Scholars and legislative drafters have poured extensive knowledge and foresight into this work to capture a living reflection of the state's ideals and operational blueprint.

The work revises and expands an earlier publication, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.