. Michigan historical collections . tate in a material form. It should have facilities to store andtabulate the various public and private documents bearing upon theStates history; documents now left to the tender mercy of ignorant orcareless clerks or custodians. The largest amount appropriated by the State in any one year -forthe use of this society is |4,000. This amount gives us barely enoughto carry on the routine work of the Society and publish possibly onevolume of records per annum. It keeps life in the body but does notprovide for putting any flesh on the bones. The Society must depen
. Michigan historical collections . tate in a material form. It should have facilities to store andtabulate the various public and private documents bearing upon theStates history; documents now left to the tender mercy of ignorant orcareless clerks or custodians. The largest amount appropriated by the State in any one year -forthe use of this society is |4,000. This amount gives us barely enoughto carry on the routine work of the Society and publish possibly onevolume of records per annum. It keeps life in the body but does notprovide for putting any flesh on the bones. The Society must depend upon interest aroused in communities inthe State, like Kalamazoo, to bring pressure to bear upon the legisla-ture to at least gradually increase the means at the Societys hands tocarry on this great and important work. It should be noted that none of the officers of the Society receive anycompensation for their services and it is a labor of love, realizing asthey do the importance to future generations of the work now being ArNi lMll.^ wAint. MISS EMILY WARD, KNOWN AS AUNT EMILY 581 MISS EMILY WARD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ^AUNT EMILY^ BY MRS. GEORGE N. JONES^ She was born in*Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 16th, father, Bber Ward, Avas tlie son of a Vermont Baptist mother, Sally Potter, was the daughter of Capt. Potter, a retiredEnglish shipmaster. While still very young she moved with her fathersfamily to his native Vermont; shortly afterwards to Toronto, Canada,returning one year later to A^ermont where they remained five 1818 the immense labor of a journey from Vermont to Kentucky wasattempted in a canvas covered sleigh. Before reaching that state themother succumbed to the hardships of the trip, became ill of pleurisyand died, leaving Aunt Emilj^, then nine years of age, mother to threeyounger children. The father abandoned his journey to Kentucky, set-tled in Conneaut, O., where he remained four years. In 1822 thisfamily again took u
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