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A New Idea. - Michigan A. O. U. W. Herald. - Family Herald. - Home Messenger. - The Indi- cator. - Western Newspaper Union. - Detroit Plaindealer. - The Spectator. - The Evening Jour- nal. - Michigan Churchman. - Sunday Sun. - The Center. - Pharmacist. - Eye Echo. - Grocer and Butcher. - Microscope. - Pharmaceutical Era. - Druggist Bulletin. - Trade Journal. -- Lamp of Life .-- Sunday Herold. - Labor Leaf .-- Free Mason .-- The Beacon .-- Index Medicus .-- Editors .- Publishers .- Incidental Items. - News Boys. 669-693
CHAPTER LXX.
Early Book Printing. - Books and Booksellers. - Almanacs. - Gazetteers. - Directories. - Maps of Michigan. - Governor Hamilton's Proclamations. - The Macomb Press. -- Father Richard's Enterprise .- First Books and Printers. -- Disposition of Father Richard's Type. - Books and Book- sellers. - Former Standard Authors. - The First Bookstore. - Later Establishments. - Names of Proprietors. - Dates of Changes. - Almanacs Printed at Detroit. - Titles and Publishers. - State Gazetteers. - When Issued. - Publishers. - City Directories. - Dates of Issue. -- Names of Pub- lishers. - Number of Pages and Names. - Maps of Michigan Issued at Detroit. - P. E. Judd's Proposals. - Orange Risdon's Prospectus. - John Farmer's Map. - The First Issue. - Extensive Circulation. - Remarkable Accuracy. - Later Maps. 694-699
CHAPTER LXXI
Citizen and Visiting Authors. - Cadillac's Writings. - Later Authors and Their Works. -- Anthon .- Adams. - Aikman .- Atchinson .- Allen .- Bangs .- Bacon .- Brownson .- Boardman .- Buchanan .- Baraga .-- Bagg .- Burt .- Bibb .- Bishop .-- Brinton .- Brearley .- Ballard .- Bates .- Beard .- Blodg- ett .- Brunson .- Buckley .- Brown .- Buck .- Backus .- Cass .- Chipman .- Chase .- Cooke .-- Carter .- Castor. - Carleton. - Campbell. - Chaney. - Coyle. -- Codde. -- Couse. -- De Peyster. -- Duffield. - Dolan .- Dowling .- Davenport .- Donovan .- Eddy .- Ellis .- Edouard. - Fasquelle .-- Fox .- Fitch .- Fuller .- Field .- Ford .- Forbush .- Fairbanks .- Gillman .- Griffith .- Goadby .- Gilchrist .- Harsha .- Hinchman .- Holden .- Holmes .- Hubbard. - Henry .- Houghton .- Howard .- Henry. - Howe .- Hawley .- Hailmann .- Hamlin .- Howell .- Haigh .- Hall .- Harris .- Isham .- Inglis .- Jacobs .- Jen- nison .- Jones. - Kirkland .- Kalish .- Kelso .-- Kitchell .- Lodge .- Lord .- Lundy .- Lambie .- Leon- ard .- Laidlaw .- Levington .- Lewis .- Mackenzie .- Macomb .- Morris .- Mayhew .- McCoskry .- Munger. - McCarty. - Mason. - McCracken. - Maes. - Majer .-- Mercer .- Merwin .- Newberry .- Nall. - Noble .- Newman .- Owen .- O'Brien .- Perkins .- Pilcher .- Potts .- Poole .- Post .- Pierson .- Pattison. -- Peavey .- Richards .- Roberts. - Robertson .- Rayne .- Robinson. - Russell. - Ryan .- Rouse. - Shattuck. - Schoolcraft .-- Sheldon. -- Snelling. - Smith. - Silver .- Seaman .-- Stebbins .- Scripps. - Scott. - Smart. - Shurley. - Stewart. - Sill. - Silber. -- Seymour. - Stokes. - Stowe .- Trumbull. - Thomson. - Tyler. - Turnbull. - Theller. - TenBrook .- Trowbridge .- Thompson .- Thomas. - Terry. - Throop. - Tripler. - Taylor. - Tibbets. - Tuttle. - Thatcher. - Van Fleet .- Varney. - Woodward. - Whiting. - Webb. -- Witherell. - Willis. - Walker. - Ward .