1839-02-18 KALAMAZOO MICH ---RED CDS 30MM---FROM LEVI N BARNARD AT KALAMAZOO MICH TO HIS SISTER LUCY M.STEELE AT SPRINGFIELD VERMONT---WRITES OF HIS TRAVELS TO MICHIGAN; WHILE CROSSING LAKE ERIE HE MET MR. CHISHOLM, THE HUSBAND OF THEIR LATE COUSIN, LUCY ADAMS WHO NOW LIVES AT MARSHALL; CALLED ON CAPT. FRENCH IN ADRIAN, WITH WHOM HE HAD BUSINESS FOR HENRY; UNCLE OAKS VISITED AND TOLD HIM OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES' YOUNGEST CHILD, A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD, HIS WIFE IS AT ELDER MERRIL'S AWAITING HER HUSBAND'S RETURN; WHEN HE VISITED HER A FEW DAYS LATER SHE TOLD HIM HER HUSBAND HAD ENGAGED TO GO INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY AS AN AGENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FUR COMPANY, AT A SALARY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, AND UNCLE PLANS TO GO WITH HIM; IN ALEGAN (SIC) HE VISITED COUSIN JOHN ADAMS AND TWO OTHERS, A HALF BROTHER AND SISTER OF HIS, CAROLINE AND JAMES DAVIS; CAROLINE WILL SOON WED A YOUNG MAN WITH THE LAST NAME OF BONE; HE CALLED AT MR. FISHERS BUT NEITHER OF THEM WERE HOME; THE LAST HE HEARD OF HENRY HE WAS SICK WITH THE AGUE AT HUGH SHAFTER'S; GEORGE LOVELL MARRIED SUSAN ANDREWS OF COMSTOCK AND THEY HAVE GONE TO LIVE AT IONIA; HE SAW EDWARD HALL, WHO INTENDS TO RETURN TO THE EAST IN THE SPRING; HE IS NOW IN KALAMAZOO WITH BROTHER JOHN AD HIS WIFE AND SON; ASKS AFTER RICHARD AND LITTLE LUCY ELLEN---GENEALOGY---3PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-02-18
County:
Kalamazoo
City:
Kalamazoo
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3
1. 1839-02-18 KALAMAZOO MICH ---RED CDS 30MM---FROM LEVI N BARNARD AT KALAMAZOO MICH TO HIS SISTER LUCY M.STEELE AT SPRINGFIELD VERMONT---WRITES OF HIS TRAVELS TO MICHIGAN; WHILE CROSSING LAKE ERIE HE MET MR. CHISHOLM, THE HUSBAND OF THEIR LATE COUSIN, LUCY ADAMS WHO NOW LIVES AT MARSHALL; CALLED ON CAPT. FRENCH IN ADRIAN, WITH WHOM HE HAD BUSINESS FOR HENRY; UNCLE OAKS VISITED AND TOLD HIM OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES' YOUNGEST CHILD, A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD, HIS WIFE IS AT ELDER MERRIL'S AWAITING HER HUSBAND'S RETURN; WHEN HE VISITED HER A FEW DAYS LATER SHE TOLD HIM HER HUSBAND HAD ENGAGED TO GO INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY AS AN AGENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FUR COMPANY, AT A SALARY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, AND UNCLE PLANS TO GO WITH HIM; IN ALEGAN (SIC) HE VISITED COUSIN JOHN ADAMS AND TWO OTHERS, A HALF BROTHER AND SISTER OF HIS, CAROLINE AND JAMES DAVIS; CAROLINE WILL SOON WED A YOUNG MAN WITH THE LAST NAME OF BONE; HE CALLED AT MR. FISHERS BUT NEITHER OF THEM WERE HOME; THE LAST HE HEARD OF HENRY HE WAS SICK WITH THE AGUE AT HUGH SHAFTER'S; GEORGE LOVELL MARRIED SUSAN ANDREWS OF COMSTOCK AND THEY HAVE GONE TO LIVE AT IONIA; HE SAW EDWARD HALL, WHO INTENDS TO RETURN TO THE EAST IN THE SPRING; HE IS NOW IN KALAMAZOO WITH BROTHER JOHN AD HIS WIFE AND SON; ASKS AFTER RICHARD AND LITTLE LUCY ELLEN---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
