1843-04-05 KENT MICH---BLACK CDS---AHMS# 2248---TO REV CHARLES HALL AT NEW YORK FROM REV L M S SMITH AT GRAND RAPIDS---INCLUDES A TESTIMONIAL CONCERNING REV. JAMES BALLARD----MENTIONS "THE BOGUS WASHINGTONIANISM HERE" AND HIS CALL FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE---PROVIDES THE POPULATION OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND A STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE AREA CHURCHES "THERE ARE 14 OR 16 CHURCHES, AND 4 OR 5 MINISTERS OF OUR DENOMINATION. THAT IS ONE MINISTER TO ABOUT 4000 INHABITANTS, 1000 SQUARE MILES, AND 5 CHURCHES"---"THIS REALLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MICHIGAN. IT IS THE RIGHEST IN AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL CAPABILITIES, AND CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST THICKLY POPULATED"--- LIST OF THE TYPES OF SOILS AND TIMBER, MINERALS, AND WATER POWER AVAILABLE---WRITES ABOUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THE NEED FOR MORE MISSIONARIES, AND THE NEED FOR BOOKS AND TRACTS IN GERMAN TO GIVE TO A LARGE GERMAN COMMUNITY IN CLINTON CO. THAT IS DISGRUNTLED WITH THEIR PRIEST---LETTER ALSO SIGNED BY H.E. WARIBG, PASTOR OF THE REF. D. CHURCH OF GRAND RAPIDS----4PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N

Year: 1843
Date: 1843-04-05
County: Kent
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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