History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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I33. Pitcher over one hundred years old belonging to the grandmother
of Mrs. Mary Giddings, by whom it is loaned.
I34. Razor used by Benjamin Graham, son of James Graham, a
Revolutionary soldier, and the first white man to make a permanent settlement in Oakland county, March 17, I817. Loaned by Benjamin Graham
of Avon.
The society has had gifts of valuable old books and papers from Ezra
Jewell, Mrs. H. M. Look, Mrs. Clara P. Stewart, Harry Ten Eyck, Mrs.
Mart Beeckman, Mrs. Sarah Waters Fuller, Mrs. A. J. Dewey, Egbert F.
Albright and others. It also owns a full set of the Michigan State
Pioneer and Historical Collections.