- Watson .- Wilcox .- Waterman .- Warner .- Wilkins .- Wanless .- Wight .- Winder .- Washburn .- Wooley .- Young. - Zundel. Visiting Authors : La Salle. - Gallinee. - Hennepin .- La Hontan .- Tonty .- Charlevoix. - Crespel. - Rogers. - Carver. - Zeisberger. - Lord Fitzgerald. - Volney,- Weld. - Burnett .- Heriot .- Watson .- Earl of Selkirk .- Darby .- Morse .- Finley .- McKenney .- Colton .- Kinzie .- De Tocqueville .- Beaumont .- Hoffman .-- Martineau .- Marryatt. - Marshall. - Webster .- Jameson .-- Marsh. -- Marcy .-- Grimes .-- Lanman .-- Buckingham .-- Barnard .-- Fuller. - Parkman .-- Beecher .- Stowe .- Geikie .- Cooper .- Greeley .- Agassiz .-- Cabot .-- Atwater .-- Bancroft .-- Bremer .-- Seward. - Ellet. -- Kidder. -- Chambers. - Ampere. -- Albach. -- Hopkins. -- Bacon. -- Vincent .-- Pardee. -- Lossing .-- Wise. -- Eddy .- Clark .-- Trollope .-- Peto. -- Haven. -- Custer. -- Eggleston .-- Newman .- Lee .-- Allcott .-- Fanny Fern. - Parton. -- Taylor. -- Disturnell. -- Newman Hall. -- New- ton .- Mueller .-- Thomson .-- Locke .- White .-- Holmes .-- McCosh .-- Casgrain .-- Russell -- Hurst .- Simpson .- Merrill .- Peck .-- Foster .-- Warren .-- Wiley .-- Sulte .- Tanguay .- Kelton. -- D'Aligny .-- Fallows. - Webb. - Atkinson. -- Duffield. -- Angell. -- Adams. -- Brunow. - Boise. -- Cooley. -- Cocker. - D'Ooge. -- Dunster. -- Douglass. - Evans. - Franklin .-- Ford .-- Frieze .- Frothingham .- Gray .- Herrington .- Johnson .- McLean .- Morris .- Olney .-- Hayne .- Palmer .- Prescott .-- Peck .--- Rose .-- Stowell .- Tappan. - Vaughn .- Winchell .- Watson .- Whedon .- White .- Wood. Lectures by : Phillips .-- Shillaber .- Hayes .-- Youmans .- King .- Prentice .- Maury .- Taylor .- White .- Hale .- Burlingame. - Simpson. - Raymond. - Emerson. - Curtis. - Holland. - Everett. - Brownlow. - Brown. - Abbott. - Greeley. - Du Chaillu. - Twain. - McCarthy. - Field. -- Douglass. -- Cook. -- Willard. - Capel .- Arnold. -- Benjamin. - Fowler. -- Burritt .- Shaw .- Saxe .- Milburn .- Bungay .- Punshon. - Guard. - Beecher. -- Dickinson. - Hawkins. - Proctor. - Morris. - Train .- Talmage .- Tilton. - Vandenhoff. - Ingersoll. - Gough. 700-709
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CHAPTER LXXII.
Literary, Historical, and Scientific Societies. - Lotteries and Literature. - First City Library. - Detroit Athenaeum. - Location. - Management. - Young Men's Society. - When Organized. - Lectures. - First Hall. - Electioneering Methods. - New Location. - Dedication of Hall. - Sale of Property. - Removal to Merrill Block. - Society Disbanded. - Names of Presidents. - The Lyceum. - When Organized. - First Officers. - Woodward's Phraseology. - Extracts from Consti- tution. - The Lyceum of Michigan. - Organization and Officers. - Historical Society of Michigan. - Officers. - Lectures. - Collections. - Present Status. - Detroit Mechanics' Society. - When Organ- ized. - First Officers. - Donation from City. - Hall Erected. - Management. - Value of Property .-- New Building Erected. -- Misfortunes. - Presidents and Secretaries. - Wayne County Pioneer Society. - Object and Officers. - Detroit Scientific Association. - Objects. - Officers. - Contents of Museum. - Various Locations. - Officers. 710-714
CHAPTER LXXIII.
