1834-10-29. PONTIAC M T*****W---RED CDS AND RED MS 25---AHMS 791/308---TO ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV J.W.RUGGLES AT ORCHARD LAKE--- IS THINKING OF LEAVING THE CHURCH AT ORCHARD LAKE BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION FROM THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE THERE. ONLY ONE SIGNED THE TEMPERENCE PLEDGE---"THESE CAME RECENTLY WITH LETTERS FROM CHURCHES IN SCOTLAND, AND FOR THIS REASON I AM MORE DISAPPOINTED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CONDUCT. I EXPECTED TO FIND THEM A PECULIAR PEOPLE; MORE PUNCTUAL IN THEIR ATTENDANCE ON RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES THAN OTHERS. BUT IT IS NOT SO"---MENTIONS BROTHER McEWAN, BROTHER FURY AT MACKINAC AND BROTHER WELLS AT DETROIT--- DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR MORE MINISTERS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING AT PONTIAC, WING LAKE, BLOOMFIELD, ROCHESTER, PAINT CREEK, LaPINE, GRAND BLANC AND HINK RIVER-------GENEALOGY---3PGS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION $150 - N
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-10-29
County:
Oakland
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6
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2. 1834-10-29--- PONTIAC M T --CDS---AHMS LETTER--791/308---PAGE 2---DATELINE ORCHARD LAKE---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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4. 1834-10-29. PONTIAC M T***W---RED CDS AND RED MS 25---AHMS 791/308 REV J.W.RUGGLES IS THINKING OF LEAVING THE CHURCH AT ORCHARD LAKE BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE THERE. ONLY ONE MEMBER SIGNED THE TEMPERENCE PLEDGE----GENEALOGY---3PGS-----PAGE 1---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION $150 Read More..
5. 1834-10-29. PONTIAC M T***W---RED CDS AND RED MS 25---AHMS 791/308 REV J.W.RUGGLES IS THINKING OF LEAVING THE CHURCH AT ORCHARD LAKE BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE THERE. ONLY ONE MEMBER SIGNED THE TEMPERENCE PLEDGE----GENEALOGY---3PGS----PAGE 2---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION $150 Read More..
6. 1834-10-29. PONTIAC M T***W---RED CDS AND RED MS 25---AHMS 791/308 REV J.W.RUGGLES IS THINKING OF LEAVING THE CHURCH AT ORCHARD LAKE BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE THERE. ONLY ONE MEMBER SIGNED THE TEMPERENCE PLEDGE----GENEALOGY---3PGS----PAGE 3---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION $150 Read More..