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Description
On behalf of a large Holland Harbor committee, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, writing in the third person, authored a petition to Mr. Kingsley S. Bingham, Governor of the State of Michigan, requesting finds in the amount of $45,000 for the development of a harbor for the opening of Black Lake to Lake Michigan. People whose names appear on the petition include persons also from the Towns of Fillmore and Newark [Laketown?].
Date
1-13-1858
City
Holland Ott: [Michigan]
Source
The original documents are held in The Joint Archives of Holland.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from The Joint Archives of Holland.
Recommended Citation
Van Raalte, Albertus C., "Petition from the Large Holland Harbor Committee to Mr. Kinglsey S. Bingham, Governor of the State of Michigan" (1858). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 27.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/27
Notes
Description of the document and reference to The Joint Archives of Holland by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.