Private Schools and Seminaries. - Church Schools. - Early Educational Facilities. - Truant Boys. - Mc Dougall's Vow. - Children of the Regiment. - Old Schools and Teachers. - Garrit. - Re- cours. - Balpour. - Pattison. -- Burrell .- Donovan .- Serrier. -- David Bacon. -- Gough. --- Curtis. - Payne. - Rowe. - Danforth. --- Cook. -- The Gazette's Warning. -- Teachers. -- Banvard. - Brook- field .-- Deming .-- Goodwin .- Young .- Trowbridge .-- Brownson .- Kinney .- Carpenter .- Shepard .- Healy. - Kinnicutt. - Hathon. - Jerome .- Tucker .- First Female Seminary .- Location .- Manage- ment .- Teachers .- Williams -- Farrand .- Wilson .- Coe. - Howe .-- Crane. - Tappan. - Nichols. - Bellows. - Marsh. - Fay. - Abbott. - W. A. Bacon. - Elms. -- Himes. - Weed. - Clancy. - East- man. - Blois. -- Mitchell. - Meany. - Vail. - Fitch. -- Millette. - Higgins. - O'Brien. - Fowler. - Cochran. - Curtis. - Brewster. -- Clements. - Bryant. - Hurd. -- Grinold. - Branigan. - West. - Moir. -- Hurlbut. - Zinger. - Kuhn. -- Miss Hunt's Seminary. - Location. - Patrons. - Select Schools. - Teachers. - Funke. - Stutte. - Campbell. -- Soldan. - Hosmer. -- Emerson. -- Ellin- wood. - Rockwell. - Reighley. -- Detroit Female Seminary. - Location. -- Principals. - Private Schools of Patterson and Romer. - German American Seminary. - Curious Legislation. - Erec- tion of Building. - Management. - Later Teachers. - James. - Leonard. - Jones. - Schantz. - Brown. - Ziegler. - Liggett's Home and Day School. - When Established. - Location. - Build- ing. - Church Schools. - Cadillac's Plans. - Father Richard's Schools. - Educational Enterprise .- Communauté de Ste. Marie. - The Church Farm School. - St. Philip's College. - Professors .- Pupils and Pranks. - Sisters of Ste. Claire Seminary. - Female Charity School. - Sisters of Charity Arrive. - Catholic Free Schools Established. - St. Vincent's Seminary. - Ste. Anne's School. - Trinity Catholic School. - St. Mary's School. - Schools of SS. Peter and Paul. - St. Joseph's School. - St. Boniface School. - St. Vincent de Paul School. - School of Our Lady of Help. - St. Albert's School. - Polish Franciscan Convent. - St. Joachim's School. - Sacred Heart School. - Holy Redeemer School. - St. Cassimer's School. - St. Anthony's School. - Academy of the Sacred Heart. - Detroit College. - St. John's German Evangelical School. - St. Mark's German Evangelical School. - St. Matthew's Lutheran School. - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School. - Zion German Reformed School. - Salem Lutheran School. - Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School. - Zion Evangelical Lutheran School. - St. Paul's Lutheran School. - St. Paul's German Evangelical School. - St. Peter's German Evangelical School. - Cost of Buildings. - Number of Teachers. - Number of Scholars. - Charges for Tuition. - Various Statistics. 715-727
CHAPTER LXXIV.
The University of Michigan. - Commercial Colleges. - Medical Colleges. - University Schools. - Curious Assumption. - Birthday of University. - A Comprehensive Corporation. -- Multum in Parvo. - Large Words. -- Statutes of University. - Obtaining Funds. - Singular Proceedings .- Erec- tion of Building. - First Teachers. - Monteith. - Dickie .-- Shattuck. - Farmer. -- Cost of Tuition. -- New Corporation Created. - Lancasterian Schools. -- University Removed to Ann Arbor. - Branch Schools. - Teachers at Detroit Branch. -- Fitch. - Meigs. - Bissell. - Harvie. - Howard. - Walker. - Gray. -- Baxter. - Loundsberry. -- Close of School. - Commercial Colleges. - Gregory's .- Cochran's. - Goldsmith, Bryant, & Stratton's. - Mayhew's. - Spencer, Felton, Loomis, & Co.'s. - Detroit Medical College. - Michigan College of Medicine. - Homoeopathic College. - Faculty. - Advantages. - Number of Graduates. 728-754
CHAPTER LXXV.
