Folder 12: Recognition by the State of Michigan, 1871-1905

Download Item 01: Nomination of Dirk Van Raalte to the office of notary public for Ottawa County by Henry P. Baldwin, 1871 (610 KB)

Download Item 02: Conferment of membership on the Board of Managers of the Michigan Soldiers’ Home on Dirk Van Raalte by Governor Aaron Bliss (630 KB)

Download Item 03: Letter from [?] to Dirk Van Raalte, executive office of state of Michigan, November 1876 (295 KB)

Download Item 04: Letter from [?] Jagley to [?], executive office of state of Michigan, undated [187?] (261 KB)

Download Item 05: Invitation for Dirk Van Raalte to be present at dedication of the Michigan Soldiers’ Home (140 KB)

Download Item 06: Letter from [?] to Honorable Mr. Buck and Senator Burrows, Washington, D.C., December 1905 (383 KB)

Download Item 07: Program for dedication of the Michigan Soldiers’ Home (79 KB)

Download Item 08: Letter from Louis Kanitz of “Muskegon Valley Furniture Co.,” Muskegon, MI, January 1901 (187 KB)

Download Item 09: Program for 1904 Memorial Day (827 KB)

Download Item 10: Letter from Governor Aaron Bliss and Dirk Van Raalte to [?], Holland, MI, December 1900 (310 KB)