1831-09-14 ANN ARBOR M T --STRAIGHT LINE CANCEL & STAMPED 25 RATE USED FOR THE 1ST TIME----PHOTOCOPY--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-#7---GENEALOGY 2---PARSONS CAME TO CALL AND THEY SETTLED PAYMENT FOR A PIECE OF LAND---HE AND ROBERT HAVE "BOUGHT MR. EWERS FAVOR", PLANS TO PURCHASE ALVAH EWERS'S FARM, WHICH ADJOINS ROBERT'S LAND---MR. EWERS'S BROTHER, TILLOTSON EWER, WAS THE FORMER TENANT OF THE FARM---THOUGHTS ON LOANING MONEY---PRODUCTION AND FINANCES OF THE SAW MILL, AND CROP YIELDS AND PRICES---MENTIONS LUNA, JANE (THE BABY), JANE EWERS, SUGGESTS WILLIAM BRING ISABEL WHEN HE VISITS, SINCE MICHIGAN WILL EVENTUALLY BE HER HOME---AUSTIN E. WING ELECTED THE DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, ALSO TELLS VOTES RECEIVED BY DEXTER AND WILLIAMS---GOV. CASS WAS ANNOUNCED AS SECRETARY OF WAR AND STEVENS MASON APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN, THE ACTING GOV. WHEN THE GOV. IS OUT OF THE TERRITORY; THIS HAS INJURED JACKSON'S POPULARITY BECAUSE MASON IS ONLY 20 YEARS OF AGE---GEORGE PORTER WAS APPOINTED GOV.---MORE THOUGHTS ON POLITICS AND A WEATHER REPORT---GENEALOGY---3PGS---- COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1831
Date: 1831-09-14
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

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4. 1831-09-14 ANN ARBOR M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE-- STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL ---FREE FRANK--AHMS LETTER 1482/122---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..