building Erected. - Partially Burned. - Extensive Improvements. - Memorial Window. - Value of Property. - Members by Decades. - Names of Rectors. - St. John's Church. - Date of Organization. - H. P. Baldwin's Gifts. - Cost of Chapel and Church. - Location. - Names of Rectors. - Missionary Work. - Value of Property. - Members by Decades. - Assistant Rectors. - Grace Church. - First Services. - Erection of Building. - Location. - Cost. -
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E. W. Hudson's Gift. - J. W. Waterman's Donation. - Value of Property. - Members by Decades. -- Names of Rectors. - St. Stephen's Church. - Location. -- When Consecrated. - Names of Rec- tors. -- Emanuel Memorial Church. - First Services. - Erection of Building. - Mrs. Medbury's Gift. -- New Location. -- Names of Rectors. -- Value of Property. --- All Saints' Chapel. - First Services. -- Location. -- Cost. -- Rectors in Charge. -- St. James Church. - When Established. -- Location. - A Church Purchased. - New Building. - Value of Property. -- Names of Rectors. --- Mission of the Messiah. - Location. - Cost of Building. - Value of Property. -- Names of Rec- tors. - St. Mary's Mission. - When Established. -- Chapel Erected. ---- Location. - Cost. - Ministers in Charge. - Mission of the Good Shepherd. - First Services. -- Building Erected. - Location. - Value of Property. -- Ministers in Charge. - St. Thomas' Mission. -- Location. - When Estab- lished. - St. Barnabas Mission. - Location. -- When Established. - Cost of Building. --- Rectors. - St. George's Church. - First Services. - Ministers in Charge. - St. Luke's Memorial Chapel. -- Location. - Erected by C. C. Trowbridge. - Object. - St. Matthew's Colored Church. -- First Ser- vices. - First Building. -- Names of Ministers. -- New Building. - Cost. - Ministers in Charge. - St. Joseph's Memorial Chapel. - Location. -- Cost. - Donated by Mrs. Medbury. -- Trinity Church .-- When Incorporated. - Place of Meeting. -- Services Discontinued. - St. Mark's Church. - First Services .- New Location .- Building Erected. - Services Discontinued .- Property Sold .- St. Andrew's Mission. - Location .- Cost. - Rector .- Diocese of Michigan Created .- Bishops .-- Conventions -- Episcopal Residence .- Diocesan Fund .- The Church Association .- Epiphany Reformed Episcopal Church. - Date of Organization .- Location .- Ministers .- Emanuel Reformed Episcopal Church. -- Places of Meeting .- Date of Incorporation .- Services Discontinued. 581-593
CHAPTER LX.
The Presbyterian Churches. - Occasions of Interest to Presbyterians. - First Presbyterian Church. - Date of Organization. - Names of Original Members. - First Church Property. - First Session Room. - Brick Session Room. - Sale of Church. - New Building Erected. -- Cost. - When Dedi- cated. - Tower Clock. - Property Sold. - Burning of the Church. - Utilizing the Old Bell .- Services after the Fire. - Church on Gratiot Avenue. - Cost. - When Dedicated. - Names of Pastors. - Duffield Memorial Tablet. - Value of Property. - Members by Decades. - School for Chinese. - Scotch or Central Church. - First Services. -- Building Erected. - Names of Ministers. - New Building. - Cost. - Change of Name. - Members by Decades. - Fort Street Church. -- First Services. - First Building. -- Second Building. - Cost. - Names of Ministers. -- Extensive Repairs .- Burning of Church. --- Opera House Services. - Church Rebuilt. - J. D. Hayes' Gift. - Members by Decades. - Eighth Ward Mission. -- Jefferson Avenue Church. - First Services. - Erection of Building. - Names of Ministers. -- Members by Decades. -- The Frontenac Avenue Mission. - Westminster Church. - First Services. - Washington Avenue Building. - Names of Ministers. - Sale of Property. - Parsons Street Chapel. - New Church. - Members by Decades. -- Calvary Church. -- Location. - When Organized. - Building Dedicated. - Ministers. -- Members. - Union Church. - Brockway's Mission. - First Building. - Present Building. -- Names of Ministers. - Value of Property. - Memorial Church. - The First Mission. - Places of Meeting. - Memorial Buildings. - Memorial Windows. - Historical Lectures. - Trumbull Avenue Church. - Cost. -- Location. - Ministers. - United Presbyterian Church. -- Society Organized. - Building Purchased. - Extensive Improvements. - Names of Ministers. - Number of Members. - French and German Church. - When Organized. - Building Erected. - Location. - Society Disbanded. - Property Sold. - Hamtramck Church. - Third Avenue Church. - Reformed Church of America. - Occasions of Interest .- Presbyterian Alliance. 594-604
CHAPTER LXI.
