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- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated November 26, 1886. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, I suppose Thanksgiving passed off as quietly as usual in Belfast, it was very quite here, was at the office most of the day. Have you any sleighing yet, we have had no snow at all although I see by the papers that East + West of me they have had fearful snow storms. We shall shut the works down on account of the Funeral of Francis Palms, who is President of the Michigan Stove Co. Mr. Palms was the richest man in this state - lives opposite where I board. His daughter is the lady who Senator Jones of Florida - + about whom the papers have had so much to say. At present Jones + his son are both here. The Senator has not been outside of Detroit except for a day to some place within 60 miles - for over a year. He has not been near Washington for much over a year but boards at the Russell House + draws his salary same as if he was in Washington all the time - People here think him somewhat out of his head. Have just returned from Mr. Palms funeral, it is the first Catholic funeral I have ever attended + was on a very grand scale - all the Stove Works turned out + the men made a big show. Notice by the Paper that the contract for supplying Belfast with water has been given to Boston parties. Hope you are well + that I shall hear from you soon. With my kindest regards to all. Remain your affec. son, Ralph Emery
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated August 13, 1886. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, Have not written for a number of days, am pretty busy just at present + by next month things will be booming. Yesterday I had a call from Fred Fletcher who used to live in Belfast + married Capt. O.W. French's daughter. He is editor of a paper at Alpena, Mich -Alpena is about 150 miles from here on Lake Huron + 10,000 inhabitants- + was on his way to the Republican State Convention at Grand Rapids. I enjoyed seeing him very much. His wife is in Belfast, he expects her to return sometime next month. The Democrats + Greenbackers have "fused" in this state + expect to carry their ticket in November. Am [rather?] sorry they expect to put the Library Building on the Miller property. It seems to me the Crosby lot very much is best + more desirable. Detroit is increasing rapidly, it is now over 200,000 + becoming more of a business center every year. Have not seen Belle Anderson for some. Saw a young fellow on the street last week who used to be clerk for E. L. Bean in Searsmont, he is traveling for a Boston house. Hope you are all well + will write when you have time. Your affec. son, Ralph
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Typewritten letter from P.A. Hinds, Secretary and Treasurer of the Peninsular Electric Light Company to Mrs. A.W. Comstock, dated December 13, 1893, concerning a partially paid bill. The letter is on Peninsular Electric Light Company letterhead, printed by the Calvert Lithographing Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Typewritten letter from Lou Bert of the Republican City and County Committee to Mathew Raupp, Esquire, representative of Ecorse, advising that he not "go to the expense and trouble of a trip to the City," to attend a meeting of the County Committee concerning women's suffrage, despite reports of such a meeting in the papers, as the County Members are not interested. The letter is dated June 22, 1893, and is printed on Republican City and County letterhead, containing a list of committee members and officers.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- One letter from W. G. Turner of McNamee & Mann, Contractors, Montreal, to Harry T. Dunbar, Port Colborne. The letter is handwritten in black ink on white linen paper that is watermarked "Standard, Pure Linen." The letter is transcribed as follows: "19th April 1901 Mr. Harry T. Dunbar Port Colborne Dear Sir I wired you last evening asking if you would give a 30% option on your American Abbey Stock at $85 for a $100 share and received yours in reply. I have taken your stock over to Quebec Bank here to have it forwarded to their agency in Thorold to have it endorsed by your firm before a witness which please do. You better phone to Thorold on Monday or Tuesday so see if it has arrived as it will go by express. A party here is purchasing a heck of it and Mann Simpson and myself have all put in at $85. You will still hold scrip for $3250.00 in the English Co. which is a bonus of 50% on the Am. [American] Co. This scrip will be sent to you within one month. We are not sure that this deal will go thru but if it does I think it is letting the crowd out easily. Yours truly, W. G. Turner"
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Handwritten note on Russell House stationery written by Herby Hab. W.J. Chittenden and L.A. McCreary are listed as the hotel's proprietors in the header. The note reads: gone out / I am very comfortable. I have not hunted w/ Mr. Ellaw. Do not fail to keep me posted both by wire + mail. I shall stay here until Tuesday night. I do not find that little jewel cup, with my buttons, in my satchel. You must have it. Please take care of it. [?] my "[?] with a [?]" Lots of love and great big kisses o.o.o. From your ever loving Herby Hab
- Date Issued:
- 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
147. One letter, dated January 16, 1922, from O. [Oliver] E. Dunbar of the Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co.