The First Common Schools. - The Board of Education, Its Schools and Its Management. - Ordinance of 1787. -- Lands Granted for Schools. - School Act of 1809. - Act of 1827. - Subse- quent Schools. - City Divided into Districts. -- The Free School Society. - Tomato Catsup and Fairs. - Act of 1833. - Special Provisions for Detroit. - Barren Results. - Law of 1837. - Edu-
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cational Facilities. - Committee of Investigation. -- Election of School Inspectors. - Common Schools in 1838 and 1839. - Districts. - Teachers. -- School Books. - Statistics. -- Location of Schools. - Apportionment of Primary School Fund. - Names of Inspectors. - Directors and Moderators. - School Statistics and Management in 1840 and 1841. - Meeting to Promote Free Schools. - Encouraging Results. - Books Used. - The Bible in the Schools. - Petitions and Pro- tests. - Text Books and Date of Introduction. -- Scholars. - Conditions of Admission. - Average Attendance by Decades. -- Number of Scholars for Each Teacher by Decades. -- Yearly Cost per Capita by Decades. - Health Regulations. - Primary and Middle Schools. - Union System. - Classification and Grading. - School Hours. - Terms. - Vacations. - Lengthy Service of Mr. Nichols. - A One Sided Resolution. - A Patriotic Resolve. - Special Teachers, - Music. -- Pen- manship. - Drawing. - Reading. - School Buildings. - A Capitol Steal. - Names of Buildings. - Reason for Names. - Location. - Date of Erection. - Description. - The High School. - When Established. - Location. - Military Drills. - Principals. -- Condition of Admission. - Yearly Num- ber of Pupils. -- Alumni Association. - Separate Colored Schools. - Equal Opportunities Asked. - Request Refused. -- Persistence of Colored People. - Their Triumph. - Yearly Statistics. - Value of School Property. - Children in City. -- Pupils Enrolled. - Average Attendance. -- Number of Sittings. - Annual Expenditures. - Number of Teachers. - Number of Schools. -- Salaried Officers. - Superintendents. - Clerks. - Messengers. - Supervisor of Repairs and Building. -- Names of Presidents and Secretaries. - Financial Resources. - Growth of School Taxes. - Receipts from Primary School Fund. - Number of Inspectors in Various Years. - Ward Inspectors Discontinued .- Inspectors at Large Provided for. - Sessions of Board. - Description of Seal. - Names and Terms of Inspectors. 755-758
CHAPTER LXXVI.
The Public Library. - Constitutional Provision for District Libraries. - First Receipts from Fines. - Difficulty of Obtaining Fines. - Results of Increased Vigilance. - Opening of District Library. - Library Building in Rear of Capitol. - Larger Quarters Needed. - Centre Park Granted for Library .- Erection of Building. - Yearly Receipts from Fines. - Library Commissioners. - Librarians. - Regu- lations. - Classification. - Valuable Works. - Number of Volumes. - Number of Patrons. - Yearly Statistics. 759-762
PART X .-- COMMERCIAL.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
Merchants and Trading. - Custom House and Collectors. - The Board of Trade. - A Commercial Colony. - Cadillac's Expectation. -- Broken Faith. -- The Trading Company .- Montreal Jealousy. - Exorbitant Prices. - Dishonest Agents. - Cadillac's Offer. - He Obtains Control .- Intrigues of the Trading Company. - Cadillac Arrested. - His Acquittal. - Trading Permits. - Tonty's Exactions .-- Names of Early Traders. - Defrauding the Government. - English Regulations. - Commissioners of Trade. - Large Powers. - Bad Character of Certain Traders. - Mohawk Merchants. - Sharp Practices. - A Tankard for a Boy. - Enormous Quantities of Goods. - Description of a Trading Store. - Merchants in 1767. - Later Merchants. -- The Fur Trade. - Methods of Trade. - Large Profits. - Slow Returns. - Indian Visitors and Goods. -- French and English Accounts. - Old Ledgers. -- Licenses. - Business Establishments in 1819. -- Dickering. - Flush Times of 1836. - Official Auctioneers. - Jealous Merchants. - Changes in Trade Methods. -- Mabley's Stores. - Old Establishments. -- The Drug Business. -- Large Importations. -- Mercantile Capital. -- Changes in Business Centres. - Street Merchants. -- Street Cries. -- First Seed Store. -- D. M. Ferry & Co.'s Establishment. - Travelling Agents. -- Retail Delivery. - Show Windows. - Curious Signs. -- Ad- vertising Methods. -- Commercial Agencies. - Objects and Managers. - Merchants and Manufac- turers' Exchange. -- Objects and Officers. - Custom House Regulations. - Bounds of District. - Duties of Collector. - Bonded Warehouses. -- Imports and Exports. -- Names of Collectors. - Board of Trade. - First Organization. -- First Officers. - Places of Meeting. - Forwarding and Commission Houses. - Present Board of Trade. -- First Officers. - Commencement of Daily Sessions. - Yearly Statements. -- Joint Stock Building Company. - Dedication of Building. - International Commercial Convention. - Telegraphic Reports. - New Hall. -- Arbitration Committee. -- Inspectors. - Fees and Commissions. - Conditions of Membership. - Presidents and Secretaries. 765-792
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
Markets. - Marketing and Prices. - Departed Glory - Market Greetings. -- French Ponies and Carts. - Old Time Methods. - Market Place Idlers. - Former Woodward Avenue Market. -- Loca- tion. - Cost. - Discontinuance. -- Berthelet Market. -- Various Agreements. -- Careless Officials. -
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Final Disposition of Property. - City Hall Market. - Various Buildings. - Dates of Erection and Cost. - Street Set apart for Market. - The Washington Market. - Location. - Cost. - Closing of Market. - The Cass Market. -- Location. - Cost. - Site Given by General Cass. - Market Clerks. - Duties. - Names and Terms of Clerks. - Market Regulations. - Sunday Markets. - When Discon- tinued .- Opening and Closing of Market. - Resolution of Citizens. - "Servants" Disobey. - Market Hours. - Forestalling. - Private Meat Markets. - Market Rents. - Fees from Market Wagons. - Meat Inspector. - The Town Baker. - Prices Fixed for Him. - Sealer of Weights and Measures. -- Duties of Sealers. - Names and Terms of Officers. - Wood Markets. - Inspectors and Districts. - Hay Markets. - Various Locations. - Weigh Masters. - Names and Terms. - Prices of Different Articles at Various Times. 793-801
CHAPTER LXXIX.
Manufacturing Advantages. - Articles Produced. - Leading Establishments. - Favorable Loca- tion. - Superior Advantages. - Raw Materials Easy of Access. - Lake Superior Iron. - Famous Mines. - Grindstone Quarries. - Lumber Manufacturing. - Plaster Beds. - Clay, Limestone, and Sand Deposits. - Manufacturing Sites. - Unlimited Water Supply. - Cheap Fuel. - Prices of Build- ing Materials. - Water Communication. - Railroad Facilities. - Low Taxation. - Living Expenses .- Favorable Climate. - Manufacturing Capital .- Articles Manufactured. - Leading Establishments. - Locations. - Officers. - Products. - Localities Supplied. - Michigan Car Co. and Detroit Car Wheel Co .- Detroit Steel and Spring Works. - Peninsular Car Works. - Russel Wheel and Foundry Co .- Detroit Bridge and Iron Works. -- Fulton Iron and Engine Works. - Michigan Malleable Iron Co .-- Michel's Wood Working Machinery Establishment. -- Detroit Safe Company .- Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Works. - The Detroit Stove Co. -- The Michigan Stove Co. -- Peninsular Stove Co .- Griffin Car Wheel Co. -- Eureka Iron and Steel Works. - Detroit and Lake Superior Copper Co. - Middlebrook and Post Manufacturing Co. -- National Pin Co. -- Detroit Emery Wheel Co. - Detroit Stamping Co .-- Parke, Davis, & Co., Manufacturing Chemists .-- The Stearns Pharmaceutical Manu- facturing Co. -- Hubel's Capsule Laboratory. - Michigan White Lead and Color Works. -- Detroit White Lead Works. -- Detroit Linseed Oil Co. - Berry Bros. Varnish Factory. -- Shulte Bros. Soap Factory. - American Eagle Tobacco Co. -- Banner Tobacco Factory .-- Scotten's Hiawatha Tobacco Pactory .- Globe Tobacco Factory .- Hargreaves Manufacturing Co .-- Richardson Match Factory .-- Clough & Warren Organ Co .- M. J. Murphy & Co.'s Spring Bed and Chair Factory .- Gray & Baffy, Manufacturing Upholsterers -- Mumford, Foster & Co.'s Last Factory. -- Pingree & Smith's Shoe Factory .-- Vail & Crane's Cracker Factory .-- C. A Beardsley's Furniture Factory .- Hugh Johnson's Carriage Establishment .- The Johnston Optical Co. 802-836
CHAPTER LXXX.
