Title: 1848-03-17 +ANN ARBOR MICH----WASHTENAW CO-----RED CDS & STAMPED 2 DROP LETTER RATE------TO E W MORGAN AT ANN ARBOR MICH, PER G BATES----FROM JAMES KINGSLEY, WHO MADE THE WELCOMING REMARKS IN 1839 WHEN THE FIRST TRAIN RUMBLED INTO THE TRAIN STATION.-----GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 225 More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-03-17
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
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Title: 1848-03-17 SAUGATUCK MICH-----ALLEGAN CO-----BLACK *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE------TO MRS ABIGAIL C. BAILEY, PITTSBURGH, PENN--FROM HER BROTHER JEREMIAH P MANSFIELD, SAUGATUCK MICH---DATELINE GANGES---DETAILS TIMBER WHERE HE IS WORKING, ON THE BANKS OF LAKE MICHIGAN ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF THE KALAMAZOO RIVER, CURRENT LAND PRICES, WAGES---"THE REASON WHY THIS LAND HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED MORE IS BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN UP BY SPECULATORS IN 1836 AND AND THEY HAVE HELD ONTO IT WITH THE EXPECTATION OF GETTING A GREAT PRICE AND THEY HELD IT SO HIGH THAT NONE WOULD PURCHASE IT AS LONG AS GOVERNMENT LAND WAS TO BE HAD AT $1.25"---MENTIONS JEFFERSON, AZAHEL, BENJAMIN TURNER, HENRY---WEATHER---GENEALOGY---3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45847M-N More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-03-17
County: Allegan
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , Manuscripts , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
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