1824-01-08 +SAGUINA BAY M T-----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS ON SERVICE/ H. BAINBRIDGE/LIET. 3d Infty. & 25 RATE PLUS DETROIT Mic. T. RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK----DATELINED "PORT OF SAGUINA, JAN 8TH 1824-----TO LIEUT. R. LOWNDES, A.D. CAMP, HdQrs C. DEPT., GOVERNORS ISLAND, N.Y.------(REPORTED IN THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPAEDIA CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER--"SAGUINA BAY IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL THOSE WHICH INDENT MICHIGAN. THIS IS AN IMMENSE OPENING FROM LAKE HURON, OF UPWARDS OF 70 MILES IN LENGTH, AND GRADUALLY NARROWING FROM 35 MILES IN WIDTH, TO A SMALL RIVER OF THE SAME NAME, WHOSE SOURCES ARE ON THE INTERIOR TABLE LAND; THE GENERAL RANGE OF SAGUINA BAY IS FROM N.E. TO S.W. BORDERED BY EXCELLENT LAND.")------IN LETTER SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE STATING "I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT MYSELF IN COMMAND OF THIS POST, AND SHALL IN OBEDIENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MAJOR BAKER, AFFORD EVERY AID CONSISTENTLY WITH THE MEANS PLACED AT MY DISPOSAL TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OBJECT GOVERNMENT HAS CONTEMPLATED. TWO ENGAGES ON EXPRESS FROM MACKINAC, WHICH PLACE THEY LEFT ON THE 18TH OF LAST MONTH, HAVE THIS MORNING RECEIVED THE SEVERAL PACKAGES FOR THE UPPER POSTS, AND ARE NOW ON THEIR DEPARTURE..."-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 92 $220
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-01-08
County:
Saginaw
, Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
, Northern Michigan
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