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Download or read book James Blake Collection written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers of the families of James J. and Lena Towne Blake of Galesburg, Michigan, include correspondence; letters by William A. Blake, Michigan Legislature, 1891-1892; beekeeping account book of Lanckford Burdick, 1875-1877; William A. Blake diaries contain notes made while traveling from Kalamazoo to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and into Minnesota, 1857, and accounts of Kalamazoo and Galesburg, 1860; account book of William A. Blake, 1859; account book of Lanckford Burdick estate, 1886-1902. Manuscript report titled Level of Kalamazoo River, signed by F[rancis] Hodgman, County Surveyor, 1870. Manuscript surveyor's description of school house lot, Galesburg, signed by F. Hodgman, 1870. Hand-tied booklet with poem, Glimpses of a Winter Day, by F. Hodgman and illustrated by his wife, 1895. Diaries of George R.C. Adams, Galesburg and Allegan, Michigan, 1866-1895, recording farmer's daily activities and the weather. Account book of George Adams, Franklin, Portage County, Ohio, 1846-1848. Manuscript by Mrs. C.A. Towne about her trip to the West Coast, 1908. Miscellaneous papers about the Galesburg public schools. Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, Kalamazoo, yearbooks, 1926-1932, 1934-1957. Galesburg Oak Grove Cemetery Association, constitution and by-laws, 1912. Reunion book of former students of the Rev. J.A.B. and Mrs. Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, 1885. Information about the Ladies' Library Association, Galesburg.