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Businessmen of Beaver Island (1972 tax letter)

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Summary

“The Businessmen of Beaver Island” is the collective signatory named on an April 10, 1972 letter protesting sharp property-tax increases and asking state officials for consideration of the island’s resort economy.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper supplies no organization charter, membership list, officers, or evidence of later activity. This record models the collective signature and advocacy episode without treating it as a legally incorporated association.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Tax Beefs.”
    Prints a letter to Governor William G. Milliken signed “The Businessmen of Beaver Island,” with copies to state, county, township, and legislative offices; it does not establish a charter, membership, officers, or continuity beyond the letter.
    beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon