1831-04-12 NOTTAWAY M T--ST JOSEPH CO--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT--FROM BENJAMIN SHERMAN AT NOTTAWAY M T TO WILLIAM A. MILLS AT MT. MORRIS, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK ---GENEALOGY 7---REPORTS ON THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER AND ITS AFFECT ON THE CORN HARVEST---"BOTH HIS AND MR. ENGLE'S FAMILY HAVE HAD THE FEVER AND AGUE---"...THOSE WHO MOVED HERE FROM OHIO AND THE EAST PART OF THIS TERRITORY WARE (SIC) NOT TROUBLED WITH THE AGUE, AT ALL"---ALL ARE HEALTHY EXCEPT FOR MISS SHERMAN---"A GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, ARRIVED HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS SINCE, SAID TO BE WORTH $30,000 HE HAS INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT IN LAND IN THIS VICINITY AND HE IS CALCULATING TO BUILD A STEAM BOAT THE ENSUING SUMMER; TO PLY BETWEEN THIS PLACE AND THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER"---MENTIONS WILLIAM ENGLE AND ELI LAKE IN REFERENCE TO PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; ALSO THE TRANSFER OF THE POST OFFICE TO GEORGE BABCOCK AND MR. BARRY, PM GENERAL---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N

Year: 1831
Date: 1831-04-12
County: Saint Joseph
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , MI Waterways
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