1834-07-18 PONTIAC M T --CDS---AHMS LETTER--363/307---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES AT ORCHARD LAKE---DATELINED ORCHARD LAKE---"COMING INTO THIS NEW COUNTRY WITH MONEY SUFFICIENT ONLY TO PURCHASE THEIR LAND, THEY DO FIND INDEED FIND HARD TIMES; BUT THIS IS A PROSPECT OF THAT THEY WILL YET BECOME A WEALTHY PEOPLE"---"OUR SCOTCH BRETHEREN, WHILE NOT INTEMPERATE, ARE EXTREMELY TENACIOUS OF THEIR PRIVILEGES, AND ARE NOT EASILY PERSUADED TO SIGN THE PLEDGE OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE"---HE SOMETIMES PREACHES AT WING LAKE AND GRAND BLANC ----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan AND A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-07-18
County:
Oakland
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
1. 1834-07-18--- PONTIAC M T --CDS-----AHMS LETTER--363/307---PAGE 1---DATELINE ORCHARD LAKE---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
2. 1834-07-18--- PONTIAC M T --CDS-----AHMS LETTER--363/307---PAGE 2---DATELINE ORCHARD LAKE---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..