1826-09-12 COLD SPRING M T----MANUSCRIPT----AHMS #3/5---KALKASKA CO---FROM REV. IRA DUNNING AT COLDSPRINGS MICH TO REV.GARDNER SPRING AT NEW YORK-----------VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT LETTER ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY CHURCH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EARLIEST TIMES OF THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY----MENTIONS MANY EARLY MISSIONARIES AND SPEAKS OF THE EMIGRANT RUSH TO THE TERRITORY-----DESCRIBES CONTENTIOUS SITUATION OF TRYING TO ERECT A MEETING HOUSE "A PARTY OF BITTER OPPOSITION RAN UP AGAINST ME - AND ALTHOUGH BY THE AID OF COUNSEL ALL DIFFICULTIES WERE SETTLED ... YET IT SOON AFTER APPEARED THAT ALSO PREJUDICES WERE IN OPERATION AGAINST ME TO SUCH A DEGREE TO DESTROY THE PROSPECT OF MY BEIING USEFUL OR COMFORTABLE IN THIS PLACE."---MENTIONS REV. RUGGLES AND MR. PAGE OF FREDONIA N.Y.----INCLUDES RECOMMENDATION OF REV. DUNNING FROM WILLIAM PAGE---GENEALOGY---MICHIGAN HISTORY---3PGS -- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-09-12
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