Title: 1836-11-29 DETROIT M T --CDS----AHMS LETTER 996/393----REV JOHN B. CLEAVELAND AND E.P. HASTINGS----ASKING FOR AID FOR CHURCHES IN BROWNSTOWN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND NANKIN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND SUPPORT REV REUBEN ARMSTRONG LATE OF BLISSFIELD, LENAWEE CO, MICH, WHO NOW RESIDES IN NANKIN----THE CHURCH IN BROWNSTOWN MEETS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED SMOOTH ROCK OR FLAT ROCK OR VREELAND, THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER---THE CHURCH IN NANKIN IS CALLED THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NANKIN, OR SOMETIMES DERBY'S CORNER'S CHURCH SITUATED ON THE CHICAGO TURNPIKE ABOUT 15 OR 18 MILES FROM DETROIT---WHEN THE ST. JOSEPH'S RAIL ROAD IS BUILT OVER THEIR GROUNDS THEIR SETTLEMENT WILL GO "A HEAD"---REV ARMSTRONG IS NOW ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS WHOLE TIME TO THE 2 CHURCHES------GENEALOGY---2PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
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Title: 1836-11-29 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-11-29 CONSTANTINE M T--SAINT JOSEPH CO--POSTMASTER JOHN S BARRY--FORWARDED FROM TOLEDO M T--IN THE DISPUTED TOLEDO STRIP--1836-12-07 TO COLUMBUS OHIO. CONSTANTINE CDS WITH MICHIGAN DESIGNATION FIRST APPEARED 1836-11-27. POSTMASTER BARRY LATER BECAME GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN(1842-1846). 1 OF 4 KNOWN EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1836-11-29 CONSTANTINE M T--TO TOLEDO OHIO(MICHIGAN TERRITORY)--FORWARDED TO COLUMBUS--DURING TIME OF TOLEDO WAR--TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS ESQ. AT COLUMBUS OHIO FROM W.T. HOUSE AFO AT CONSTANTINE---DECLINING TO SIDE WITH THOSE WANTING TO MAKE THE POST OFFICE AT TOLEDO A DISTRIBUTING OFFICE BECAUSE THEY FEEL "THE INTEREST OF MOST OF THE TOWNS IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE TO BE IDENTIFIED IN GREAT MEASURE WITH THE PROSPERITY OF DETROIT. WE HAVE LIKEWISE A NUMBER OF PERSONAL FRIENDS IN DETROIT TO WHOM WE ARE INDEBTED FOR FAVORS. WE CANNOT COMENT(SIC) TO MAKE THEM OUR ENEMIES"---MENTIONS JUDGE MEEK, THE DEATH OF MR. GRINNELL---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Monroe , Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...THE BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 $150 - N More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4