Title: 1823-07-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--1823-07-18 DETROIT M T--VIA STEAMBOAT(MARKED B FOR BOAT)MAILED BY A PASSENGER ONBOARD THE STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR ON LAKE ERIE. FOLLOWING THE WRECK OF THE WALK-ON-THE-WATER 1820-10-31---THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND PLACED IN THE NEW STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR WHICH MADE HER FIRST TRIP FROM DETROIT TO BUFFALO ON 1822-04-13. More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-07-18 DETROIT M T---STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO---ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--FROM F.G. HOPKINS AT DETROIT TO CAROLINE PORTER AT NORTH HADLEY MASS.---DATELINE ON BOARD THE STEAM BOAT "LAKE SUPERIOR", LAKE ERIE---APOLOGIZES FOR NOT CALLING ON HER, DESCRIBES HIS TRAVELS AND A VISIT TO A MISSION SCHOOL AT MAUMEE, OHIO AND SAYS OF THE INDIANS "I WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CHILDREN WHO LOSE MUCH OF THEIR SAVAGE APPEARANCE WHEN DRESSED IN A CIVILIZED HABIT"---"I SPENT SOME TIME IN DETROIT, THIS IS A PLACE ALMOST WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO WICKEDNESS"----MENTIONS MR. AND MRS. CUSHMAN---6 PAGES---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6