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... Streets , on a fine day , about 10 o'clock in the morning , and all walked up to the residence of my uncle , Thomas Palmer , corner of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street . There were no MY ARRIVAL IN DETROIT, MAY, 1827.
... Streets , on a fine day , about 10 o'clock in the morning , and all walked up to the residence of my uncle , Thomas Palmer , corner of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street . There were no MY ARRIVAL IN DETROIT, MAY, 1827.
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... Uncle Shubal Conant was an epicure and fond of game . He , too , always patronized her liberally , as did Josh Carew , H. A. Newbould and the gay epicurean bachelors , Randolph Brothers , wholesale dry goods dealers on Jefferson Avenue ...
... Uncle Shubal Conant was an epicure and fond of game . He , too , always patronized her liberally , as did Josh Carew , H. A. Newbould and the gay epicurean bachelors , Randolph Brothers , wholesale dry goods dealers on Jefferson Avenue ...
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... Uncle Tom , " as he called him , did not upset his steamboat . She was found too cranky for the business and was put on the ferry route between Detroit and Windsor . The steamboat General Vance , about 1835 , was on the down- river ...
... Uncle Tom , " as he called him , did not upset his steamboat . She was found too cranky for the business and was put on the ferry route between Detroit and Windsor . The steamboat General Vance , about 1835 , was on the down- river ...
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... Uncle Sam , Captain McKinstry ; Niagara , Captain Allen ; New York , Captain Miles . There entered the port of Detroit from June 19 to 25 , 1832 , eight steamers and eight sailing vessels , and cleared during the same time ten ...
... Uncle Sam , Captain McKinstry ; Niagara , Captain Allen ; New York , Captain Miles . There entered the port of Detroit from June 19 to 25 , 1832 , eight steamers and eight sailing vessels , and cleared during the same time ten ...
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... Uncle Oliver New- berry himself . The former was in command of a schooner belong- ing to the latter , and had tied up his vessel at the wharf near the foot of Cass Street . Between this wharf and Mr. Newberry's warehouse was a narrow ...
... Uncle Oliver New- berry himself . The former was in command of a schooner belong- ing to the latter , and had tied up his vessel at the wharf near the foot of Cass Street . Between this wharf and Mr. Newberry's warehouse was a narrow ...
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