Memorial Record Of The Northern Peninsula Of Michigan PDF Download

Excerpt from Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan: Illustrated Randolph Rogers, the sculptor, James Chapman and others. Samuel Moody, pro prietor of the location, and John H. Mann, had been there during the previous summer and winter. Mr. Harlow and his party from Worcester, consisting of his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha W. Bacon, Mr. Edward Clark, and anumber of mechanics and employes, arrived at Sault de Ste. Marie, July 2, 1849, by' steamers from Buffalo and Detroit. It was the chol era season and excessively hot on the lower lakes. The disease broke out on board the steamer which brought them to the West, and the captain died on that trip. Mr. Harlow's party, however, had changed boats at Detroit, but cholera also broke out on this trip and one of the passengers died be fore reaching Mackinac. Mr. Harlow made arrangements _to leave his family at Sault de Ste. Marie in care of the Baptist mission, and came on with the rest of the party with such provisions as they could take on board the little schooner, Fur Trader, arriving at Carp River, now Marquette, July 6, 1849. 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.