Scope and Contents This collection contains excerpts from Addie E. Milks' diary detailing the history and genealogy of the Sloan and McCormick families, as well as early pioneer life in Michigan territory.A majority of the excerpts pertain to Addie's mother, Ann McCormick Malone, and her dramatic experiences during the Revolutionary War as well as her family's subsequent move to Taymouth Township, near the Flint River, Michigan.Also included in the excerpts are comments about relations...

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This collection consists of one letter (1777) written by Felix Graham, a fur trader in Montreal, discussing the market value and shipment of various types of skins. Graham's comments illustrate how the Revolutionary War disrupted the Canadian-American trade.