1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --*****MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--FROM REV ISAAC McILVAINE (1850,60,80 US CENSUS, B. IRELAND 1799-02-05, D. NEW JERSEY 1883-06-30, SPOUSE, M. MARY ANN HARRISON McILVAINE 1829-05-12{1800-1867}, CHILDREN, MARY BLATCHFORD McILVAINE{1830-}, LYDIA HARRISON McILVAINE{1833-}, MARTHA REBECCA McILVAINE{1855-}, JOHN McILVAINE)---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK---TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE----"I REACHED BUFFALOE JUST AS THE STORM HAD SUBSIDED, AS THE NEWS OF SHIPWRECKS WAS ARRIVING- STEAM BOATS HAD NOT VENTURED OUT FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS, BUT THE MORNING AFTER MY ARRIVAL, HAVING COLLECTED MY BAGGAGE, THE RISING SUN WITNESSED US GLIDING GENTLY ON THE SMOOTH WATERS OF THE LAKE........AFTER A DELIGHTFUL PASSAGE OF TWO DAYS WE REACHED DETROIT....I SAILED IN A SMALL VESSEL FOR MONROE. AND AFTER AN UNPLEASANT AND RATHER DANGEROUS PASSAGE OF ABOUT 30 HOURS, CAME TO THE RIVER RAISIN....THERE NATURE SAT UNTUTORED - THE SWAN IN COMPANIES ENGAGED THEMSELVES ALONG THE SHORE -THE WILD DUCK IN IMMENSE NUMBERS FLEW AROUND....MONROE IS A VILLAGE OF ABOUT 300 INHABITANTS, SOME FRENCH, SOME WORTHLESS AND WANDERING, AND SOME EXCELLENT PEOPLE. THE RIVER HERE HAS A LITTLE FALL- THE BANKS ARE GENTLY ASCENDING- THE SITUATION AS ALTOGETHER BEAUTIFUL-HOUSES ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE BUT MOST ON THE SOUTH SIDE"----MENTIONS DR BEECHER AND FATHER CLEMENS---REPORT OF LABORS AND HELPING PEOPLE RESOLVE DISPUTES---"THE METHODISTS HAVE TRIED MUCH TO FORM A SOCIETY HERE BUT CANNOT"---"I NOW ASK PERMISSION OF THE COMMITTEE TO GO TO NEW YORK THIS SPRING TO VISIT PIOUS PARENTS WHOM I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR TEN YEARS, AND WHOM, IF I DO NOT GO SOON I MAY NEVER SEE"----STEAMSHIPS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $150 - N
Year: 1928
Date: 1828-03-24
County:
Monroe
City:
Monroe
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, MI Waterways
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7
1. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 1--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
2. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 2--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
3. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
4. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--TOP OF PAGE 3--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
5. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 3--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
6. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 4--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
7. 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 5--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..