Title: 1839-01-09 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLUE 31MM CDS AND BLUE STAMPED ARCH PAID AND BLACK MS 18 3/4 RATE--DATELINED SPRINGWELLS MICH, WAYNE CO.-- FROM WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE TO HENRY B. CURTIS AT MOUNT VERNON, KNOX COUNTY OHIO--HE RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR. BURR OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO; MR. WORDEN DOES NOT APPARENTLY FEEL DISPOSED TO MEET HIS OBLIGATIONS TO HIM, MR. BROWN ASSURES HIM HE WILL PAY; MR. BROWN, WHO ADVISED HIM IN THE MATTER HAS DIED, AND MR. WORDEN'S FAILURE TO PAY HAS PUT HIM IN A DIFFICULT POSITION; HIS DUTIES AS A SENATE OF THE STATE MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR TO RETURN TO MOUNT VERNON; MR. NYE HAD PREVIOUSLY SURVEYED THE LAND IN QUESTION; HE HOPES MR. BROWN'S PAPERS EXPLAINING THE SITUATION CAN BE FOUND---GENEALOGY---4 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-01-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-01-09 +KENT MICH---KENT CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID &MS 25 RATE----TO MISS CAROLINE M. HURD AT MIDDLE HADDAM, MIDDLESEX CO, CONN-----FROM W.D. ROBERTS, DATELINED GRAND RAPIDS, TO HIS AUNT TELLING OF HIS FATHER'S JOURNEY FROM CLEVELAND TO CHICAGO THROUGH MACKINAC AND THE ISLANDS WITH "...HE WAS CHOSEN 1ST LIEUT OF THE MILITARY COMPANY--AND HE WRITES ME THAT THEY ARE NOW, DRAFTING MEN TO GO ON THE FRONTIER AS THERE IS MUCH DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE COMANCHE INDIANS, AND THE WHITES---" AND CLOSING IN PART, "...N YEARS--IT WAS CELEBRATED HERE BY N. YEARS BALL--WHICH FOR SPLENDOR SURPASSED ANYTHING I'VE WITNESSED AT THE EAST THAT IS TO SAY ALLOWING--MICHIGAN WESTERN WILDERNESS." ---GENEALOGY----NATIVE AMERICANS---WATERWAY TRAVEL---COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 274 More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-01-09
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0