1833-12-06 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1833-12-06 GREEN BAY #1 M T(CHANGED TO MENOMINEE 1834-07-30)--STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL-POSTMASTER ALEXANDER J IRWIN--GREEN BAY#1 PROSPERED FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS,DETERIORATED TO NOT MUCH MORE THAN A SHANTY TOWN AND GAVE UP ITS NAME TO THE NEARBY THRIVING COMMUNITY OF NAVARINO WHICH BECAME GREEN BAY#2 ON 1834-07-30. GREEN BAY#1 M T BECAME MENOMONEE. PRINTER'S TYPE STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP FIRST APPEARED IN GREEN BAY#1 M T IN 1833. THE DEVICE WAS FIRST USED AT FORT WINNEBAGO IN 1831 AND IN ALL CASES WAS FOUND UNSATISFACTORY WITH A RETURN TO THE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK. EKU AND 1 OF 4 KNOWN EXAMPLES--BOTTOM--1835-03-16 MENOMINEE M T--#MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK OF POSTMASTER ALEXANDER J IRWIN--ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR
Year: 1833
Date: 1833-12-06
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MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
, Michigan Territorial Exhibit
, Privately Owned
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