The Baptist Churches. - Occasions of Interest to the Denomination. - First Church. - Services in University Building. - Erection of Frame Building. - Building Sold. - First Brick Church. - Mrs. Jameson's Description of Church and Services. - Names of Pastors. - Second Brick Church. - Cost. - When Dedicated. - The Cass Avenue Church. - Size and Cost. - Members by Decades. - Second Church (colored). - Places of Meeting. - Property Purchased. - Members by Decades. - Names of Ministers. - Lafayette Avenue Church. - When Organized. - First Services. - Erection of Chapel. - The Church Building. - Names of Pastors. - Members by Decades. - Site for New Church. - First German Church. - When Organized. - First Meetings. - Location of Church. - Cost. - Number of Members. - Names of Pastors. - Zion Church (colored). - When Organized. - Name of Pastor. - Members. - Eighteenth Street Church. - When Organized. - Building Dedi- cated. - Value of Property. - Names of Ministers. - Twelfth Street Church. - Origin. - Location .- Building. - Pastor. - Members. - Church Enlarged. - Second German Church. - Location. - Build- ing. - Pastors. - Clinton Avenue Church. - Location. - Chapel Erected. - Pastor. - The Church Building. - Shiloh Church. - Organization. - Places of Meeting. - Pastors. - French Church. - When Organized. - Dedication of Church. - Members by Decades. - Pastor. - Tabernacle
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Church. -- When Organized. -- Howard Street Chapel. -- New Building. - When Dedicated .--- Names of Pastors. - Sale of Property. - Remnants of Society. -- Park Street Church. - Location. Union with First Church. - Warren Avenue Church. - North Baptist Church. - Occasions of Interest .- State Conventions .- Baptist Social Union. 605-612
CHAPTER LXIL.
The Congregational Churches. -- Notable Congregational Gatherings. - First Congregational Church. -- Preliminary Services. - Society Organized. -- Building Erected. -- Visit of President Finney. -- Names of Pastors. - The Fort Street Church. - Value of Property. - Members by Decades. - Second Church. - When Organized. - Erection of Chapel. -- The Church Building. - Debt and Difficulty. - Names of Pastors. - Value of Property. -- Number of Members. -- Trumbull Avenue Church. -- Origin. -- Original Location. - New Location. - Organization of Church. - Name of Pastor. -- Springwells Church. - Location. - Building. -- Pastors. - Harper Avenue Mis- sion. -- Location. - Management. -- Mt. Hope Mission .-- Polish Mission .- Notable Congregational Gatherings. 613-616
CHAPTER LXIII.
The Lutheran Churches. - St. John's German Evangelical Church. -- First Services. - First Building. - Second Building. - Names of Pastors, - Third Building. - Members by Decades. - Semi-Centen- nial Exercise. - St. Paul's German Evangelical Church. - Location. - Building. - Cost. --- Pastor .- St. Mark's German Evangelical Church. -- Location. - Building. - When Dedicated. - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. - When Organized. - First Building. - Addition Erected. - New Building. -- Cost. -- Names of Pastors. - Communicants by Decades. - Bethlehem German Evan- gelical Church. - Location. - Communicants. - Pastor. - Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church .-- When Organized. -- First Building. - Location. - New Church. - New Location. -- Pastor. -- Com- municants. - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. - When Organized. - Building. -- Location. -- Pastor. -- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. -- When Organized. -- Building. - Pastors. -- St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church. - When Organized. -- Building. -- Pastors. - Zion German Reformed Church. - First Building. - Second Building. -- Location. - Communicants by Decades .- Names of Pastors. - St. Peter's German Evangelical Lutheran Church. -- When Organized. - Location. -- Pastor. - Salem German Evangelical Lutheran Church. - Location. - When Organ- ized. - Church Building .- Pastors. -- St. Luke's German Evangelical Lutheran Church. - Location .- Building. -- Pastor .- St. John's Independent Lutheran Church. - Christ's Evangelical Lutheran U. A. C. Church .- Trinity Lutheran Mission. 617-623
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The Christian Church .- The New Jerusalem Church .- The Unitarian Church .- The Universalist Church .- Unity Church .- Jewish Congregations .- General Church Statistics .- First Christian Church .- Places of Meeting .- Names of Pastors .- Present Building .- A Donation .- Members by Decades .- Church of Christ .- Location .- Howard Street Building .- Plum Street Building .- Mem- bers by Decades .- Mission Building .- New Jerusalem Church .- First Services .- Names of Minis- ters .- Church Buildings .-- Members by Decades .- Congregational Unitarian Church. - Organiza- tion .- Erection of Building. - Names of Ministers. - Improvements to Building. - Members by Decades .- New Church Site .- Church of Our Father (Universalist) .- First Service .- Erection of Building. - Cost. - Pastor. - State Convention. - Unity Church. - Organization .- Pastor. - The Building .- Beth El Jewish Society .- First Services .- Purchase of Church Buildings .- Names of Rabbis. - Members of Society .- Shaary Zedec Jewish Society. - When Organized. - Purchase of Church Building. - New Building. - Names of Rabbis. - Congregation of House of Jacob. - Church Statistics by Decades. - Number of Buildings .- Number of Members .- Percentage of Members. - Sittings .- Percentage of Sittings. - Statistics for 1880 .- Average Attendance .- Church Expenses .- Value of Property. 624-630
CHAPTER LXV.
