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Ferry, Thomas White
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1866
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Thomas was the son of Rev. William and Amanda Ferry and was born on Mackinac Island. He spoke Ottawa, Chippewa [Ojibwa], and French. He and his brother William platted the Village of Ferrysburg on January 26, 1857. At the age of 21 he was elected Clerk of Ottawa County. Three years later he was elected to the state legislature, where he served from 1851 to 1852. In 1852 he was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the Port of Grand Haven, and in 1856 he was elected State Senator, serving...
Show moreThomas was the son of Rev. William and Amanda Ferry and was born on Mackinac Island. He spoke Ottawa, Chippewa [Ojibwa], and French. He and his brother William platted the Village of Ferrysburg on January 26, 1857. At the age of 21 he was elected Clerk of Ottawa County. Three years later he was elected to the state legislature, where he served from 1851 to 1852. In 1852 he was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the Port of Grand Haven, and in 1856 he was elected State Senator, serving from 1857 to 1858 and again from 1865 to 1883. He went into the lumbering business with his brother, Edward Payson Ferry. Before the Civil War he served on the Republican State Central Committee for eight years and was delegate-at-large and one of the Vice Presidents of the national convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. In 1864 he was elected to the 39th US Congress and first and forty-second assemblies. Upon President Lincoln's death, he was appointed one of a committee by the U.S. Senate to accompany Lincoln's body to Springfield. In January, 1871 he was elected by the Michigan Legislature to the U.S. Senate [the legal procedure at that time] and was elected President of the Senate pro tempore during the famous Hayes-Tilden electoral count dispute of 1876-77. When Vice President Henry Wilson died in November, 1875, Ferry became acting Vice President. Because the inauguration would have fallen on a Sunday in 1877, it was delayed a day, allowing Thomas to carry the weight of the office Grant's term expiring on Saturday and Hayes's swearing-in on Monday. For that reason, locally Thomas was called "President for a day" [Sunday, March 4, 1877], until Hayes was sworn in publicly on Monday, March 5. Another theory claimed that since Thomas was never sworn in, he couldn't have been President, and yet a third view was that Hayes was sworn in secretly right after the favorable vote on Saturday, and that his inauguration on Monday was a mere formality. In 1883 Thomas was defeated for a third term as Senator by Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit. Governor Rich, of Michigan, appointed him President of the Mackinac Park Commission and it was through Thomas's endeavors that the beauties of the island were preserved. -- Wallace K. Ewing, PhD. from A Directory of People in Northwest Ottawa County, Copyright 1999
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Michigan Avenue Wooden Bridge, Lansing
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Photo of Michigan Avenue wooden bridge over Grand River. Built in 1863 to replace first bridge which was a wooden bent bridge built in 1848 at the expense of the State of Michigan. This structure remained in use until 1871 when it was replaced by an iron bridge. Staircase in middle of bridge led to dock used by steamboats that conveyed passengers on river excursions.
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Moores' Land Office and L. C. Blood store, Lansing
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Photograph of J. Henry Moores' Land Office and L. C. Blood store in Lansing, Michigan. Located in 100 block of South Washington Street.
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Post Office & Store
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Photograph of the combined Post Office and Store with five unidentified individuals.
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First State Capitol in Lansing
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Photograph of first State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. A capitol was built 1823-1828 in Detroit and last used by the State Legislature in 1848. This first State Capitol in Lansing was built in 1847 at a cost of $25,952. An addition of 16 feet was made in 1865. State offices were removed to the present capitol in 1879. Destroyed by fire December 16, 1882. It was located in the block where the old Masonic Temple is located, now used by Cooley Law School. The Senate Chamber was in the...
Show morePhotograph of first State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan. A capitol was built 1823-1828 in Detroit and last used by the State Legislature in 1848. This first State Capitol in Lansing was built in 1847 at a cost of $25,952. An addition of 16 feet was made in 1865. State offices were removed to the present capitol in 1879. Destroyed by fire December 16, 1882. It was located in the block where the old Masonic Temple is located, now used by Cooley Law School. The Senate Chamber was in the South (left) end and, in the north, the House of Representatives.
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Michigan Agricultural College Campus, East Lansing
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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Photograph of campus at Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), East Lansing, MIchigan. Williams Hall in in the center, College Hall on right.
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View of Dock Street, Alpena, Michigan
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1865~
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Making of Modern Michigan
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The above engraving is from a photograph taken by a Mr. Fox, in 1865. The bridge was the first one erected. The building near the river is Rogg's hotel, the next is Beach's hotel at corner of Dock and Fletcher streets.
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Monthly equipment return : December 31, 1865 Page 2
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1865-12-31
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster in Jackson, Michigan, which was one set of Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 31, 1865
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1865-12-31
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster in Jackson, Michigan, which was one set of Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 31, 1865 Page 1
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1865-12-31
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster in Jackson, Michigan, which was one set of Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 30, 1865
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1865-12-30
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This list only names one item, the Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 30, 1865 Page 1
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1865-12-30
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This list only names one item, the Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 30, 1865 Page 4
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1865-12-30
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This list only names one item, the Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 30, 1865 Page 2
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1865-12-30
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This list only names one item, the Regimental Standards.
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Monthly equipment return : December 30, 1865 Page 3
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1865-12-30
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Edwin R. Havens Papers (c.00016)
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This packet of documents lists Edwin Havens' equipment from the quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This list only names one item, the Regimental Standards.
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