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Heritage Project — The War of 1817

May 1, 2023

Estimated reading time: 1 minutes

People were vaguely aware that 1837 was the year associated with the university’s birth, although there had been some small, failed experiment with a territorial college in Detroit way back when. A new seal for U-M was designed in the 1890s that featured the year 1837. With that, the lawyerly mind of Frank Culver saw red. — Read the full story on the Heritage Project. Click on the image to enlarge.

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