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- One letter, dated January 16, 1922, from O. [Oliver] E. Dunbar of the Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co. of Detroit to Lucilla H. Dunbar, Mrs. H. D. Miles, and Frank L. Dunbar. The letter is typewritten in black ink on white paper that shows the company letterhead at the top and is watermarked "Alexis Bond, Strathmore Quality, U.S.A." The writer requests that the three bondholders allow the company to make payments on outstanding bonds at a later date. The request was acknowledged near the lower left corner with the signatures of the three letter recipients.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Handwritten letter sent by Standen Paine of England to David Birrell on March 21, 1860 regarding the sugar-coating of pills by pharmacists and other drug related information. 338 Oxford St. March 21 1860 Dear Birrell, Many thanks for your letter- apologies on your part are quite unnecessary. I must thank you too for the "Druggist" which I have received quite regularly. I have made your postage square again up to next September. You more than outset that expense though in sending me the Druggist- for as near as I can calculate your code of charger I suppose it is 4/6 a year however that will not be ruinous- And now to business with regard to sugar-coating pills I can give no practical information for we never do such a thing with our pills we either silver them or cover them with starch. I will however give you the method mentioned in Mohn and Redwoods Practical Pharmacy. I believe it is the process by which almonds are sugared; and is bound to answer […] : - "Gum and sugar are sometimes used for covering pills- The pills are put into a hemispherical metallic pan which is slightly warmed, and a small quantity of a solution of one part gum in two parts of water (added so as to moisten them) *sprinkled over them, and by moving the pan are covered with a coating of sugar. They are subsequently placed on a […] and exposed in a warm room until they become dry. If a thicker coating be required the process is repeated." Mohn & Redwood *powdered sugar is *observe error with above Things get on very well at the Square. Redwood and Bentley get on well I believe. Br(….) has been very ill laid up for some months and is unable to attend to his duties- He is alright again now. The laboratory is quite full and the lectures well attended- The Society I think is in a prosperous state. The museum has been enlarged by taking in the ground floor of the corner house; and a laboratory capable of accommodating 60 to 100 people is to be built at the top of the house. Mr. Morris left some few months ago and went to live down in Wales. The Hypothesis you mention, we use, but the Syrup of the phosphates if from […] Lime-soda-Zinc and Nickel are the rage now. What sort of a preparation of Syrup Ferri[?] Biphosph do you make, as clean if you make it […]? The difficulty has been to get it clean, but practice has made perfect to a great extent with and have a very nice clean syrup now. There will be some information on the subject in the Journal I believe before long. Do you know anything of the Permanganatis of Potais soda, magnesium and Lime as disinfectants- to act by oxidizing the organic matter? They have been brought out within the last year or so by a "Mr. Condy" we are wholesale agents for it. It is made in two […] at forms one applicable for drains […] and the other called ozonized water used for toilet purposes for lotions as a purifier after smoking and for bad breath VC. You will see it in the Journal advertised. I dare say you know the Ercal Rifle Cooper[?] movement we have had in the country, last week there was a levee at which 2000 volunteer officers were presented to the Queen. In the evening there was a grand bash at Event Garden Theatre Hall at which 1000 were present. We have six volunteers in our house all equipped free of expense by our governor Mr. Hills[?]. I am not in them. I don't think there's any fear of war with France now, but it a very good move. Mr. Brembridge[?] desired me to remember him to you. Trusting you are in good health. Believe me yours very sincerely, Standen Paine
- Date Issued:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Letter from the Office of the City Controller, Detroit. The cover page shows the letterhead of the office which is printed in black and blue text on slightly yellowed paper which has the watermark "Linen Record, 1896." The names of the officers are shown in the upper left corner: "F. A. Blades, Controller" and "Howard C. Beck, Deputy." The body of the 5-page letter is printed in typewritten text that has been mimeographed in a purple color onto the letter pages. The letter is dated December 31st, 1900, near the upper right corner area on the first page and the last page has been signed and dated in black ink by "F. [Francis] A. Blades, Controller." The letter gives a general discussion of good fiscal practices and comments concerning the Annual Report of the City.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- 9-page letter handwritten in black ink on slightly yellowed paper by Carlos E. Warner, President of the Chamber of Commerce. The letter pages are bound at the top with a narrow red ribbon. The text of the letter has been transcribed as follows: "Paper by Carlos E. Warner Subject: The Chamber of Commerce I am requested by the present mayor of the City, Hon. Wm. C. Maybury to prepare a paper on the subject of the Chamber of Commerce, of which organization I am now President, to be deposited in the City strong box, sealed and opened at the dawn of the 21st Century. One must necessarily be impressed with the gravity of such an undertaking. To write for public reading, when it is known that the hand which pens these lines will long since have passed away; that an entire generation will have come and gone, leaving behind it only its works and history; that all living things at the present writing shall have perished leaving not even a memory behind; that the twentieth century, profiting by the accumulated wisdom [of] experience, progress, inventive genius and scientific skill of the century now closing, shall go on and on with rapid strides, well nigh exploring the mysteries of the infinite and making what seems today to be questions of great importance, but minor ones in future thought and progress, then may one well hesitate and ponder. Who shall read these lines and what hand shall pluck them from the strong box of the City and being then for the public gaze; What changes shall occur; What progress shall