1839-01-19---YPSILANTI MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 50 RATE---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---DOUBLE RATE LETTER--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1839-01-18---GFP--BX1--#31---THE RAILROAD MEN ARE WORKING ON THE OLD ROUTE AGAIN, FOUR PURCHASERS WANT TO BUY HIS LAND, ON LAND PRICES: "I AM NOT GIVEN TO SET HIGH PRICE ON LAND AND SO LITTLE IS SOLD NOW YOU CANNOT TELL BY THAT", MR. RASH HAS BUILT A SAWMILL, SAWMILL NEWS, CROP PRICES, HE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A GRISTMILL, TAXES, POLITICS---MENTIONS ROBERT, GOVERNOR RITNER, LANE---"YANKEES ARE NOT EASILY FRIGHTENED OUT OF MONEY"---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-01-19
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Unusual Postage
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Railroads
, Revolutionary War
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