1837-08-25 ANN ARBOR MICH--RED SERIFED CDS (M/) AND RED MS 25 RATE----TO CHARLES C. HALL, CARE OF LLOYD BOWERS, POMFRET, WINDHAM CO, CT. FROM HIS BROTHER JAMES AT ANN ARBOR---"I HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ABOUT THE COUNTRY HERE FOR THE LAST FORTNIGHT AND HAVE SEEN ALMOST EVERY PLACE OF IMPORTANCE WITHIN 40 OR 50 MILES OF THIS AND FIND THAT MOST OF THEM ARE OVERSTOCKED WITH GOODS AND THE BUSINESS OVERDONE. THE ONLY PLACE I THINK WOULD ANSWER FOR US IN THIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TECUMSEH, 27 MILES FROM HERE. IT IS A RATHER PRETTY PLACE. ON HIGH GROUND AND HEALTHY...EVERYONE SAYS I HAVE NOT GONE FAR ENOUGH WEST YET TO FIND THE BEST COUNTRY AND BUSINESS LOCATIONS...IN TAKING A VIEW OF THE DIFFERENT VILLAGES I HAVE NOT ONLY HAD THE MAIN OBJECT OF BUSINESS ON MY MIND, BUT THE SOCIETY WITH WHOM OUR FAMILIES COULD ASSOCIATE AND MAKE THEMSELVES CONTENTED AND HAPPY AND INVARIABLY HAVE FOUND THAT WHERE A PLACE IS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE FOR THE SOCIETY TO BE GOOD, THE BUSINESS IS VERY MUCH OVERDONE."---MENTIONS EDWARD, LAMBERT, SAMUEL IS AT GRASS LAKE, MR. AND MRS. GROSVENER---WILLIAM HAS A FARM IN INDIANA AND IS CULTIVATING BROOM CORN---3PGS---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
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