2. 1839-02-18 KALAMAZOO MICH ---RED CDS 30MM---FROM LEVI N BARNARD AT KALAMAZOO MICH TO HIS SISTER LUCY M.STEELE AT SPRINGFIELD VERMONT---WRITES OF HIS TRAVELS TO MICHIGAN; WHILE CROSSING LAKE ERIE HE MET MR. CHISHOLM, THE HUSBAND OF THEIR LATE COUSIN, LUCY ADAMS WHO NOW LIVES AT MARSHALL; CALLED ON CAPT. FRENCH IN ADRIAN, WITH WHOM HE HAD BUSINESS FOR HENRY; UNCLE OAKS VISITED AND TOLD HIM OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES' YOUNGEST CHILD, A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD, HIS WIFE IS AT ELDER MERRIL'S AWAITING HER HUSBAND'S RETURN; WHEN HE VISITED HER A FEW DAYS LATER SHE TOLD HIM HER HUSBAND HAD ENGAGED TO GO INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY AS AN AGENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FUR COMPANY, AT A SALARY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, AND UNCLE PLANS TO GO WITH HIM; IN ALEGAN (SIC) HE VISITED COUSIN JOHN ADAMS AND TWO OTHERS, A HALF BROTHER AND SISTER OF HIS, CAROLINE AND JAMES DAVIS; CAROLINE WILL SOON WED A YOUNG MAN WITH THE LAST NAME OF BONE; HE CALLED AT MR. FISHERS BUT NEITHER OF THEM WERE HOME; THE LAST HE HEARD OF HENRY HE WAS SICK WITH THE AGUE AT HUGH SHAFTER'S; GEORGE LOVELL MARRIED SUSAN ANDREWS OF COMSTOCK AND THEY HAVE GONE TO LIVE AT IONIA; HE SAW EDWARD HALL, WHO INTENDS TO RETURN TO THE EAST IN THE SPRING; HE IS NOW IN KALAMAZOO WITH BROTHER JOHN AD HIS WIFE AND SON; ASKS AFTER RICHARD AND LITTLE LUCY ELLEN---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
3. 1839-02-18 KALAMAZOO MICH ---RED CDS 30MM---FROM LEVI N BARNARD AT KALAMAZOO MICH TO HIS SISTER LUCY M.STEELE AT SPRINGFIELD VERMONT---WRITES OF HIS TRAVELS TO MICHIGAN; WHILE CROSSING LAKE ERIE HE MET MR. CHISHOLM, THE HUSBAND OF THEIR LATE COUSIN, LUCY ADAMS WHO NOW LIVES AT MARSHALL; CALLED ON CAPT. FRENCH IN ADRIAN, WITH WHOM HE HAD BUSINESS FOR HENRY; UNCLE OAKS VISITED AND TOLD HIM OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES' YOUNGEST CHILD, A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD, HIS WIFE IS AT ELDER MERRIL'S AWAITING HER HUSBAND'S RETURN; WHEN HE VISITED HER A FEW DAYS LATER SHE TOLD HIM HER HUSBAND HAD ENGAGED TO GO INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY AS AN AGENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FUR COMPANY, AT A SALARY OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, AND UNCLE PLANS TO GO WITH HIM; IN ALEGAN (SIC) HE VISITED COUSIN JOHN ADAMS AND TWO OTHERS, A HALF BROTHER AND SISTER OF HIS, CAROLINE AND JAMES DAVIS; CAROLINE WILL SOON WED A YOUNG MAN WITH THE LAST NAME OF BONE; HE CALLED AT MR. FISHERS BUT NEITHER OF THEM WERE HOME; THE LAST HE HEARD OF HENRY HE WAS SICK WITH THE AGUE AT HUGH SHAFTER'S; GEORGE LOVELL MARRIED SUSAN ANDREWS OF COMSTOCK AND THEY HAVE GONE TO LIVE AT IONIA; HE SAW EDWARD HALL, WHO INTENDS TO RETURN TO THE EAST IN THE SPRING; HE IS NOW IN KALAMAZOO WITH BROTHER JOHN AD HIS WIFE AND SON; ASKS AFTER RICHARD AND LITTLE LUCY ELLEN---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 3---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..