Title: 1831-05-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1831-05-18 DETROIT M T--VIA STEAMBOAT--CLEAVELAND--WASHINGTON---BOTTOM---1833-06-03 DETROIT M T VIA CLEAVELAND---CLEAVELAND MARKING NOT ADDED FOR UNKNOWN REASON More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1831-05-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1831-05-18 DETROIT M T--BY STEAMBOAT--BY WAY OF CLEVELAND--FROM JOHN R. WILLIAMS AT DETROIT TO COL. GEORGE BOMFORD, U.S. ORDNANCE DEPT., WASHINGTON---A VOLUNTARY COMPANY OF INFANTRY CALLED THE "CITY GUARDS" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN DETROIT---CAPT. E. BROOKS, LATE OF THE U.S. ARMY AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE MICHIGAN MILITIA, HAS BEEN ELECTED CAPTAIN OF THE COMPANY---HE HAS HOPES THIS WILL INCREASE THE MILITARY SPIRIT OF THE TERRITORY'S MILITIA---HE REQUESTS THAT THE COMPANY BE SUPPLIED WITH MUSKETS, AND ASKS HIM TO CONTACT LIEUT. HOWARD AT THE ARSENAL, TO ISSUE 60 TO 70 STANDS, CHARGED TO THE TERRITORY---3 PAGES---GENEALOGY 3---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-05-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 3