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Clinton County (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alonzo and J. H. Towner papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00405
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a diary (1869-1870) of Alonzo Towner depicting farm life in Bath, Clinton County, Michigan. Added to the back of the diary are the minutes (1902-1910) of board meetings of the Perry Percheron Horse Company, a stud service operating in Perry, Shiawassee County, Michigan, recorded by the acting secretary, J. H. Towner.

Dates: 1869 - 1910

Arthur Kenyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00081
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of tax receipts (1888-1902) for property owned by Arthur Kenyon in St. Johns, Bingham Township, Clinton County, Michigan. Also included is a program from the graduation exercises at Ann Arbor High School in 1887.

Dates: 1887 - 1902

Clinton County records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00425
Scope and Contents This collection contains court dockets from Watertown Township, Clinton County, Michigan. Entries in volume 1 are primarily for the years 1867-1882, with the addition of entries concerning the case of the White Sewing Machine Company vs. Isaac M. Dryer from the year 1885 (pp. 139, 145, 277). Entries in volume 2 extend from 1887 to 1906. Related documents include such items as justice's summonses and executions. Also included is an unwitnessed and unregistered warranty deed indenture between...
Dates: 1867 - 1906

Isabella County legal documents

 Collection
Identifier: c-00426
Scope and Contents This collection contains the following items:A) A personal note of the indebtedness of the brothers Renselaer C. and George G. Whitney, owners of a livery firm in Mt. Pleasant, to William H. Kuiter (1885).B) A notarized warranty deed from the St. Andrew's Bay Railroad, Land and Mining Company conveying land in Washington County, Florida to George W. Foutz (correct spelling Fouts), a farmer of Lincoln Township, Isabella County, Michigan (1886).C) Receipts...
Dates: 1885 - 1895

Leach family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00440
Scope and Contents The Leach family papers consist of photocopies of letters, and a ledger/scrapbook belonging to Morgan Leach. The early letters (1810-1827) discuss the hardships of pioneer life, the swift deaths brought on by disease, and the loneliness of separation from families left behind. The later correspondence discuss business and land transactions, teachers' wages, and various aspects of small town life. Clinton's letters to his parents in 1841, when he went from Margaretta, Ohio to Grand Blanc,...
Dates: 1810 - 1863

Louisa Tupper letter

 Collection
Identifier: c-00124
Scope and Contents

A letter from Louisa Tupper in Clinton County, Michigan, to her son in Genesee County describes personal matters, a outbreak of diphtheria, and a "logging bee" are discussed.

Dates: 1881

Michigan State Grange records

 Collection
Identifier: 00187
Scope and Contents The records of the Michigan State Grange are held by the MSU Archives and the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MSU Archives holds the Grange records from the following counties: Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Van Buren,...
Dates: 1873 - 2009

Roy James Robb papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00067
Scope and Contents of the Papers The collection consists largely of survey field books, survey maps, and diaries of Roy James Robb. His diaries contain brief notes related to the surveys, which were done in Ingham, Clinton, Barry, Iosco, Mackinac, and other counties in Michigan. Also in the collection are nineteenth century survey papers and field books, which he purchased to use for reference. Among the papers of Ingham County Surveyors are surveys by Anson Jackson, the first County Surveyor (1838-1848),...
Dates: 1824 - 1957

Simeon A. Howe letters

 Collection
Identifier: c-00427
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of handwritten transcriptions by the donor of eighty-nine Civil War letters (1863-1865) from Simeon A. Howe to his wife Cindonia Endocia Pratt Howe.The letters relate the activities of Howe's regiment, Simeon's cooking, and give a descriptive view of army life in general. Near the end of Simeon's service, a few letters deal with the death of their young son, Owen. Also included are a photocopy of an army pension document issued to Howe...
Dates: 1863 - 1890