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Schoolcraft, Henry

Born
3/28/1783
Birthplace
Albany, New York
Titles and Honors
-Member of Michigan Territorial Council, 1828, 1832
Notes
Michigan Bio, p.268
Occupation
-Geologist of exporing expedidtion to Lake Superior and the head of the Mississppi under General Cass., 1820
-Native American Agent for Northwest, 1822
-Founded Michigan Historical Society, 1822
-Discovered source of the Mississppi, 1832
-Made Native American trade to secure 16,000,000 acres
-Published novels after move to New York
Nationality
American

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