. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . n 1828,-Gov-ernor W. took up his residence on a tract of landwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, ashort distance below what was then the corporate lim-its of Detroit, where he resided during the remainderof his life. Both in his public papers and privatecommunications, Governor W. shows himself a mas-ter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-tion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice andtreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-sion. Judge W. was a Congregationalist. His opinionson all suli
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . n 1828,-Gov-ernor W. took up his residence on a tract of landwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, ashort distance below what was then the corporate lim-its of Detroit, where he resided during the remainderof his life. Both in his public papers and privatecommunications, Governor W. shows himself a mas-ter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-tion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice andtreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-sion. Judge W. was a Congregationalist. His opinionson all sulijects were decided; he was earnest andenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-hibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-tractive because not too often allowed to come to thesurface. His letters and addresses show a deep andearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, butthe home of his adoption and for friends and family. V^ xjf ?> V-,*t:^Y^^E3S1. ^>/^®))^t#« -^^^sr—^Vr^—->«^ *4^^((®Vte: GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 113
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