Title: 1836-04-27 +DURHAM M T---BRANCH CO---V6----BLACK HISTORY----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GIRRARD, BRANCH CO, M T---FROM Y. FISHER AT GIRRARD TO HIS BROTHER ROSWELL FISHER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK REGARDING DEATHS AND FAMILY---OLD MR HOSBY DIED A WEEK AGO LAST WEDNESDAY, HE DIED VERY EASY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE--SEND MY TRUNK BY MR DICKMAN OR TO COLDWATER, SOME 20 MILES FROM HERE---RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR WILLIAM PATTERSON, OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WELL, PATTERSON HAD NOT SOLD THEN---JAMES PATTERSON IS IN A VERY LOW STATE OF HEALTH AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY BETTER---THEY HAD A FIRE IN FRANCESTOWN VILLAGE A FEW WEEKS AGO, PORTER DODGE'S HOUSE, ABRN AND SHOP BURNED--HATTER DAVIS'S WIFE IS DEAD---LUKE TORRENCE & IRA ARE HERE, WILLIAM---LUKE HAS BEEN AT CAPT. McCRAKENS--I SUSPECT HE IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO EMILEN------WITH THIS CLOSING NOTE: "P.S. BURN THIS AS SOON AS YOU READ IT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2-13 LOT 47 $160---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-27
County: Branch
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Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6