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Download Chapter IV: Early Settlements in Michigan (6.4 MB)
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Download Chapter XIII: Administration of Governor Cass (8.3 MB)
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Description
Written in 1876 this work was originally intended as a sketch of the political development of the State of Michigan to be used for the purposes of its Centennial Committee. Chapters span Michigan political history beginning with early explorations by France and England, colonization, French and then British rule, military conquest, the administration of colonial governors, relations with adjacent territorial entities, the last years of the Territory and the first Constitution of 1835; and lastly, Michigan under the Constitution of 1850.
Publication Date
1876
Publisher
Schober & Co.
City
Detroit, MI
Keywords
Michigan, Michigan history, Michigan politics, Michigan constitutional history, Michigan government
Disciplines
Legal History
Recommended Citation
Campbell, James V. Outlines of the Political History of Michigan. Detroit: Schober & Co., 1876.