A new monograph that may interest some members, particularly those in
Michigan, has been published by the French-Canadian Heritage Society of
Michigan. The details are as follows:
Title: Privare Land Claims of the Rivière-aux-Raisins Area, Michigan,
1779-1812
Authors: Patrick M. Tucker, Donna Nightingale, and Dennis M. Au
Publisher: Frenchtown Chapter, French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan,
Monroe, Michigan
Date: 2001
Synopsis: Monroe County, Michigan, was first settled by French-speaking
Canadians who engaged in the fur trade and operated small,
subsistence-oriented farms during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
The publication examines the historical development of these land claims
under the American government. Betweem 1805 and 1811 some 738 claims were
submitted to the Detroit Land Board for land between Lake St. Clair and the
Maumee River of Ohio. Of these, 220, or 30 percent, are of the River Raisin
area in southeast Michigan. The 1810 map of River Raisin by Aaron Greeley,
Deputy Surveyor of Detroit, is presented in sections with certificate or
claim numbers approved by the board and matched with desciptions of the
tracts described in the American State Papers first published in 1832. The
publication is paper (soft-cover bound) containing 59 pages of text, 11
figures, one table, notes and references.
For more information, individuals can write: Frenchtown Chapter,
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, PO Box 1051, Monroe, MI, USA
48161 or e-mail Donna Nightingale, Treasurer, at <[log in to unmask]>.
|