History of Cass County, from 1825 to 1875 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Cass County, From 1825 to 1875 The actual profit on these voyages was about one hundred. Per cent., most of which accrued to the merchant, while the trader endured all the fatigue. On the return of the expedition, the merchant took from the gross proceeds Six hundred crowns for his license, one thousand crowns for the prime cost of his goods, and from the remainder forty per cent. As bottomry, while the balance was divided equally be tween the six Com'z'eurs des 3055, whose Share for all the trials and privations undergone while on thc voyage, often proved a mere pittance. At the capitulation of Quebec, September 18th, 1760, Detroit, Mackinaw and all the present terri tory of Michigan was ceded by the French to the English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.