1842-07-18---YPSILANTI MICH--RED CDS & MS 25 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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1842-07-12---GFP--BX1--#38---MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS IN ANN ARBOR TODAY(JULY 11TH)(1842). CAME HERE 1/4 BEFORE 11 AND LEFT 1/4 BEFORE 3---THE EX-PRESIDENT WENT TO THE TAVERN WHERE HIM AND HIS FRIENDS WERE TO DINE.---A MR. WHALEY HAS BEEN HERE AND WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL SELL YOUR LAND ON TIME. ROBERT WAS UP TO SEE VAN BUREN---MENTIONS WITMER, EX-LIEUTENANT GOV. MUNDY, T.W. DORRIS-----JUNE FROSTS; WEATHER REPORT AND THE EFFECTS ON THE CROPS AND TREES; CROP YIELD PREDICTIONS; RYE GROWS POORLY IN WASHTENAW, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY; CROP PRICES AND WAGES FOR HARVESTERS, LAND ASSESSMENTS, POLITICS---"BUSINESS IS DULL IN MICHIGAN, MORE SO THAN EVER. AND JOHN TYLER MUST VETO THE LITTLE TARIFF BILL, WHICH OF COURSE MUST MAKE BUSINESS STILL MORE DULL"---"WHENEVER BANKS SUSPEND THEY FAIL IN AN IMPORTANT POINT TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DO NOT DO AS THEY AGREE. THEIR PROMISES TO PAY ON DEMAND IS NO LONGER TRUE, IT IS FALSE. IT IS A DISGRACE TO ANY COMMUNITY TO PERMIT FALSEHOODS TO CIRCULATE IN THEIR MIDST. LIKE MANY OTHER FALSEHOODS, THEY DO NOT MAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUTH, AND FOR A TIME DO ANSWER A TOLERABLE PURPOSE. BUT IN THE VERY NATURE OF THINGS THESE PROMISES MUST BE REDEEMED OR THINGS MUST PROCEED FROM BAD, TO WORSE"--- GENEALOGY---WEATHER---CROPS----POLITICS---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Horticulture/ Fruit
, Revolutionary War
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