6 Friday, October 1, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Home of Michigan's First Jew Is Being Excavated at Straits Fort Continued from Page 1) was relatively undis- turbed and accurate re- cords were available. He said other areas of the fort had been altered by 18th Century British building projects, the founding of Mackinaw City and a New Deal pro- ject in the 1930s which cleared part of the fort. FEN1N- STEIN The basement excavation has uncovered two levels, one French and one British. The French had torn down the fort in the 1730s and built a larger structure. The "Ezekiel Solomon's busi- ness often took him to Montreal where his is be- lieved to have been buried and where he was a member of Canada's first Jewish congregation, Shearith Is- rael." ▪ BANKRUPTC1P1 • ▪ APPRAISER ! • • SALE _ Desks .$79.96. 1 40- 1 .77 1/ Chairs .$10.00 I ipl • • Talent Agency A SURE THING "5-" Johnny PARTY! 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Land records show that a French family, the Parants, built the home and lived there through the French period of the fort. The French and British both lived at the site after a peace treaty was signed in 1761 ending the French and In- dian War. Parant served as commander of the fort after Chief Pontiac's uprising in 1763. The British took complete control in 1765 and later that year Solomon bought the home from Parant. sident of the Jewish faith. "Solomon was one of the most active Mackinac fur traders until his death about 1808. He was one of those who narrowly escaped death _ in the massacre of 1763. "During the Revolutio- nary War, he and other hard-pressed traders pooled their resources to form a general store. In 1784 he was a member of a commit- tee of eight formed to regu- late the Mackinac area trade. 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