AND

THE CENTENNIAL:

BEING

A MEMORIAL RECORD

APPROPRIATE TO THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED

By S. B. McCRACKEN.

UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE STATE CENTENNIAL BOARD OF MANAGERS.

PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHER AT THE OFFICE OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS.

1876.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, by

S. B. MCCRACKEN,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OFFICIAL SANCTION.

BY THE STATE CENTENNIAL BOARD OF MANAGERS.

Having examined the proposal of S. B. McCracken, for publishing a history of the Michigan representation at the Centennial Exhibition, we approve its general plan, and cordially recommend it to the people of Michigan, guaranteeing to the enterprise all possible encouragement and support on the part of the State Centennial Board of Managers. For the purpose of connecting the work officially with this Board, we have appointed W. S. George, of Lansing, and J. C. Holmes and E. I. Garfield, of Detroit, commissioners of publication, with the general power of determining the style of the work and fixing its price, and otherwise acting equitably as between all parties in interest.

DETROIT, April, 1876.

JOHN J. BAGLEY, Chairman.

M. I. MILLS,

J. J. WOODMAN,

HENRY FRALICK,

JAY A. HUBBELL,

STATE CENTENNIAL BOARD.

At a meeting of the Board held at Lansing, January 24, 1877, present, the chairman of the Board, ex-Governor Bagley, and Commissioners Mills, Wooodman and Fralick, it was unanimously declared that

WHEREAS, The members of the State Centennial Board of Managers joined in officially recommending the publication, under the supervision of S. B. McCracken, of the proposed book, Michigan and the Centennial," and having examined the work so far as now printed, and finding that it meets our expectations; and WHEREAS, said work is deemed a most worthy enterprise, as tending to perpetuate a patriotic remembrance of the Centennial year and of Michigan's agency in commemorating the same; therefore, as the sense of this Board now in session, said work is cordially recommended to the patronage of the people and Legislature of the State. A true copy of the record :

F. W. NOBLE, SECRETARY.

BY THE COMMISSION OF PUBLICATION.

The undersigned were appointed by the State Centennial Board of Managers a Commission of Publication, with certain general advisory and supervisory powers as related to the work, "Michigan and the Centennial." The plan of the work, as set forth in the announcements, was submitted to and approved by us, and from such examination as we have been able to give to the completed work, we find that it conforms generally in its matter and arrangement to the proposals under which it was undertaken. The style and typographical execution of the work are good, and considering the size of the volume, the prices are as low as those of standard works in the trade. As a compilation and digest of facts and events, we regard the work as a valuable and indispensable contribution to the history of the Centennial period, especially as related to Michigan. It is a work that has not only a present, but will have an increasing, value.

W. S. GEORGE,

DETROIT, April, 1877.

J. C. HOLMES,

E. I. GARFIELD,

COMMISSION OF PUBLICATION.