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Lapeer County, Michigan, the Glossary

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1835 establishments in Michigan Territory

African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Almont Township, Michigan

Almont Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Almont, Michigan

Almont is a village in Almont Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.

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Alvin Nelson Hart (February 11, 1804 – August 22, 1874) was an American jurist and politician who served multiple terms in the Michigan Senate and Michigan House of Representatives in the state's early years, and founded the town of Lapeer, Michigan.

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American ancestry

American ancestry refers to people in the United States who self-identify their ancestral origin or descent as "American", rather than the more common officially recognized racial and ethnic groups that make up the bulk of the American people.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.

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Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States.

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Arcadia Township, Lapeer County, Michigan

Arcadia Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Atlas Township, Michigan

Atlas Township is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Attica Township, Michigan

Attica Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Attica, Michigan

Attica is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Attica Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States.

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Barnes Lake, Michigan

Barnes Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest part of Deerfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States, surrounding a lake of the same name.

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Barnes Lake-Millers Lake, Michigan

Barnes Lake-Millers Lake was a census-designated place (CDP) in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Brown City, Michigan

Brown City is a city in Lapeer and Sanilac counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan

Burlington Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Burnside Township, Michigan

Burnside Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Cajuns

The Cajuns (French: les Cadjins or les Cadiens), also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states.

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Canada (New France)

The colony of Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Michigan

Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

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Clarke Historical Library

The Clarke Historical Library is part of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States.

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Clifford, Michigan

Clifford is a village in Lapeer County of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Columbiaville, Michigan

Columbiaville is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Cornwall, Connecticut

Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County commission

A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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County surveyor

A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Davison Township, Michigan

Township of Davison is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan consisting of the survey township of North 7 East 8 less the administratively autonomous city of Davison.

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Deerfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan

Deerfield Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Lapeer County, Michigan and Detroit are Metro Detroit.

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Drain commissioner

A drain commissioner is an elected official in county government of the U.S. state of Michigan who is responsible for planning, developing and maintaining surface water drainage systems under Public Act 40 of 1956.

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Dryden Township, Michigan

Dryden Township is a civil township in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named in honor of the literary critic, John Dryden.

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Dryden, Michigan

Dryden is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Elba Township, Lapeer County, Michigan

Elba Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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English Americans

English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Flint River (Michigan)

The Flint River is a river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States.

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Flint, Michigan

Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

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Forest Township, Genesee County, Michigan

Forest Township is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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French Americans

French Americans or Franco-Americans (Franco-américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties.

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French-Canadian Americans

French-Canadian Americans (Américains franco-canadiens; also referred to as Franco-Canadian Americans or Canadien Americans) are Americans of French-Canadian descent. About 2.1 million U.S. residents cited this ancestry in the 2010 U.S. Census; the majority of them speak French at home. Americans of French-Canadian descent are most heavily concentrated in New England, New York State, Louisiana and the Midwest.

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General Squier Memorial Park

The General Squier Memorial Park is a park located at 4725 South Mill Road in Dryden Township in southeastern Lapeer County, Michigan.

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Genesee County, Michigan

Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. Lapeer County, Michigan and Genesee County, Michigan are Michigan counties.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Goodland Township, Michigan

Goodland Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Grand Trunk Western Railroad

The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Hadley Township, Michigan

Hadley Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Henry Stephens (lumberman)

Henry Stephens (1823–1886) was an Irish-American lumberman, merchant and financier.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Imlay City, Michigan

Imlay City is a city in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Imlay Township, Michigan

Imlay Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana Territory

The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, to December 11, 1816, when the remaining southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

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Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) is a municipal corporation responsible for distributing water services in the Mid-Michigan and Thumb areas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Lapeer County, Michigan and Karegnondi Water Authority are Metro Detroit.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Lake Huron

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Language change

Language change is the process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, across a period of time.

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Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan and the most populous city in Ingham County. Lapeer County, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan are 1835 establishments in Michigan Territory and Populated places established in 1835.

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Lapeer County Courthouse

The Lapeer County Courthouse is a county courthouse located on Courthouse Square along West Nepessing Street in the city of Lapeer in Lapeer County, Michigan.

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Lapeer Township, Michigan

Lapeer Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Lapeer, Michigan

Lapeer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County.

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Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an United States Army officer and politician.

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List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Lapeer County

The following is a list of Michigan State Historic Sites in Lapeer County, Michigan.

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Macomb County, Michigan

Macomb County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Michigan, bordering Lake St. Lapeer County, Michigan and Macomb County, Michigan are Metro Detroit and Michigan counties.

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Marathon Township, Michigan

Marathon Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mayfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan

Mayfield Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Metamora Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Metamora is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Michigan Territory

The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan.

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Millers Lake, Michigan

Millers Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest part of Deerfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States, surrounding a lake of the same name.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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Municipal clerk

A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan

The following is a list of National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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New France

New France (Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.

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North Branch Township, Michigan

North Branch Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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North Branch, Michigan

North Branch is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution.

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Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. Lapeer County, Michigan and Oakland County, Michigan are Metro Detroit and Michigan counties.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ojibwe

The Ojibwe (syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (Ojibwewaki ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and throughout the northeastern woodlands.

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Oregon Township, Michigan

Oregon Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Otter Lake, Michigan

Otter Lake is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Polish Americans

Polish Americans (Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland.

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Polish people

Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.

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Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Lapeer County, Michigan and Pontiac, Michigan are Metro Detroit.

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Potawatomi

The Potawatomi, also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prosecutor

A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law.

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Province of Quebec (1763–1791)

The Province of Quebec (Province de Québec) was a colony in British North America which comprised the former French colony of Canada.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Recorder of deeds

Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over that property.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan

Also known as History of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer County, Lapeer County, MI.

Lapeer County, Michigan, the Glossary

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1835 establishments in Michigan Territory

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