1838-04-14---YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & 18 3/4 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 25---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1838-04-13---WEATHER REPORT, MILL NEWS, WORK ON THE RAILROAD, POLITICS AND ELECTION RESULTS, THE BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE BIRTH OF HIS SON HENRY ON JAN. 19 "WE CALL HIM HENRY FOR HIS MOTHER'S FATHER. I WOULD HAVE CALLED HIM ROBERT BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD ROBERTS ENOUGH FOR THE PRESENT"---NEW BANKS UNDER THE GENERAL BANKING LAW AND THE PROBLEMS WITH "WILD CAT" MONEY "IT IS A VERY APPROPRIATE NAME AND EASILY SPOKEN, AND AS EASILY UNDERSTOOD, AND CARRIES THE IDEA OF SOMETHING WICKED, CORRUPT, OF WHICH IT IS BEST TO BEWARE. AND THIS CURRENCY IS AS WICKED AS THE SOUND OF THE NAME...THE GOOD IT HAS DONE IS THAT IT WILL IN ALL PROBABILITY OVERTHROW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY"---"THE CONTRACTORS ON THE RAILROAD ARE TO BE PAID EVERY MONTH BUT THE 12TH OF APRIL HAS COME AND O MONEY YET EXCEPT A LITTLE WILD CAT AND THAT OF A POOR KIND. THOSE THAT DO THE WORK HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH GOOD FAITH AS CHARTERED MONEY WAS PROMISED THEM"---"THE CANADA WAR I BELIEVE MADE HANDS MORE PLENTY. WHEN THAT FOOLISH WAR WAS GIVEN UP THOSE POOR FELLOWS HARDLY KNEW WHAT DO WITH THEMSELVES...THE WHOLE IS A COMPLETE FAILURE...THE PRETENSE WAS THAT WE MIGHT BE IN A WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN"---"THE STATE GEOLOGIST HAS BEEN EXAMINING THE SALT SPRINGS OF MICHIGAN AND GIVES IT AS HIS OPINION THAT THE MICHIGANERS CAN BUY THEIR SALT CHEAPER THAN MAKE IT"---MENTIONS BICKNELL, ROBERT, JAMES GEDDES OF LENAWEE COUNTY AND HIS SISTER MARGARET WHO WAS MARRIED LAST FALL TO MR. EMERSON, CASHIER OF THE MACOMB COUNTY BANK AND THEY LIVE IN MOUNT CLEMENS; UNCLE JAMES, DR. ELY, HORACE R. JEROME SON OF AUNT LUCY'S OLDEST BROTHER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE FARMER'S BANK OF GENESEE COUNTY---GFP--BX1--#29----FINANCIAL---RAILROADS---GENEALOGY 2--4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-04-14
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Railroads
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4
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