1836-07-06 +WHITE PIGEON M T*****W-----ST JOSEPH CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 6 RATE----TO JAMES J. FROST AT MOTTVILLE, ST JOSEPH CO, M T------FROM LUCRETIA N. FROST TO HER SIBLINGS---ABOUT SALE OF FARM & MILL, MARRIAGES, LADIES SCHOOL, ETC.-----DATELINED JUNE 28 1836----"DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER...I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE YOU ANOTHER LETTER. WE ARE IN PERFECT HEALTH. FATHER SOLD HIS PLACE FOR #22000 TO MR MILLER AND HE IS A GOING TO DIVIDE THE FARM INTO VILLAGE LOTS, FATHER HAS POSESSION OF THE FARM UNTIL JANUARY. ELISHA FROST IS MARRIED TO A LADY THAT LIVES IN MAUMEE. STEPHEN CHAFEE IS MARRIED TO PHILITIA WHITING. JERUSHA STODDARD IS MARIED TO A MERCHANT IN CLEAVELAND. MR BEACH HAS SOLD HIS MILLS MEFSERS MARSH AND BEVIER FOR #2000 AND THEY HAVE SOLD THE GRISTMILL AND NEARLY ONE HALF OF THE WATER POWER FOR #12000. WE HAVE A LADIES SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE THEY ARE EXCELENT TEACHERS THEY HAVE A GREAT MANY KINDS OF STUDYES IN SCHOOL THEIR NAMES ARE MC QUEEN I GO TO THEM NOW. MARY IS VERY MUCH DELIGTED WITH THAT OLD HORSE THAT FATHER BROUGHT HOME BECAUSE SHE CAN RIDE HIM. OSCAR HAS GONE BACK TO NEW YORK STATE TO GO TO SCHOOL. I SHOULD BE VERY MUCH PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AND LODESMA COME OUT HERE THIS SUMMER AND MAKE US A VISIT. STEPHEN AND AMANDA ARE WELL. PHILA WIMPLE HAS BEEN LIVING TO OUR HOUSE AND HAS SAWED FOR US I BELIEVE THAT MR WIMPLE LIKES MICHIGAN VERY WELL THEY HAVE BEEN WELL EVER SINCE THEY HAVE LIVED HERE. UNCLE NORTON HAS MOVED BACK TO YORK STATE. THEY ALL JOIN WITH ME IN LOVE TO YOU....LUCRETIA N FROST-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 43----ELLIS III/WHITFORD AUCTION LOT 128----1PG----ERNIES COLLECTION $83
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-07-06
County:
Saint Joseph
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Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
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