The First Sunday School .- Mission Schools .- Sunday School Statistics, Sunday School Unions, Conventions, and Celebrations .- The First Sunday School. -- Notice in Gazette. - Date of Open- ing. -- Object. -- Officers of the Association. -- Extracts from Annual Report. -- Extensive Memo- rizing. - School for Colored Children. -- Books Used. -- Mission Schools. - Extinct Missions. -- Industrial School Mission. -- Sunday School Statistics for 1863, 1870, and 1880. -- Names of Superin- tendents. - Number of Officers, Teachers, and Scholars. - Average Attendance. - Sunday School Unions. -- Conventions and Celebrations. 631-637
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CHAPTER LXVI.
Union Religious Societies. - Union Meetings. - Revivals and Revivalists. - Young Men's Christian Association. - First Society. --- When Organized. - Names of Officers. - Location of Rooms. -- Organization Disbands. - Young Men's Christian Union. - Date of Organization. - Officers. Methods of Work. -- Termination of Society. - The Present Association. - When Organized. - Location of Rooms. - International Convention. -- The Farmer Street Property. -- Dedication of Building. - Increased Prosperity. - Mr. Skiff's Bequest. - Lines of Work. - New Location De- sired. - Sale of Property. - New Rooms. - The Boys' Branch. - Presidents and General Secre- taries. -- The Railroad Branch. - When Organized. - Location of Building. - City, County, and State Bible Societies. - Dates of Organization. - Officers. -- Work. - Union Bethel Society. - When Organized. - Place of Services. - Chaplains. - City Tract Societies. - Dates of Organization. - Officers. - Methods of Work. -- Detroit Evangelical Alliance. - Object. - When Organized. -- Officers. --- Detroit Ministerial Union. - Organization. - Meetings. - Union Prayer Meetings. -- The Morning Meeting. - When Organized. - Places of Meeting. - The Noon Meeting. - Revivals and Revivalists. - Visit of Rev. E. P. Hammond. - The Whittle and Bliss Meetings. - Services of Rev. G. F. Pentecost. - Meetings of Harry F. Sales. 638-643
CHAPTER LXVII.
Poverty and Its Relief. - The Poor Commission. - City Physicians. - The County Poor. - Poverty and Its Relief. - Methods under Northwest Territory. - Overseers of the Poor. - Directors of Poor. -- Manner of Relief. -- Unworthy Recipients. -- Large Benefactions. - Names of Directors. - The Poor Commission. - Office Methods. - Names of Commissioners. - City Physicians. - Duties .- Districts. - Names. - Grosse Pointe Hospital. - The County Poor. - Early Methods. -- Present System. - Names of Superintendents. - County Poorhouse. - First Location. - Remarkable Fact .- Father Kundig's Services. - Legislative Appreciation. - The Poor Farm. - Location. - Buildings. - Management. - County Insane Asylum. -- Original Size. - Additions. - County Physicians. 644-649
CHAPTER LXVIII.
