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Notes:: Daily journal entry of Pamela Benjamin, spouse of GVSU history professor, Craig Benjamin, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally self-published on WordPress.
Date Created:: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: A photo that depicts a man smoking while petting two young dogs. Next to him, a younger boy eats what appears to be a hotdog. The shadow of the photo taker is visible in the bottom right corner, and the water and docks are in the background.
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Collection:: Stories of Summer (project)

Notes:: A photo of the Knight's Lounge. There is obvious fire damage, and the roof has collapsed on the top of the building. A firefighter props a ladder on the building, and smoke is still seen from the back of the building.
Date Created:: 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Stories of Summer (project)

Notes:: Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Date Created:: 1849-05-25T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Voucher to 1st Lieut. Charles T. Bissell of the 5th Michigan Infantry, paid July 17, 1863.
Date Created:: 1863-07-17T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, March 3, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina, where his regiment is engaged in the Carolinas campaign. Confederates surrender and the 19th Michigan is transported to Detroit where they are mustered out in June. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 9 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Date Created:: 1865-03-03T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: I Hope to Do My Country Service: the Civil War letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry, part of collection with diaries published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2005.

Notes:: Design shows female with state coat of arms and "Loyal to the Union. State of Ohio." Design in red and blue on a white envelope. For sale by Wm. Ridenburgh, 132 & 134 Nassau St., N.Y.
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