reformation had its rise from that circumstance.
28th.
,
factor of the United States in the Indian Depart-
ment. At his table we met our friend Charles
Jewett, the revenue
officer before named, Judge
Henry and
Lawyer Sibley.
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This day we dined with Robert Monroe
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factor of the United States in the Indian Depart-
ment. At his table we met our friend Charles
Jewett
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Henry
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29th.
, at
his lodgings. He is descended from
Friends, and discovers great partiality for our
company. He is a young man of superior under-
standing, and is much esteemed in Detroit. I
feel and fear for the situation of this young
man. It is not in human nature to support good
principles unblemished, when left alone to stem
the torrent of fashionable and fascinating vices.
Detroit is a place of great corruption.
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This day we dined with Frederick
Bates
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Friends, and discovers great partiality for our
company. He is a young man of superior under-
standing, and is much esteemed in Detroit
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feel and fear for the situation of this young
man. It is not in human nature to support good
principles unblemished, when left alone to stem
the torrent of fashionable and fascinating vices.
Detroit
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30th.
to the lake, the
land
is handsomely improved. The houses are so
near each other that the margin of the river
looks like a village. These farms are grants
made by the French government nearly a cen-
tury ago. They uniformly lie in parallelograms
containing about one hundred acres. Added to
tolerable dwelling houses are the handsomest
apple orchards I ever saw. The extraordinary
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This day we rode nine miles up the
river
Detroit to take a view of Lake St.
Clair.
This lake is thirty miles in length, and twenty
miles in width. We had a beautiful prospect of
it, from a commanding
situation. I ought to
have mentioned that bordering the river, the
whole distance from Detroit
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is handsomely improved. The houses are so
near each other that the margin of the river
looks like a village. These farms are grants
made by the French government
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tury ago. They uniformly lie in parallelograms
containing about one hundred acres. Added to
tolerable dwelling houses are the handsomest
apple orchards I ever saw. The extraordinary