Author: Michigan Pioneer And Historical Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-13

Total Pages: 748

ISBN-13: 9780428966072

Excerpt from Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Vol. 21 This volume contains the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of 1892 and the papers contributed for that meeting, among which is a reprint of Marquette's Journal of his first visit to the Mississippi, from Dr. Shea's Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley. A valuable contribution to the history of Detroit and vicinity will be found in the article upon the Patriot War and the Siege of Detroit showing the exigencies of frontier life in Michigan. The committee tenders the thanks of the Society to all who have so generously assisted in preserving and presenting the valuable pap( rs published in this volume. 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.