1848-03-17 SAUGATUCK MICH-----ALLEGAN CO-----BLACK *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE------TO MRS ABIGAIL C. BAILEY, PITTSBURGH, PENN--FROM HER BROTHER JEREMIAH P MANSFIELD, SAUGATUCK MICH---DATELINE GANGES---DETAILS TIMBER WHERE HE IS WORKING, ON THE BANKS OF LAKE MICHIGAN ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF THE KALAMAZOO RIVER, CURRENT LAND PRICES, WAGES---"THE REASON WHY THIS LAND HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED MORE IS BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN UP BY SPECULATORS IN 1836 AND AND THEY HAVE HELD ONTO IT WITH THE EXPECTATION OF GETTING A GREAT PRICE AND THEY HELD IT SO HIGH THAT NONE WOULD PURCHASE IT AS LONG AS GOVERNMENT LAND WAS TO BE HAD AT $1.25"---MENTIONS JEFFERSON, AZAHEL, BENJAMIN TURNER, HENRY---WEATHER---GENEALOGY---3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45847M-N

Year: 1848
Date: 1848-03-17
County: Allegan
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , Manuscripts , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
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