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- Hardcover book containing the handwritten minutes from the meetings of Mechanics Company No. 8, as well as its constitution and by-laws, brief accounts of several fires, and some financial records spanning its founding on December 6, 1848 to its dissolution on April 14, 1856, in protest of an ordinance that forbid the company from pulling their hand-drawn fire apparatus along sidewalks. The passages are attributed to the group's secretaries--in order--C.F. Morris, H. Willson, Alexander Lambie, D.C. Whitman, E.P. Warden, John McNamara, Thomas McWilliams, James Cavanagh, and Isaac C. Wallace. The pages following the dissolution of the company include math problems and multiplication tables, the lyrics to the ballad "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky," a drawing resembling a plumbing diagram, the outline of several pressed leaves, and several geometric sketches. The book is bound in a brown cover and "Record," and "Mechanics Fire Co. No. 8," are printed on the its spine. A handwritten inscription on a front flyleaf reads, "April 12, 1856, This book is presented to Isaac C. Wallace by Mechanic Fire Company No. 8."
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from Dexter M. Ferry to the Detroit Safe Company thanking them for the durability of four large fire-proof safes which protected their contents from a fire, lasting five or six days, which claimed the D.M. Ferry and Company seed warehouse. The letter is dated January 8, 1886, and is printed on D.M. Ferry and Company letterhead, listing company executives, and printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Hardcover journal of the activities of Engine Company No. 3, recording alarms, fires, orders, and other events spanning March 16, 1906 to August 19, 1906. It appears to have been written by several people. The book is bound in a stained dark green cover with red corners. "Engine Co. 3." is handwritten on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Description:
- Hardcover log book listing alarms received between January 29, 1908, and July 27, 1908, including the number of the alarm box, the address of the fire, a brief statement about the fire, and the responding companies. The book is bound in a grey cover with red corners. "Alarms Jan-29-08 to July 27-08." is handwritten on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Fire Department
- Notes:
- xiv, [2], [17]-667 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. and Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 1996. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,, Chicago,: H. S. Goodspeed & co.;, J. W. Goodspeed; [etc., etc., and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library