1834-05-12 +ANN ARBOR M T-----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10------TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT----FROM MR GEORGE W JEWETT STATING--I AM REQUESTED BY JOHN THURSTON, TO STATE TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE TERRITORY AS THE AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT, THAT HE PURCHASED OF THE UNITED STATES A LOT OF LAND, NEAR THE HEAD OF PORTAGE LAKE BEING ON SECTION 11, TOWN 1 NORTH OF THE BASE LINE AND IN RANGE 22, EAST OF THE PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. HE BOUGHT IT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CULTIVATION. THAT HE WENT ON IT THIS SPRING BUT WAS HINDERED FROM THE OCCUPANCY THEREOF BY A NUMBER OF INDIANS OF THE POTTAWATOMIE TRIBE WHO WERE PREPARING TO PLANT CORN & WHO MENACES OF VIOLENCE DROVE HIM OFF,AND EVEN THREATENED TO SHOOT HIM IF HE ATTEMPT TO DISTURB THEIR POSSESSIONS. HE IS THUS PREVENTED FROM OCCUPYING THE LANDS SOLD TO HIM BY THE UNITED STATES. ----2 PG----PAGE 1----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 28
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-05-12
County:
Washtenaw
, Wayne
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
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