1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS
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Date: 1839-09-02
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1. 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
2. 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..