Title: 1823-04-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1823-04-18 FORT CRAWFORD(PRAIRIE DU CHENE)M T /WISCONSIN--HELD TILL SPRING--CDS 1823-04-18--DATELINED 1823-01-14--FORT CRAWFORD WAS BUILT IN 1816 ON THE SITE OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE POST OFFICE FOR THE FORT PRIOR TO 1823-12-06(OPENING OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN POST OFFICE) WAS ST LOUIS VIA MILITARY COURIER OR RIVERBOAT.--EARLIEST KNOWN POSTMARKED LETTER FROM WISCONSIN AS MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN PRIVATE HANDS.--BOTTOM--1827-10-21 FORT CRAWFORD M T--LETTER HANDED DIRECTLY TO CAPTAIN OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT AND COVERED MAIL AT ST LOUIS ON 1827-11-15 FOR FORWARDING TO WASHINGTON CITY--ONLY KNOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT LETTER FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-04-18
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Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-10-21 ANN ARBOR M T --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE----AHMS LETTER 553/15---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. WILLIAM PAGE AT ANN ARBOUR---REPORT OF LABORS---THERE IS LITTLE SICKNESS IN THE REGION---"OUR SABBATH SCHOOL HAS CLOSED THIS DAY. IT COMMENCES AGAIN NEXT SPRING. WE ARE COMPELLED TO THIS CESSATION BY THE WANT OF A SUITABLE ROOM DURING THE WINTER SEASON."------GENEALOGY 1---3PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-10-21
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3