1831-12-11--- YPSILANTI M T ---#MANUSCRIPT----JOHN GEDDES AT YPSILANTI M T---TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT CAMPBELLTOWN LEBANON CO PA ---THEN TURNED TO ANDREW GRAYDON AT HARRISBURG PA----MENTIONS LUNA, SAW MILL NEWS, ROBERT, WEATHER REPORT, CROP PRICES, ANTI-MASONRY, WILLIAM WIRT, CLAY, JACKSON, TAXES, MR. EWERS AND JANE, MR. MOSES CLARK, HE HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF YPSILANTI AND MORE ABOUT HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS---REGARDING THE AGUE "IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THE INCLINATION AND THE NATURE OF THE PERSON DOES MORE TOWARD CONFIRMING THEIR BELIEF THAN ANY EVIDENCE WHATEVER; AN INDOLENT PERSON WILL TAKE AN INDOLENT METHOD. IT TAKES BUT LITTLE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT A LITTLE WORK IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR THE AGUE, THEIR INCLINATION SUPPORTS THE SENTIMENT SO STRONGLY THAT REASON, AND EVIDENCE, LOSE THEIR EFFECT AND THE PERSON BECOMES THE MERE CREATURE OF AN INDOLENT WILL, OR LAZY APATHY"---"DIX IS A VERY UNPOPULAR MAN, THERE IS NO ACCOMMODATION ABOUT HIM AND AFTER HE DOES HAVE THEIR LOGS SAWED AND DIVIDED IF THE OWNER DOES NOT TAKE IT HOME RIGHT AWAY HE MUST CALCULATE TO LOSE MORE OR LESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND FOR LUMBER AS THERE WAS THIS PAST SEASON"---BHL-GFP-BX1-#8---GENEALOGY---4 PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1831
Date: 1831-12-11
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
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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