Michigan, Vol. 4: As a Province, Territory and State, the Twenty-Sixth Member of the Federal Union (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Michigan, Vol. 4: As a Province, Territory and State, the Twenty-Sixth Member of the Federal Union The period covered by this volume has not before been traversed by any writer. Therefore, only original sources of information have been available. These have been found mainly in the official publications of the State. The Journals of the several legislative sessions, and the Acts of the legislature, have been carefully scanned. The reports of the numerous departments of the State government from year to year have furnished the facts considered of sufficient importance to justify placing them in this record. There have also been some miscellaneous publications by the State, such as those relating to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, the dedication of the New Capitol, the celebration of the Semi-Centennial anniversary of the admission of Michigan into the Union, etc., which have been drawn upon freely. There has been a further fruitful source of information of men and events woven into the history of the time in the columns of the newspapers. In drawing upon these it was necessary to be upon watchful guard to make a clear distinction between facts and opinions. The latter are often prejudiced, or at least colored to suit the exigencies of the editorial policy of a particular newspaper. So, upon any controverted question, absolute fairness demanded that more than one newspaper should be consulted before deciding what is fact, in a mixed case. It is not entirely a simple matter to write of one's contemporaries in a judicial tone. However one may seek to free his own mind of personal views, there is lacking that perspective which puts things in their true relation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.