Monroe

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 277

Monroe, a city of Michigan, on the Raisin River, 2 miles by a ship-canal from Lake Erie, and 40 miles by rail SSW. of Detroit. It contains a number of flour-mills, a woollen-mill, and other manufactures. Pop. (1890) 5258.

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