The Liquor Traffic and Temperance Efforts. - Early Difficulties. - Plots and Counter Plots. - Brandy for the Savages. - One Glass at a Time. - Cadillac's Brewery. - General Rum Store. - Suspicious Circumstances. - Early Territorial Licenses. - City Ordinances. - Disorderly Indians. - Tavern Licenses. - First Temperance Society. -- Later Organizations. - Local Option in 1845. - City Votes against Licenses. - State Prohibition of Licenses. - Gough's Lectures. - A Long Prayer. - State Law of 1853. - The Vote on its Adoption. -- The Carson League. - Justice Bagg's Decision. - Resolution of Liquor Dealers. - Prohibitory Law of 1855. - Success and Failure. - Increased Number of Saloons. -- Petition of Ladies. - The Sunday Ordinance. - Petitions and Remonstrances. - Final Action. - Young Men's Father Mathew Temperance Society. - The Women's Crusade. -- The Women's Christian Temperance Union. -- State Meeting of Liquor Dealers. - The Liquor Tax Law. - Council Favors Liquor Dealers. - Moffat's Vetoes. - Law and Order Meetings. - Supreme Court Decisions. - The Red Ribbon Movement. - Liquor Taxes In- creased. - Receipts from Liquor Tax. - Brewers' Convention. - Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention. -- Order of White Cross. 837-845
CHAPTER LXXXI.
Banks and Currency. - Insurance and Insurance Companies. - Card Money or Playing Card Cur- rency. - Pontiac's Due-Bills. -- Wampum. -- Its Manufacture. - Peltry Currency. - York and Halifax Currency. - Merchants' Bills. - Cut Money. - A Public Nuisance. - Action of Grand Jury .- Proctor's Bills. - Ohio Currency .- Heavy Discounts. - Shinplasters of 1817. - Irresponsible Issues. -- Father Richard's Scrip. - Governor and Judges' Scrip. - Unreliable Bills. - The United States Bank. - Government Deposits Withdrawn. -- State Banks as Fiscal Agents. - Extended Facilities. - Bewildering Prosperity. - Enormous Importations. - Extravagant Expenditures. - New United States Bank. - Jackson's Specie Circular. - Panic of 1837. - Suspension of Detroit Banks. - Confidence Gone. - Fortunes Lost. - Disaster Everywhere. - Dishonest Debtors. - Wildcat Banking Law. -- Mushroom Banks. - Bogus Certificates. - Nails and Window Glass as Specie. - Bank Notes by the Bushel. - Wayne County Wildcats. - Officers and Directors. - Bank Commis- sioners. -- Dishonesty of Bank Officers. - Bank Notes as Wall Paper. -- The City in a Quandary. -
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Panic of 1857. - Its Results. -- Crisis of 1860. - Stump-Tail Currency. - Treasury Notes. -- Disap- pearance of Coin. - Postage Stamps as Change. - Mercantile Scrip and Tokens. -- Postal Cur- rency. - First Greenbacks. - Enormous Premiums for Gold. - National Banks Created. -- Panic of 1873. - Greenbacks Reach Par. - The Detroit Bank. - Petition for Establishment. -- Bank Build- ing. - Gentle's History of Bank. - Absurd Propositions. -- Peculiar Transactions. - Extended Circu- lation .- Amazing Issues. -- The Governor and Judges as Promoters and Stockholders. -- Congress Disapproves of the Bank. - The Bank Continues Business. - Governor Hull's Statement. - Bank of Michigan. - When Organized. - First Shareholders. - Directors. -- Relation to Other Banks. - Names of Presidents and Cashiers. - Various Locations. - Erection of Bank Building. - Branch Bank of Bronson. -- Successful Management. -- The Tide Turns. -- Termination of Bank .