1852-06-01 +MACKINAC MICH*****W-----MACKINAC CO-----PER STEAMER "JULIUS D MORTON" (WOODEN SIDEWHEEL STEAMER BUILT AT MONROE MICH 1848, FINAL VOYAGE- BOUND SAGINAW MICH 1873-08-13, TO EIRE PA.,FLOUNDERED, IN TOW OF PROPELLER "SUN"; BROKE LOOSE IN STORM; 2 LOST, 4 ESCAPED)---TO MRS MARY A FISHER AT MACKINAC MICH---A SEARCH OF SHIPS RECORDS SHOW THE STEAMER "JULIUS D. MORTON" RAN BETWEEN NEW YORK AND OHIO TO GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN. THIS ROUTE WOULD HAVE HAD A STOP IN MACKINAC FOR WOOD. THE COVER WAS PROBABLY CARRIED AS A FAVOR BY THE CAPTAIN. THIS WAS COMMON AT THE TIME AS IT WAS FASTER THAN THE U.S. MAIL.----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN UP-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 584----COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION $50
Year: 1852
Date: 1852-06-01
County:
Mackinac
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Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
, Women's Correspondence
, Northern Michigan
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