1864-08-13 +HOUGHTON MICH----STEAMER ILLINOIS/ PORTAGE CDS TIES SCOTT 65-----TO HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, HOUGHTON, LAKE SUPERIOR---THEN BLACK STAMPED FORWARDED MS 3 TO KEWEENAW BAY-----THE STEAMER ILLINOIS WAS THE FIRST TO PASS THROUGH THE LOCKS AT SAULT STE. MARIE MARKING THE OPENING OF UNOBSTRUCTED SHIPPING BETWEEN LAKES SUPERIOR AND HURON ON JUNE 22, 1855------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1049
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-08-13
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19th Century Michigan Letters
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, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
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