1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH--V8--BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND MARY E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER, GENESSEE CO, NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY-----ABIGAIL SLEEPER SAYS SHE SAW A BEAR IN YOUR WOODS THEY ARE QUITE PLENTY--DOES FARNHAM GET MARRIED YET TELL ME WHEN YOU WRITE--MENTIONS MR & MRS KIDDER, GRAYS MILLS EAST OF ROMEO, MR WHITE MOVED TO DRYDEN, MARY AND MR RIX, & RIXS FRIEND HASEN, TELL WILLIAM THERE IS A SEMINARY AT NEWBERG IF HE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL, OLD MR SOUTHWELL, WIDOW CHAPMAN, & OLIVE NEWTON---ALSO A LETTER FROM M E WAY TO MRS SOUTHWELL--A GOOD MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE SICK JOHN CHURCHILL AND WIFE HAVE HAD THE FEVER BUT ARE GETTING WELL--THERE HAS BEEN BUT ONE DEATH THAT I HAVE HEARD OF MRS DEWITT, A GOOD MANY SICK IN DRYDEN AND DOWN AT BELL RIVER ALSO AT ROMEO A NUMBER OF DEATHS THERE, MRS SLEEPER HAS HAD A LIGHT ATTACK BUT WENT A VISITING TWICE IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT AFTER SHE WAS TAKEN, I THINK SHE WOULD BE QUITE A DECENT WOMAN IF SHE WOULD BRIDLE HER TONGUE--I WAS AT MRS GOODRICHES LAST WEEK, SENT HER LOVE TO YOU ALL WANTS YOUR MOTHER TO WRITE TO HER SHE HAS BEEN TO SEE ME TWICE I THINK HER AN EXCELLENT OLD LADY, MRS CHANEY HAS ALSO BEEN HERE, I HAVE NOT SEEN GARRYS WIFE BUT HE PROVIDES FOR HER AND CHILDREN AND WHEN HE HAS ANY HIRED HELP THEY BOARD WITH HER, BUT HE BOARDS WITH THE FAMILY THAT LIVES IN HIS HOUSE, HE MUST BE A HATEFUL DOG---I HAVE JUST HEARD THAT HENRIETTA IS SICK BUT I GUESS NOT VERY SICK FOR AUNT SAL HAS BEEN TO MEETING TODAY SHE HAS TALKED SOME ABOUT COMING TO SEE YOU THIS FALL BUT HAS GIVEN IT UP TILL GRANDMOTHER LITTLE CAROLINE HAS BEEN OVER HERE TO SCHOOL THIS SUMMER AND STAYED HERE, THEY ALL LIVE IN ONE HOUSE AND COMMON REPORT SAYS THE WOMEN ARE TROUBLED WITH A BAD BREAKING OUT IN THE MOUTH--MR SANDERS HAS BUILT A HOUSE WHERE THE ONE STOOD YOU LIVED IN SOUTH OF MR RIXES THEY HAVE GOT A SON, MR MCGEORGE HAS GOT TO NEWBERG, I LIKE HER AND MRS RIX VERY MUCH MARY RIX WAS HERE LAST WEEK A VISITING, I SHOULD FEEL LIKE A LOST CAT IF I HAD NOT SOME ACQUAINTANCES UP THAT WAY--MRS SKANK I THINK A PRETTY WOMAN AND THE KIDDERS WIVES, HARVEY KIDDER HAS SOLD HIS FARM FOR $800 IT IS SAID HE IS INVOLVED--I HAVE JUST FINISHED SPINNING TWELVE POUNDS OF WOOL--I TOOK UP SPIN I AM GOING TO HAVE A LOOM MADE PAY FOR IT IN WEAVING, OUR CHILDREN ARE WELL AND GROW FINELY EVELINA WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE WONT BE MARRIED NEXT SUMMER, OLIVE IS SO PRETTY WE ARE GOING TOKEEP HER FOR THE BABY, OUR BEST RESPECTS TO THE OLD GENTLEMAN AND LADY---HENRY HAS BEEN DISSOLVING SOME SUGAR AND SO HE IS LICKING LIPS, HE WORKED FOR RICHARDSON IN HARVEST TEN DAYS--THERE IS A GOOD MANY BEARS THIS FALL, MOTHER WAS COMING HOME FROM ROMEO A FEW DAYS AGO AND CAME JUST UP ON AN OLD BEAR AND TWO LITTLE CUBS NOT FAR FROM THE COUNTY LINE SHE--LUCINDA SANBORN THAT WAS DIED THE TENTH OF JULY HAS LITTLE GIRL HAS GONE TO MRS INGLASES TO LIVE-GENEALOGY37-EBACH-WHITFORD 2003 LOT209$900

Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lapeer
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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1. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 8---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

2. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 7---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

3. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 6---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

4. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 5---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

5. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

6. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

7. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..

8. 1845-09-18 BRISTOL MICH---BLUE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK WITH MATCHING BOLD 10---FROM HENRY AND M.E. WAY AT BRISTOL TO SILAS SOUTHWELL AT ALEXANDER NEW YORK REGARDING FARMING, LIVESTOCK, PRICES AND FAMILY---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..