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1389. Williams, John R. (1782-1854)
Correspondence and Papers, 1771-1909.
10.3 cubic feet and 16 volumes.
Background: Detroit, Michigan, physician; prominent
businessman and politician;
Detroit's first elected mayor, 1824-1825; chairman of the Michigan
constitutional convention, 1835; and adjutant general of the Territorial
militia.
Summary: Mercantile records relating to the fur trade
and Great Lakes
shipping; also political and governmental subjects.
Repository: Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public
Library.
