1836-07-07 +KALAMAZOO M T-----KALAMAZOO CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO MISS SAREPTA MUNSELL AT WINCHESTER CENTER, LITCHFIELD CO, CT-----FROM HIRAM MUNSELL & SARAH A. MILLER. TWO LETTERS, THE FIRST DATELINED RICHLAND, GULL PRAIRIE----"...INDEED I HAD NO THOUGHTS OF COMING TO MICHIGAN...I THOUGHT I WOULD SEE WHAT THERE WAS IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY THAT CREATES SO MUCH TALK...AND CAUSES SO MANY EASTERN PEOPLE TO REMOVE TO THE WEST. AFTER LEAVING DETROIT I FOUND NOTHING BUT SWAMPS, AND MUD HOLES FOR MANY MILES....DETROIT IS QUITE A PLACE..."--AND MORE, PLUS"...HE (HIRAM) HAS COMMENCED LEARNING THE INDIAN LANGUAGE, WITH WHICH HE WILL AMUSE YOU..."----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 23
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-07-07
County:
Kalamazoo
City:
Kalamazoo
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
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