Century Past Blog Posts

American Revolution: Correspondence of British Commanders in the West

The “Haldimand Papers” are documents, mainly military correspondence, preserved by Sir Frederick Haldimand, who served as the Governor of the Province of Quebec from 1778-1784. The collection was maintained in the archives of Canada at Ottawa in 1886 when representatives of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society began visiting the archives to copy documents. The […]

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Revolutionary War in the Northwest: American Commanders’ Correspondence

Documents / American Revolution, military correspondence, Northwest Territory, Reuben Gold Thwaites, Revolutionary War / July 10, 2014

Military correspondence among American commanders throughout the Northwest, between those commanders and General George Washington, and with civilians involved in the war effort. The Revolutionary War in the old Northwest (Great Lakes region) isn’t covered in detail in most histories of the war. Battles were small-scale, and few regular army troops and resources were committed

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Memoirs and Diaries from the Indiana Frontier

Indiana / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, history, memoirs, missionaries, pioneers, war of 1812 / May 11, 2014

We have a number of memoirs and diaries/journals from people who traveled in or settled in early Indiana, many of which can be found at the linked pages below. Indiana Biographies & Memoirs Coffin, Levi, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad (1880) Eggleston, George C., Life in Early Indiana (1910)

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Museums & Historic Sites in Northern Michigan

Michigan, Museums / Historic Sites, history, Upper Peninsula / April 14, 2014

Squeeze some history into your visit to Northern Michigan! To make that easier, we have two directories of Museums and Historic Sites in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; one for the western part and one for the east. Sites on these two lists have regular public hours (in the summer anyway), have websites, and are

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Major Online Document Collections

Archives, Collections / Digital Archives, library, military history, Northwest Territory, Ohio, war department / April 9, 2014

While most entries on History of the Great Lakes States are for individual books, articles or maps, we also have many large website collections of digitized documents. You may be interested in exploring a few of those collections listed below, which have resources related to the whole Great Lakes region or even larger parts of

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