be made in the incoming century, in the social, physical, political and religious worlds? One can but speculate upon these great problems and the wildcat conjecture of the present day may fall far from that of the reality in the time to come. Regarding the Chamber of Commerce I am requested to write something which if not useful, may be interesting to the people of a hundred years hence. The movement for the organization of a Chamber of Commerce in Detroit had had its inception in September 1891. Wm. H. Beasly then Editor of the Detroit Journal devoted much of his time and energy to it and, in connection with Mr. Alexander A Bonstelle its first secretary, may be regarded as the founder of the association. The first meeting of the association was held at Philharmonic Hall, corner of Lafayette Ave. and Shelby St. on January 5, 1892. Hon. Thomas W. Palmer, ex Senator and ex U.S. Minister to Spain, under President Benjamin Harrison presided at the meeting at which a constitution prepared by Hon. Don M. Dickinson, U.S. Postmaster General under President Cleveland, and Hon. Alfred Russel [Russell], both of whom are now leading lawyers in this City, was adopted and the first officers of the association chosen. The officers consisted of Hon. George H. Barbour, President, Hon. Rufus W. Gillett, 1st Vice president, Hon. Hazen S. Pingree (now Governor of the State), 2nd Vice president, Alexander A. Bonstelle, Secretary, and M. W. O'Brien, Treasurer. The present organization, known as 'The Detroit Chamber of Commerce and Convention League,' is the successor of this primary organization. It has for its object, the advancement of the public interests of the City; the development of all legitimate enterprises tending to increase its prosperity; uniting of the energies and influence of its citizens upon all subjects affecting its welfare; the diffusion of information concerning manufactures, trade and business and the cultivation of friendly relations and the promotion of equitable principles among the businessmen of the City. Its officers and directors at the present time are as follows: President, Carlos E. Warner, the writer of these lines, a lawyer by profession and head of the law firm of Warner, Codd and Warner. 1st Vice President, William J. Chittenden, proprietor of the Russel House. 2nd Vice President, Frederick G. Smith, manager of the Wolverine Manufacturing Company. Treasurer, A. F. Wolfschlager, general passenger and ticket agent of the Wabash Railway. Secretary, Mr. J. F. Walsh. Directors, Messrs. A. E. F. White, John Walker, George M. Black, Joseph, S. Hall, John C. Hutchins, Fred C. Postal, Wm. Livingstone, Jr., Dewitt C. Delamater, James H. Swait, Abram P. Sherrill, Augustus A. Schantz, Orrin R. Baldwin, Wm. A. P----, Clarence M. Hayes, Walter E. Campbell, Homer Warren, A. F. Wolfshlager, Wm. A. C. Miller, and Thomas Craig. The organization is of a quasi-public character and unofficially represents the commercial and industrial interests of the City. It is of a voluntary character and while supported by dues from its members yet is entirely dependent upon their voluntary contributions. The officers and directors hold monthly meetings at which matters affecting the public interests of the City are brought up and discussed and such action taken as may be deemed proper to advance the interests and promote the general welfare of the City. It is only effective by reason of this influence which such a representative body of men is assumed to possess. Its opinion is brought to bear upon questions vitally affecting public interests. One of the questions which have agitated the public of the City in the later years of the nineteenth century is the municipal ownership of public utilities like street railways, another the question of corporate properties and franchises including not only their physical properties but their so called intangible values. Another the problem of municipal government and corruption in municipal affairs. The Spanish War so called now lately ended by the [ceding?] to the United States of Spanish interests in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands, has emphasized the necessity of an interoceanic canal or waterway between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the construction of the so called Nicaragua or some other isthmian canal, has lately received the encouragement and endorsement not only of our organization but of other chambers of commerce throughout our country. These questions, and others of like import, are demanding at the present time the best thought of statesmen and economists and their solution will require the best judgment of the incoming twentieth century. In so far as the financial results of the organization in advancing the physical aspects of the City are concerned reference may be had to the twelve (12) story Chamber of Commerce building at the corner of Griswold and State Streets. This building is modern in construction, much of it brick and steel, and strictly fire proof and stands as a graceful monument to the enterprise of the association. The major part of the land upon which the building was erected was bought from Seymour Finney, lately deceased, who during his life was prominent in the social political and religious history of the city and who was one of its pioneers. The land was bought and the building was constructed with the aid of bonuses contributed by the citizens of the City and the adjacent landowners. As the representative head of the organization I trust that I may be permitted to express the hope that its influence has not been entirely lacking in the growth development and prosperity of the City in its [?] and physical aspects and that the citizens who, at the dawn of the twenty first century, shall occupy its century, inhabit its houses, walk its streets and be entrusted with its affairs may be richer and better for this work which it has accomplished and this influence which it has exerted. In the name and behalf of the organization I greet the citizens of Detroit at the beginning of the twenty first century and though long since departed from you, I present this evidence of an existing and more or less potent vitality, who is much interested in the future growth and prosperity of this beautiful City and in making and continuing it a City of which future generations may still be proud. Carlos Edgar Warner Attorney at Law, Ex President of the Board of Education and now President of the Chamber of Commerce and Convention League - aged 53 years. Detroit, Mich. December 31st A.D. 1900."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society