1841-04-14---DETROIT MICH---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 1841-04-12---DISCUSSES NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS STILL IN SESSION "BILLS ARE MADE SO OBJECTIONABLE BY THESE AMENDMENTS THEIR FIRST FRIENDS WILL NOT SUPPORT THEM. IT IS CALLED ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST WAY TO DEFEAT A BILL BY OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO IT"; THE LOCO; THE PASSING OF THE BANK SUSPENSION LAW; FINANCIAL TROUBLES OF THE STATE "MICHIGAN HAS NEVER PAID HER YEARLY EXPENSES IN FULL BY TAXES, BUT HAS ALWAYS HAD HER OVERPLUS (SIC) MET OUT OF THE LOAN INTENDED TO BE MADE FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS"; APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE RAILROADS; RAILROAD REVENUES AND FREIGHT COSTS;---"WE PAST (SIC) A BILL WHICH HAS BECOME A LAW, WHICH REQUIRES ALL PROPERTY BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL TO SELL FOR TWO THIRDS ITS APPRISED CASH VALUE, OR ELSE IT IS NOT SOLD. THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED A HARD LAW, AND SO IT IS, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE HARD UP AND OUR CURRENCY IS PAPER, AND THIS PAPER IS NOT PLENTY, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: AND NOW PEOPLE CAN TURN OUT PROPERTY AT NO GREATER SACRIFICE THAN THE LOSS OF ONE THIRD ITS CASH VALUE, WHICH IS SACRIFICE ENOUGH"---MENTIONS PAUL GEDDES THE RECORDING CLERK, MR. EWERS, ROBERT, THE DEATH OF GEN. HARRISON, PETTY THEFT BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE---"AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE, OR RATHER, A JOINT RESOLUTION HAS PASSED THIS WINTER GRANTING BLACKS, AND INDIANS, WHO HAVE PAID TAX ON $250 WORTH OF PROPERTY THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING...I DON'T THINK THE BLACK PART CAN PASS NEXT YEAR. SOME OPPOSE THE PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS, AND SOME ARE NOT FOR PASSING IT WITHOUT THAT, AND OTHERS AGAIN HATE INDIANS"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GFP BX 1---#37--COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1841
Date: 1841-04-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

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