1841-12-23 PLYMOUTH MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 3/4 RATE--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--TO MISS ELISABETH COLTON AT PLAINVILLE, HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO FROM HER NIECE MARY AT PLYMOUTH---BROTHER ATTENDS SCHOOL AT NORTHVILLE AND IS SECRETARY OF THE NORTHVILLE LYCEUM; WRITES OF THEODOTUS AND MARILLA, THEY HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM C. SINCE SHE MOVED AWAY, THE BRADNERS, THE LEWISES, WILLIAM, CORNELIA AND EMELINE; NATHAN BRADNER IS MARRIED TO MISS DEAN, COUSIN TO FANNY WHO WAS MARRIED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO TO A MR. GRISWOLD, A WIDOWER, AND WHO LOST A CHILD; LOUISA MARRIED HALSEY CADY AT MRS. ROBINSON'S; "THE PEOPLE AT THE CORNERS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME, VERY FEW CHANGES, EXCEPT AT THE TAVERNS WHEN ONE LANDLORD WHIPS HIS WIFE AND RUNS AWAY ANOTHER TAKES HIS PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU KNOW IT WOULD NOT DO AT ALL TO HAVE BUSINESS IN THE RUM SELLING LINE STOP AT PLYMOUTH"; H.A. NOYES HAS MOVED TO MARSHALL, AND A BAPTIST DOCTOR BY THE NAME OF PALMER OCCUPIES THE HOUSE BUILT BY HIM; A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF POST STUDIES WITH DOCT. PALMER - UNCLE DAVID HAS A STUDENT WITH HIM; MR. NOYES CHANGED HIS MIND AND IS NOW AT FLINT; " I PRESUME HE WILL RETURN SOON AND I WANT TO SEE HIM BUT I DREAD AN INTERVIEW FOR I SHALL BE OBLIGED TO ANSWER AN IMPORTANT QUESTION HE PROPOSED A LONG TIME AGO. IT WILL BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO DO WHAT I SUPPOSE TO BE DUTY I SHALL BE GOVERNED BY REASON RATHER THAN INCLINATION"---"I DID NOT FINISH THE LETTER LAST NIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF ATTENDING AN ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING, LECTURE BY MR. BECKLY A VERY ELOQUENT AND INTERESTING SPEAKER HE IS A METHODIST PREACHER BUT THEY WILL BY NO MEANS SUFFER HIM TO SPEAK UPON THAT SUBJECT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH IT HAS BEEN CLOSED AGAINST HIM SEVERAL TIMES"--- GENEALOGY---4PGS--- PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-12-23
County:
Wayne
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, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
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