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Title
Jean Baptiste Parrisien
Creator
NULL

Institution
Loutit District Library

Subject
Parrisien, Jean Baptiste, 1812-1912

Subject
Fur traders -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Subject
Letter carriers -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Item Number
LH01r008

Relation
NULL

Type
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Format
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Description
Jean Baptiste Parrisien, 1812-1912, a voyageur, arrived in Grand Haven with Louis Campau and Richard Godfey in 1835, and the next year became the first mail carrier between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven.

Jean Baptiste Parrisien

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