1834-04-03 +WEST FARMINGTON M T----OAKLAND CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1730/304----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---REV. ERIC PRINCE----"MY REPORT MUST BE SHORT FOR I AM ALMOST BLIND. FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THE INFLAMMATION HAS BEEN SO SEVERE IN MY EYES THAT I COULD NOT READ. SOME OF THE TIME CONFINED TO MY HOUSE & MUCH OF IT UNABLE TO PREACH. I HAVE LABORED AS YOUR MISSIONARY, AGREEABLE TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TOWNS OF PLYMOUTH & NOVI AS MUCH AS MY HEALTH WOULD ADMIT.THERE HAS BEEN NO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT OF RELIGION, BUT A GOOD ATTENTION TO THE PREACHING OF THE WORD & SABBATH SCHOOLS & TEMPERANCE.----GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2-----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 106 $190---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR
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Date: 1834-04-03
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1. 1834-04-03 +WEST FARMINGTON M T----OAKLAND CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1730/304----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---REV. ERIC PRINCE----"MY REPORT MUST BE SHORT FOR I AM ALMOST BLIND. FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THE INFLAMMATION HAS BEEN SO SEVERE IN MY EYES THAT I COULD NOT READ. SOME OF THE TIME CONFINED TO MY HOUSE & MUCH OF IT UNABLE TO PREACH. I HAVE LABORED AS YOUR MISSIONARY, AGREEABLE TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TOWNS OF PLYMOUTH & NOVI AS MUCH AS MY HEALTH WOULD ADMIT.THERE HAS BEEN NO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT OF RELIGION, BUT A GOOD ATTENTION TO THE PREACHING OF THE WORD & SABBATH SCHOOLS & TEMPERANCE.----GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2-----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 106 $190---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
2. 1834-04-03 +WEST FARMINGTON M T----OAKLAND CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1730/304----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---REV. ERIC PRINCE----"MY REPORT MUST BE SHORT FOR I AM ALMOST BLIND. FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THE INFLAMMATION HAS BEEN SO SEVERE IN MY EYES THAT I COULD NOT READ. SOME OF THE TIME CONFINED TO MY HOUSE & MUCH OF IT UNABLE TO PREACH. I HAVE LABORED AS YOUR MISSIONARY, AGREEABLE TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TOWNS OF PLYMOUTH & NOVI AS MUCH AS MY HEALTH WOULD ADMIT.THERE HAS BEEN NO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT OF RELIGION, BUT A GOOD ATTENTION TO THE PREACHING OF THE WORD & SABBATH SCHOOLS & TEMPERANCE.----GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 1-----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 106 $190---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..