The Harvard commission on western history has added several important items to the Cambridge collection within recent months. The Beaman account books and papers, from Poultney, Vermont, 1820-1850, consist of several thousand documents; they contain information on western settlement, especially concerning Vermontville, Michigan.(2)
(2) See Michigan pioneer and historical society collections, 28:197.Wait Squier (my grandkids' ancestor) was one of the founders of Vermontville; was he mentioned in the Beaman books?
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