1841-01-09---DETROIT MICH--RED CDS--FROM JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) AT DETROIT TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM GEDDES AT PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY---DATELINED DETROIT 1841-01-07---GFP--BX1--#36---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, TAXES, ELECTION RESULTS, CENSUS RESULTS, DISSENSION IN THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REGARDING ELECTION RESULTS "THE REPRESENTATIVE BOX IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMTRAMCK BOX DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY BEFORE THE VOTES IN IT WERE COUNTED IT WAS FOUND BROKEN OPEN IN THE ROAD AND THE BALLOTS SCATTERED ABOUT."---"THE GOVERNOR HANDED IN HIS MESSAGE TODAY. HE RECOMMENDS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TAXATION, RECOMMENDS EMPLOYING ALL THE FUNDS OF THE STATE ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE BANKS WHICH IS NOT SATISFACTORY."---MENTIONS AGRIPPA, JANE, JAMES, THOMAS, ROBERT; PAUL GEDDES OF LENAWEE WAS ELECTED ENROLLING CLERK "HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS PENMANSHIP, AS A FARMER HE IS SHIFTLESS"---DIRECT MAIL TO HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "WE ARE FURNISHED HERE WITH TWO INK STANDS FOR EVERY MEMBER. INK QUILLS AND PAPER WAFERS. SANDBOX AND SEALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE."--- 3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1841
Date: 1841-01-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

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