1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----BEGINS WITH "AND REALLY, IF A MAN WON'T LET US KNOW THAT HE'S ALIVE, HE'S DEAD - OR SHOULD BE SO"---MENTIONS LAURA BARNES, NOW LAURA WILLARD; ALMIRA; SHE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HILEA AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE; MRS. WILLARD OF SALEM AND HINGE; THEREGER; HER SCHOOL IS FLOURISHING, WITH MANY EXTREMELY INTERESTING GIRLS; A PARTY A MRS. MACK'S; THE ARRIVAL OF MR. BURY FROM ALBANY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH; MAY BOARDNER; MRS. FITCH; THE CONVERSES; MARY B.; MISS SCUDDER; CHARLOTTE---"WE ARE NOT YET QUITE CHIPPEWA OR WINNEBAGO - AT LEAST WE HAVE LOST MUCH OF THE DREAD WITH WHICH WE AT FIRST... THESE MONSTERS. I CAN NOW MEET 50 OR 100 OF THEM WITHOUT SHRINKING. OH YOU CAN HAVE NO IDEA OF THE GROTESQUENESS OF THEIR APPEARANCE OR THE WILDNESS OF THEIR CRIES AND GESTICULATIONS - THEN THEIR LODGES OR HUTS ARE VERY CURIOUS TOO"---“I WENT DOWN INTO THEIR ENCAMPMENT OTHER NIGHT. IN A LARGE YARD WERE PITCHED A DOZEN TENTS, -A POLE IN THE MIDDLE, OTHER POLES DRIVEN IN THE EARTH AROUND IT AND DRAWN TO MEET IT AT THE TOP, MATS THROWN OVER- A LARGE FIRE IN THE CENTRE OVER WHICH DEPENDING FROM TWO CROSSED STICKS HANGS A KETTLE, AROUND EACH FIRE WITHIN THE TENT ARE STRECTHED A DOZEN __ INDIANS THEIR EYES GLEAMING THROUGH THE SMOKE RAISED BY THEIR FIRES & THEIR PIPES- THEIR CONOES WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL ARE RANGED AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE TENTS”---GENEALOGY----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---5PGS-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 - N
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-07-13
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 5
1. 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
2. 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 5-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
3. 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 4-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
4. 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 3-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
5. 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..