It is remembered also, that in this school house, a Temperance
meeting was held, and an address delivered by Hon. Gerritt
Smith, of Petersboro, N. Y., a name well known in the United
States.
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The schoolhouse mentioned was next to the James Shearer mill which I believe was later Pitts and Cranage. This is the first reference to Gerritt Smith being in Bay City that I am aware of.
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