1851-02-10 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--RED 33MM CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE-----DATELINED GRATTAN (KENT CO) FEBRUARY 5TH 1851----TO MICHAEL FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, JEFFERSON CO, WISCONSIN------FROM LEVI FRANCISCO, GRATTAN, MICH-----"WE HAVE 80 ACRES OF LAND HERE AND ABOUT 45 ACRES OF IMPROVEMENT. FATHER RAISED 500 BUSHELS OF GRAIN THIS YEAR....AND WE HAVE ALSO GOT 160 ACRES OF LAND DOWN WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE GRAND RAPIDS WE NOW LIVE 20 MILES FROM THERE AND HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF OUR GRAIN THERE TO MARKET WE WANT TO SELL THIS AND GO DOWN THERE. WE WERE GLAD TO HERE THAT THE CALIFORNIA BOYS WERE SAFE THERE AND WERE DOING WELL."------MENTIONS PHILENA, AUNT PHEBE, GRANDMA & GRANDPA, FATHER, AUNT HANNAH, ----GENEALOGY----AG/ECON--3 pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS

Year: 1851
Date: 1851-02-10
County: Kent
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

1. 1851-02-10 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--RED 33MM CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE-----DATELINED GRATTAN (KENT CO) FEBRUARY 5TH 1851----TO MICHAEL FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, JEFFERSON CO, WISCONSIN------FROM LEVI FRANCISCO, GRATTAN, MICH-----"WE HAVE 80 ACRES OF LAND HERE AND ABOUT 45 ACRES OF IMPROVEMENT. FATHER RAISED 500 BUSHELS OF GRAIN THIS YEAR....AND WE HAVE ALSO GOT 160 ACRES OF LAND DOWN WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE GRAND RAPIDS WE NOW LIVE 20 MILES FROM THERE AND HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF OUR GRAIN THERE TO MARKET WE WANT TO SELL THIS AND GO DOWN THERE. WE WERE GLAD TO HERE THAT THE CALIFORNIA BOYS WERE SAFE THERE AND WERE DOING WELL."------MENTIONS PHILENA, AUNT PHEBE, GRANDMA & GRANDPA, FATHER, AUNT HANNAH, ----GENEALOGY----AG/ECON--3 pg----PAGE 1----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..

2. 1851-02-10 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--RED 33MM CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE-----DATELINED GRATTAN (KENT CO) FEBRUARY 5TH 1851----TO MICHAEL FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, JEFFERSON CO, WISCONSIN------FROM LEVI FRANCISCO, GRATTAN, MICH-----"WE HAVE 80 ACRES OF LAND HERE AND ABOUT 45 ACRES OF IMPROVEMENT. FATHER RAISED 500 BUSHELS OF GRAIN THIS YEAR....AND WE HAVE ALSO GOT 160 ACRES OF LAND DOWN WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE GRAND RAPIDS WE NOW LIVE 20 MILES FROM THERE AND HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF OUR GRAIN THERE TO MARKET WE WANT TO SELL THIS AND GO DOWN THERE. WE WERE GLAD TO HERE THAT THE CALIFORNIA BOYS WERE SAFE THERE AND WERE DOING WELL."------MENTIONS PHILENA, AUNT PHEBE, GRANDMA & GRANDPA, FATHER, AUNT HANNAH, ----GENEALOGY----AG/ECON--3 pg----PAGE 2---COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..

3. 1851-02-10 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--RED 33MM CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE-----DATELINED GRATTAN (KENT CO) FEBRUARY 5TH 1851----TO MICHAEL FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, JEFFERSON CO, WISCONSIN------FROM LEVI FRANCISCO, GRATTAN, MICH-----"WE HAVE 80 ACRES OF LAND HERE AND ABOUT 45 ACRES OF IMPROVEMENT. FATHER RAISED 500 BUSHELS OF GRAIN THIS YEAR....AND WE HAVE ALSO GOT 160 ACRES OF LAND DOWN WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE GRAND RAPIDS WE NOW LIVE 20 MILES FROM THERE AND HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF OUR GRAIN THERE TO MARKET WE WANT TO SELL THIS AND GO DOWN THERE. WE WERE GLAD TO HERE THAT THE CALIFORNIA BOYS WERE SAFE THERE AND WERE DOING WELL."------MENTIONS PHILENA, AUNT PHEBE, GRANDMA & GRANDPA, FATHER, AUNT HANNAH, ----GENEALOGY----AG/ECON--3 pg----PAGE 3---COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..