St. Clair County, Michigan; Its History and Its People, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from St. Clair County, Michigan; Its History and Its People, Vol. 1: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Its Principal Interests The preparation of this work has proved a pleasant and interesting task, but more difficult in some respects than was anticipated, I realized the among the most valuable qualities of such a work, were accuracy and reliability, and have spared no pains to obtain them, by going to original sources in every case where that was possible, and consulting all official records and papers accessable. Unfortunately, such records in this county are lamentably deficient in the earlier and even later days. County, city, village and township records are often entirely lacking for periods of years. Public authorities have generally failed to realize the importance of preserving evidence of official action, and it is only in recent years, when interest has come with relation to the pioneer times and early settlement, that the importance of these early records has been appreciated. As illustrations, the proceedings of the Board of Education of Port Huron, prior to 1875 cannot be found, and a few years ago a thrifty county clerk sold for waste paper a considerable amount of the oldest files and records of the county. Fortunately before they were destroyed, most of them were recovered, but large gaps must now exist forever covering that period. In addition to the official records, the papers and documents of the St. Clair County Pioneer Society have been consulted, and many of the older citizens still living called upon, and endeavor has been made to check from official data all recollections. I am under obligations to a large number of friends who have been helpful in suggestion and information, and I awe especial thanks to Mr. C. M. Burton of Detroit, who has generously thrown open for use his splendid library of books and manuscripts relating to early Michigan; to Senator Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit, for gifts of books and papers and access to others of his father relating to the early history of St. Clair; to Miss Anna Brakeman, who has a remarkably well stored and retentive memory regarding many of the old families of the county; to Mr. W. R. Chadwick of Port Huron, for most valuable aid in relation to marine matters; to Mrs. Lucy Vance of St. Clair for her recollections of early days in that locality. It is too much to hope that a work of this kind can escape errors in names and dates, although extreme care has been used in all cases to obtain accuracy in them. Many interesting subjects relating to the early history of the county have been left untouched, but I trust that the work in its present condition will be found a valuable addition to the history of this portion of Michigan. 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.
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