1833-07-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1833-07-18 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ALFRED ALLEN DID NOT USE PRAIRIE IN TOWN NAME--NAME CHANGED TO WHITE PIGEON 1835-01-21--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY--AHMS 413 1/2 /234--BOTTOM--1836-11-16 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE M T--POSTMASTER CHAPMAN GATES--CDS FIRST APPEARED IN 1830 AND POSTMASTER GATES CONTINUED TO USE IT EVEN AFTER "PRAIRIE" WAS DROPPED FROM THE TOWN NAME--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED

Year: 1833
Date: 1833-07-18
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
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