1839-12-20 PLAINWELL MICH----ALLEGAN CO-----RED *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO JOHN C CARYL, NASHUA, HILLSBOUROUGH CO, NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM EMALIN AND WILLIAM WARRANT AT PLAINWELL---MENTIONS SISTER AUGUSTA, FATHER WARRANT, UNCLE WILLARD CARYL IS GOING TO MOVE TO SCHOOLCRAFT ON PRAIRIE ROUND, BROTHER WILLIAM, SISTER NANCY AND OLIVE----"WE WILL SEND YOU A NEWSPAPER SOON DOTTED. WE WILL DOT THE FIRST COLUMN ON THE THIRD PAGE AND COMMENCE AT THE TOP AND DOT UNDER THE LETTERS THAT SPELL THE WORD. IF YOU ARE NOT USED TO READING DOTTED PAPERS PERHAPS YOU WILL BE OBLIGED TO GET YOUR SLATE TO MAKE IT OUT, AND IN RETURN YOU MUST DOT US ONE AND THEN WE CAN OFTEN HEAR FROM ONE AND THE OTHER AND SAVE THE POSTAGE OF SO MANY LETTERS." ---"I AM OPPOSED TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, ENTIRELY, FOR IT IS MORE CALCUALTED TO MAKE DUNCES, IN THE TRUE SENCE OF THE WORD, THAN ANYTHING ELSE." RECOMMENDS SOME BOOKS HE COULD LEARN FROM AT HIS LEISURE---GENEALOGY---3PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45841 - N
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-12-20
County:
Allegan
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Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, MI Genealogy
, Privately Owned
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