Title: 1834-10-29. PONTIAC M T*****W---RED CDS AND RED MS 25---AHMS 791/308---TO ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV J.W.RUGGLES AT ORCHARD LAKE--- IS THINKING OF LEAVING THE CHURCH AT ORCHARD LAKE BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION FROM THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE THERE. ONLY ONE SIGNED THE TEMPERENCE PLEDGE---"THESE CAME RECENTLY WITH LETTERS FROM CHURCHES IN SCOTLAND, AND FOR THIS REASON I AM MORE DISAPPOINTED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CONDUCT. I EXPECTED TO FIND THEM A PECULIAR PEOPLE; MORE PUNCTUAL IN THEIR ATTENDANCE ON RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES THAN OTHERS. BUT IT IS NOT SO"---MENTIONS BROTHER McEWAN, BROTHER FURY AT MACKINAC AND BROTHER WELLS AT DETROIT--- DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR MORE MINISTERS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING AT PONTIAC, WING LAKE, BLOOMFIELD, ROCHESTER, PAINT CREEK, LaPINE, GRAND BLANC AND HINK RIVER-------GENEALOGY---3PGS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION $150 - N More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-10-29
County: Oakland
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6