Author: James H. Wellings
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Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781332121083
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Excerpt from Directory of the City of Detroit: And Register of Michigan, for the Year 1845 Upwards of seven years have elapsed since the publication of a "Detroit City Directory," which, it is believed, was the first, as well as the last, of the kind ever presented to the Public. This interval of time, though brief, has been an eventful one, not only to this community, but also to the citizens of the whole of these United States. It will be recollected, by the most of our readers, that a short time after that scourge of Heaven, the cholera, disappeared, we were visited by another malady, viz: the mania of wild speculation, which affected alike, men of all classes, and, though not so fatal to human life, as the cholera, yet it threatened to sweep from our midst, with the resistless fury of a tornado, all that was morally good and estimable. Some of our own citizens, during this period, passed through a sea of trouble, realizing the vicissitudes of fortune, and learning by bitter experience, the truth of the holy writ, "They that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare." Though the growth of the City of Detroit, may have received a temporary check, from the effects of that spirit of wild speculation, already alluded to, yet we think its manifest improvement of late, and the increase of its trade and commerce, are such, as to demand for it "A correct Directory for the guidance of the resident inhabitant, the commercial visitor, or the enquiring emigrant and traveller." Having ascertained that the above was the opinion of many of the most respectable citizens, by a liberal subscription list, in support of the work, the publisher commenced collecting and preparing his materials for the press, which, after about four months continued labor, he has, by a kind Providence, been enabled to bring to a close. Of the manner in which he has acquitted himself in the discharge of his duty to his subscribers, they alone must be the judges. That it will be found to contain many errors and defects, he is fully sensible, and would here bespeak for himself, the patience and indulgence of his patrons, upon which he fears, he will have to make too large draughts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
