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Excerpt from Historical Collections, Vol. 14: Collections and Researches, Including Reports of Officers and Papers Read, at the Annual Meeting of 1889 With each succeeding year the ranks of those who were the early settlers of Michigan, and who had a part in laying the foundations of all that our State has risen to be, are being decimated, and in proportion to the rapidity with which the pioneers are passing away does the value of anything they may contribute, relating to the early history of the State, increase, and with the lapse of time the propriety of collecting and preserv ing such contributions seems likewise to be enhanced. 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.