Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . ed by manyprominent men for the Whig nomination for VicePresident in 1848. Soon after his appointment as Judge in 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
Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . ed by manyprominent men for the Whig nomination for VicePresident in 1848. Soon after his appointment as Judge in 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 aCongregationalist. His opinionson all subjects were decided; he was earnest andenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-hibited a vein of fine humor that was liie more at-tractive because not too often allowed to come to thesurface. His letters and addresses show a deep andearnest affeclion not only for his ancestral home, butthe home of his adoption and for friends and
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