1831-02-02-- ANN ARBOR M T --RED #MANUSCRIPT & RED MS 25 RATE---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL-GFP-BX1- #6---GENEALOGY 2---THE DISPUTED DEED HAS ARRIVED AND HE WILL PRESENT IT FOR DAMAGES AGAINST PARSONS----LISTS CROP PRICES IN THE AREA---THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO GROW, BUT THE OLDER STATES STILL HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE YOUNGER ONES---JACKSON HAS DIRECTLY OPPOSED THE UNITED STATES BANK---MORE TIME IS BEING ASKED FOR TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS---"HIS OPPOSITION TO THE INDIANS (THE CHEROKEE) IS MORE LIKE OLD HICKORY, THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"---THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE WAS APPOINTED MINISTER TO RUSSIA---"BUT STILL IF CLAY AND JACKSON ARE TO BE THE NEXT CANDIDATES I WOULD VOTE FOR JACKSON ON ANTI-MASONIC PRINCIPLES"---HE IS NOT GRIEVED THAT WOLFENBERGER AND HUMMELL WERE NOT ELECTED---"I HAVE AN IDEA THERE IS MORE UNDERHAND WORK PRACTICED IN A NEW COUNTRY THAN AN OLD ONE. I HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF IT HERE"---REPORTS ON THE WEATHER---MARIA IS STARTING TO FEEL BETTER---MUSES ON BEING A BACHELOR---"THE EMIGRANT HAS HAD 600 SUBSCRIBERS. IT HAS LOST 150 WHICH MAY IN A GREAT WAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE EDITORS WHO THOUGH DEXTER AND ALLEN ISSUED AN UNINTERESTING PAPER"---ASKS AFTER ALEXANDER AND LITTLE ROBERT---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY---4PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1831
Date: 1831-02-02
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

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