Charitable and Benevolent Societies and Institutions. - Yankee Innovations. -- Moral and Humane Society. -- Organization. - Object. - Young Men's Benevolent Society. - Presidents. -- Secretaries .- Expenditures. - Detroit City Mission Board. - Utopian Plans. - Lodging House. - Catholic Female Association. - Kundig's Wards. - Successful Fair. - Building Erected. - Officers of the Associa- tion. - St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum. - When Organized. - Various Locations. - Present Building. - Superiors in Charge. - Ladies' Protestant Orphan Asylum. - When Organized. - First Officers. - Asylum Opened. -- Donations. - Building Erected. - Reorganization. -- Principal Offi- cers. - St. Mary's Hospital. - When Opened. - Location. - Clinton Street Building .-- New Building .- Regulations. - St. Andrews' Society. - Organization .- Object. - Officers. - Working Men's Aid Society. - Building. - Location. -- Objects. - Lafayette Benevolent and Mutual Help Society. - When Organized. - Object. - Location of Building. --- Officers. -- Industrial School. - Organiza- tion. - Object. - Original Location. - Removal. - Obtaining Funds. - New Building. - Manage- ment. - Practical Features. - Names and Terms of Officers. - St. Joseph's Retreat. - Former Name. - Location. - Object. - Building. - Grounds. - St. Luke's Hospital, Church Home, and Orphanage. - Origin. -- Original Location. - The Fort Street Property. - Large Bequests. - Trus- tees. - Management. - Officers. - Hebrew Widows' and Orphans' Society. -- Organization. - Objects. - Officers. - Harper Hospital. - Walter Harper. - His Gift. - Provisions of Deed. - Nancy Martin's Donation .- Trustees and Management .-- Buildings Erected by Government. - Soldier Patients. - Ordinary Patients. - Recent Bequests. - New Building. - Location. - Cost. - Accom- modations. - Home of the Friendless. - Origin. -- First Location. - High Street Building. - Warren Avenue Building. - Aims and Management. - The Home Messenger. -- Officers. - St. Anthony's Male Orphan Asylum. - Location. -- Value of Property. - Objects. -- Officers. - Women's Hospital and Foundlings' Home. - Its Origin. -- First Location. - Present Site. - Design of Institution. - How Sustained. - Officers. - House of Providence. - Object. - Management. - Original Building .- Present Location. - Evangelical Lutheran Orphan Aid Society. - When Organized. - Original Loca- tion. - Removal. - Membership. - Beneficiaries. - Officers. - Italian Benevolent Society. - When Organized. - Object. - Officers. - Little Sisters' Home for the Aged Poor. - First Building. - New Location. - New Building. - How Maintained. - Inmates. - Sister Superiors. - The Thompson Home. - Its Founder .- Original Quarters. - Erection of Building. - Object. - Conditions of Admis- sion. - Officers. -- The Working Women's Home. - When Organized. - Locations. - Object. - Officers. - Zoar Orphan Asylum. - Location. - Building. - Inmates. - Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association .- When Organized. - Object. - - Location of Building. - Officers. - Convent of the Good Shepherd. - Grace Hospital. -- Detroit Emergency Hospital. - Detroit Association of Charities. - Biography of Mrs. I. G. D. Stewart. 650-668
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PART IX .- LITERARY.
CHAPTER LXIX.
Early Methods of Publishing. - The First Newspapers. - The Newspaper Graveyard. - Living Papers and Periodicals. - City Printers. - Newsboys. - The Town Crier. - Church Notices. --- Opportunities Improved. -- First Newspapers in Canada and the West. - Defunct Publications. - Names of Editors and Publishers. -- Characteristics. - Dates of First and Last Issues. - The Michi- gan Essay. - Misstatements Corrected. -- Definite Information Obtained. -- The Paper Described. -- The Detroit Gazette. -- The Type and Press. -- Amusing Notices. - A Carrier's Address. -- Remark- able Libel Suit. -- Editor Imprisoned. - Public Dinner in the Jail. - Release of Mr. Sheldon. - Printers' Discouragements. - The Michigan Herald. - The Gazette Française. - The Detroit Tele- graph. - Herald of Literature and Science. - Michigan State Register. - Evening Spectator and Literary Gazette. - The Spy in Michigan. - The Detroit Morning Post. - McGinnis versus Bagg. - A Clever Retort -- The Craftsmen of Michigan. -- Michigan Observer. - The World. - The Jeffer- sonian Democrat. -- The Day Book. - The Michigan Agriculturist. - The Eglantine. - The Mirror of the Lakes. - The Journal of Education. - Spirit of '76. - The Western Farmer. - Michigan Farmer. - Farmer's Companion. - The Western Rural. - The Rat Gazette. - Michigan Christian Herald. - Michigan Literary Gem. -- The Washingtonian. - The Daily Times. - The Constitutional Demo- crat. - American Citizen. - Western Catholic Register. -- The Daily Gazette. - Detroit Magazine. --- L'Amie de la Jeunesse. - American Vineyard. - Evangelical Observer. - Detroit Register. - Daily News. - Western Excelsior. - Michigan Journal of Homoeopathy. - Western Literary Miscellany .