1835-10-19 MACKINAC M T---RED CDS--SHIP LETTER RATE ADD 2 CENTS TO 1835-10-26 GREEN BAY M T--1835-10-26 #MANUSCRIPT,COLUMBIA CO, M T--(LATER TO WISCONSIN)THEN FORWARD 12 1/2 RATE TO MILWAUKEE---TO JOSHUA HATHAWAY(1855 WISCONSIN STATE CENSUS), PUBLIC SURVEYOR, NAVARINO, GREEN BAY, MILWAUKEE-----LETTER SENT FROM MACKINAC ISLAND M T (VERY LIGHT OCTOBER 19 CDS CANCEL UPPER LEFT) BY HENRY R SCHOOLCRAFT, NOTED GEOLOGIST,EXPLORER,AUTHOR ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND INDIAN AGENT AT SAULT STE MARIE(1822-1841). LETTER WAS CARRIED BY CLOSED POUCH MAIL BY STEAMBOAT FROM MACKINAC TO GREEN BAY. PER DIRECTIVE FROM THE ADDRESSEE, POSTMASTER DICKINSON FORWARDED THE LETTER TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAMBOAT ON OCTOBER 26 FOR MORE RAPID TRANSIT TO MILWAUKEE. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE GREEN BAY SHIP MARKING.--EFFECTIVE 1825-05-01 STEAMBOAT LETTERS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE PL&R. TO BE RATED BASED ON DISTANCE FROM POINT OF PICK UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY. NO ADDITIONAL STEAMBOAT FEE WAS TO BE ADDED-----"I HAVE WRITTEN TO MR. BAIRD, BY THIS MAIL, TO ATTENTION TO THE ACCOUNTING OF THE DEED, NOTE & MORTGAGE..."--[ HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD JR.(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. DUBLIN, COUNTY DUBLIN, IRELAND 16 MAY 1800, D. 30 APR 1875, LAWYER, SERVED AS QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR,FIRST ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY, FATHER HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD, MOTHER, ANN BAIRD{B.1768, LIVED WITH THEM IN 1850}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH THERESA FISHER BAIRD MACKINAC CO. 12 AUG 1824, CHILDREN, EMILLIE VIRGINIA BAIRD, MARY ELIZABETH BAIRD, ELIZA A BAIRD BAKER, LOUISE SOPHIA BAIRD FAVILL, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, CAROLINE IRR{B.NEW YORK 1841}, DESINA DEMONIA{B.BELGIUM 1848}]----GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-19
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, Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
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, Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
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1. 1835-10-19 MACKINAC M T---RED CDS--SHIP LETTER RATE ADD 2 CENTS TO 1835-10-26 GREEN BAY M T--1835-10-26 #MANUSCRIPT,COLUMBIA CO, M T--(LATER TO WISCONSIN)THEN FORWARD 12 1/2 RATE TO MILWAUKEE---TO JOSHUA HATHAWAY, PUBLIC SURVEYOR, NAVARINO, GREEN BAY, MILWAUKEE----GENEALOGY---1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..