Happy birthday to this guy

Celebrating General Friend Palmer’s birthday with “whiskey in the gentlemen’s dressing room, and champagne in the supper room.”

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Having a party, with the Pontiac Company

There’s probably a lot to say about the Pontiac Company, formed in 1818 by Colonel Stephen Mack and a cabal of influential Detroiters. The land grab platted the city of Pontiac, established the seat of Oakland County, probably made a lot of dudes a lot of money and set a precedent for northward expansion from Detroit.

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