Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T--PPP #7 picture doesn’t work --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT---GENEALOGY 2---FROM JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS AUNT JANE TRIMBLE (U.S GRAVE INDEX, B. AUGUSTA CO. VIRGINIA 1755,D. 1839,FATHER, JAMES ALLEN, CHILD, CYRUS W TRIMBLE) AT HILLSBOROUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO--"THE COUNTRY MODERATELY UNEVEN, OUR RIVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I EVER BEHELD, AND ABOUNDING WITH THE MOST VALUABLE FISH"---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---GENEALOGY---CENSUS--6 PGS---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 ----OPENS WITH "MY MORE THAN MOTHER" AND CONTINUES "WHAT A STATE OF WRETCHEDNESS ANN AND MYSELF HAVE EVER LIVED IN BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTERFERENCE" (REFERENCING JANE TRIMBLE'S HELP IN CONVINCING THE MCCUE FAMILY TO LET ANN GO TO MICHIGAN WITH JOHN ALLEN - COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)---"BUT AS TO MY HAVING THE MOST DISTANT IDEA OF DEFRAUDING ANY ONE, OF THEIR JUST RIGHTS I DENY IT WITH UPLIFTED HANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOST SEARCHING GOD - AND WAS IT NOT MY DEAR AUNT, THAT I HAVE THIS MOST COMFORTABLE ASSURANCE IN MY HEART THE ONE WHO SEEST AND KNOWEST ALL THINGS AND KNOWEST THE INTENTIONS OF HIS CREATURES AND JUDGEST NOT AS MAN JUDGED, I COULD NOT BEAR UP UNDER THE LOSS OF REPUTATION AND EVERY THING THAT A SOCIAL BEING SETS A VALUE ON...I ALSO FEEL CONFIDENT (BY THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE) THAT THE DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT, IN WHICH I SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT I ONLY DETAINED FROM THEM A FEW PENCE TO ENABLE ME TO PAY THEM THE POUNDS"--- "IT IS NOW TWELVE MONTHS SINCE I SETTLED HERE, WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN INHABITANT WITHIN TEN MILES - HOW DIFFERENT IS THE SCENE NOW, IN THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FAMILIES MANY OF WHOM ARE OF THE FIRST RESPECTABILITY, ROADS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, MILLS OF EVERY KIND STARTED, TRADESMEN PUTTING THEIR SHOPS IN OPERATION FOR THE FLOOD OF EMIGRATION THAT IS EXPECTED NEXT SUMMER, FARMERS BUSILY ENGAGED IN FENCING FARMS WHICH NATURE HAS PROVIDED ALREADY CLEARED FOR THEM - IN SHORT IT ALREADY WEARS THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD SETTLED COUNTRY EXCEPT THE WANT OF HOUSES AND BARNS"----DESCRIBES THE LAND AND THEIR HOME---MENTIONS FATHER, MOTHER, ELIZA AND SARAH ANN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 7