1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-15
County:
Oakland
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, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
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1. 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
2. 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
3. 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..