- Farmers and Mechanics' Bank. - St. Joseph Branch. - Large Operations. - Enormous Dividends. - Suspen- sion of 1837. - Cashier's Duties. - Presidents and Cashiers. -- Michigan Insurance Company Bank .- Its Banking Powers. - Presidents and Cashiers .-- Panic of 1857 .- Organization of National Insurance Bank. -- Michigan State Bank. - Presidents and Cashiers. - Suspension of Bank. - Proposed State Bank of Michigan. - Revival of Michigan State Bank. -- Successful Termination of Career. -- Bank of St. Clair. - Officers. - Detroit Savings Bank .-- First Officers .- Remarkable Care. - Cashiers and Directors. -- Peninsular Bank .- Names of Corporators. - Profitable Business. - Disasters Come. - Business Wound Up .- State Bank of Michigan .- Officers. -- Merged into First National Bank .-- The New Organization. -- Presidents and Cashiers. - Reorganization of 1882. -- Directors and Officers .- Second National Bank .- Officers and Directors .-- Reorganized as Detroit National Bank .-- American National Bank. - Presidents and Cashiers. - Merchants and Manufacturers' Bank. - Reorganized as a National Bank .- The Mechanic's Bank .- The People's Savings Bank .- German American Bank .-- Wayne County Savings Bank. -- Safe Deposit Co. -- The City Bank. -- Michigan Savings Bank -- The Market Bank. -- Union National Bank. - Commercial National Bank. --- The State Savings Bank .- Dime Savings Bank .-- Officers .-- The Citizen's Savings Bank .-- The Third National Bank .-- The American Banking and Savings Association .-- The American Trust Co .-- The Preston National Bank .-- The Peninsular Savings Bank. -- The Central Savings Bank. - - Plymouth and Wyandotte Banks and Officers .-- Private Bankers .-- Past and Present Firms .-- Legal Holidays .-- Growth of Bank Capital .-- Insurance and Insurance Companies .--- Early Agents .-- Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company. -- Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company .- Western Union Mutual Life and Accident Society. -- Commercial Mutual Association. -- Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Company. -- Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company. 846-875
PART XI .- COMMUNICATION.
CHAPTER LXXXII.
The Post Office and Mails. - Telegraph and Telephones. - Army Expenses. - Indian Messengers. - First Post Road. - Post Office Established. -- Irregular Mails. - Blowing the Horn. - Daily Mails from East Begin. - Mail Regulations in 1832 and 1837. - First Mails through Canada. - Postal Rates at Various Times. - Singular Provisions .-- Introduction of Envelopes and Stamps .- First Postal Cards. - Receipts for Postage at Detroit by Decades. -- The Registry System. -- Money Orders and Postal Notes. -- Amounts Sent and Received. -- Free Delivery System. - Growth of Service. - Office Force and Salaries. -- Various Post Office Locations. - Erection of Government Building. - Loca- tion. -- Description. - Names of Postmasters. - How Abbott Received Norvell. - Telegraphs and Telephones. -- First Exhibition of Telegraph. - The Speed, O'Reilly, and Snow Lines. - First Mes- sages East and West. - "The Telegroff Wurking." - Location of Offices. -- Northern Michigan Line. -- River Cables. - First News by Atlantic Cable. - General Rejoicings. - United States Tele- graphic Co. -- Atlantic and Pacific Lines. -- American Union Line. -- District Telegraph Systems. - Apparatus and Messengers. -- First Exhibition of Telephone. -- Growth in Use of Telephone. - State Telephone System. 879-886
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