Title: 1828-11-12 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1828-11-12 ANN ARBOR M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER JOHN ALLEN--AHMS 668/25--BOTTOM--ANN ARBOR M T--MS CANCEL OF JAMES T ALLEN--SECOND STYLE STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP TO BE USED IN M T. THE POSTMARK USED PRINTERS TYPE AND FIRST APPEARED AT FORT WINNEBAGO JULY 1831. THE POSTMARKED WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF BEING UNSATISFACTORY. --GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-11-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1828-11-12 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE FRANK OF FOUNDER JOHN ALLEN P.M.---JOHN ALLEN ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR REV WILLIAM PAGE---AHMS LETTER 668/25---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK---"AND ALTHOUGH OUR POPULATION IS BECOMING DENSE, AND THE PROSPECTS OF MANY ARE BRIGHTENING - WE FIND THE EMBARRASSMENTS, THAT ALWAYS ATTEND THE SETTLEMENT OF A NEW COUNTRY, ARE STILL AFFLICTING A LARGE PORTION OF OUR CITIZENS, WHO OTHERWISE WOULD RENDER ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR CHURCH. THE SMALL SALARY PAID TO MR. PAGE THE LAST TWO YEARS ... SERIOUSLY EMBARRASSED HIM - IN SHORT, HE MUST HAVE HELP FROM SOME QUARTER, OR HIS FAMILY MUST SUFFER"---'WE ARE ON THE FRONTIER OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST IN AMERICA, AND AND EXPOSED TO THE ATTACKS OF ENEMIES ON ALL SIDES"---THIS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WAS THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OFFICIALLY SET UP ANYWHERE IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY WEST OF THE DETROIT AREA---GENEALOGY--EBACH-WHITFORD 2003 LOT 26---PRIVATELY OWNED----GENEALOGY 2-----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 26 $325---3 PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-11-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3