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Robert A. Forsyth
Unknown birthdate, Detroit, MI
Born in 1798, Detroit, MI
Born in of 1798, Detroit, MI
Born on , 1798, Detroit, MI
Unknown death date,
Died in 1849,
Died in October of 1849,
Died on October 21, 1849,
 
 
Biography
Robert A. ​Forsyth was Chicago's first school teacher. He served in the War of 1812 as a cadet, then became the long-time secretary to Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass. In 1821, he accompanied Cass on an expedition to locate mineral deposits and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Forsyth and his family received tens of thousands of dollars in payments at treaty signings.​​​ He was a member of the Cass/Kinzie kinship group.​​

 
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Kappler, Charles J. (ed.). Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Vol. 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904.
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​Brown, Ralph H. "With Cass in the Northwest in 1820." Accessed February 27, 2019.​

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Tripler, Eunice​ and Louis A. Arthur. Eunice Tripler: Some note of her personal recollections. ​New York: The Grafton Press, 1910.​

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Burton, Mary Agnes [ed.]. Governer and judges journal: proceedings of the Land board of Detroit.​ Michigan: University of Michigan, 1915.​

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