--- Wellman's Literary Miscellany. - Northwestern Advocate. - Daily Herald. - American Gleaner .- The Monthly Hesperian. - The Medium. - Le Citoyen. - Peninsular Fountain. - Northwestern Musical Herald. - Western Evangelist. - Commercial Bulletin. - The Republican .- Student's Offering. - The Atlantis. - The Catholic Vindicator. - The Guardian. - The Daily Times No. 2 .- The Peninsular Journal of Medicine. - Medical Independent. - The Peninsular and Independ- ent. - The Michigan Homoeopathic Journal. - The Michigan Journal of Education and Teachers' Magazine. - Waymarks in the Wilderness. - The Little Wolverine. - The Ashlar. - The Evening News. - The Firemen's Journal. - Preston's Bank Note Reporter. - Brown's Reporter. - The Magazine of Travel. - The Young Men's Journal. - The Transcript. - The Herald. - The Spirit of the Week. - The Michigan Democrat. - Detroit Independent. - People's Press. - Democratic Farmer. - People's Union Press. - The True Democrat. - Homoeopathic Observer. - Der Radicale Democrat. - The Shrapnel. - Froth. - The Christian Unionist. - The Journal of Commerce .- The Daily Sun .- The Peninsular Herald .- The New World -The Review of Medicine and Pharmacy .- The Peninsular Journal of Medicine (No. 2). - The Medical Journal. - The Western Medical Advance. - The Price Current. -- The Monitor. - The Mechanic and Inventor. - The Scientific Manufacturer. - Journal of Commerce (No. 2). - Sunday Times. - The Odd Fellows' Wreath. - The Western Catholic. - Baptist Tidings. - L'Impartial. - The Anti-Roman Advocate. - L'Etoile Canadienne. - The Song Journal. - Our Mutual Friend. - The Popular Appeal. - The Commercial Bulletin. - Leather Apron. - Our Yankee Land. - The Pulpit. - The Mystic Star .- The Boy of the Period. - The Michigan Journal of Homoeopathy. - Michigan Edition of Northwest Reporter. - Our Dioceses. - The Sunday Guest. - The Better Age. - The Wolverine Messenger. - Anglo- Catholic. - The Weekly Price Current. - The Little People. - Truth for the People. - Michigan Truth Teller. - The Capitol. - The Evening Star. - The Traveller's Illustrated Railway Reporter .- Le Courier - Le Journal de Detroit - The Herald. - Sontag Zeitung. - Hotel Reporter. - Society News. - Marine Record. - American Workman. - Rose's Nose. - Red and White Ribbon. - The Western Era .- The National .- Every Saturday. - The Michigan Weekly Sun -Socialist .- Michigan Homestead .- Penny Times .- Popular Era. - The Family Journal .- Moore's Masonic Messenger .-- Public Spirit. - Detroit Graphic - The Sunday Herald. -- The Times. - Chaff. - The Lever. - Detroit Illustrated. - Sunday Sun. - The Daily Mail. - Commercial Law News. - Pursuivant. - The Northwestern Review. - The Labor Review. - The Detroit Gazette. - Our Catholic Youth. - Our Churches .- Michigan Trade Review. - Unionist .- Evening Telegram .- Daily Times (No. 3) .- Land Guide. - National People .- Detroit Times. - Living Papers and Periodicals with Publications Merged Therein .- Northwestern Journal .-- Journal. -- Courier .- Daily Advertiser .- Daily Express .- Free Democrat. - Michigan Organ of Temperance. - Temperance Advocate. - Daily Enquirer. - Democrat and Enquirer. - Daily Tribune. - Peninsular Freeman. - Advertiser and Tribune. - Free Union. - Daily Post. - Post and Tribune. - Free Press. - Commercial Bulletin. - The Allgemeine Zeitung. - Michigan Volksblatt. - Michigan Staats Zeitung. - Journal and Herald. - Commercial Advertiser. - Familien Blaetter. - Agricultural and Horticultural Journal. - Michigan Farmer and State Journal of Agriculture. - Progress of the Age. - Western Home Journal. - Evening News - Daily Union. - Michigan Christian Herald. - Michigan Christian Advocate - Die Stimme der Wahrheit. - Wayne County Courier. - Medical Advance. - Leonard's Illustrated Medical Journal .- Public Leader. - The Index. - New Preparations. - Therapeutic Gazette. - American Lancet. - Railroad Guide. - Family Circle. - Medical Age. - Michigan Medical News. -- Detroit Clinic. -
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