1834-09-30 YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS PAID I.M.W. &MS 25 RATE-----AHMS 632/320 --REV I M WEAD---THE MONROE PRESBYTERIAN ...REQUESTS THE..MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO SEND THEM A MISSIONARY TO LABOUR UNDER THEIR DIRECTION----AS WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHURCHES UNDER OUR CARE DESTITUTE OF MINISTERS AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES WHERE CHURCHES MUST BE SOON FORMED- AND AS THERE SEEMS NO PROSPECTS OF THEIR BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REGULAR SERVICES OF A MINISTER, WE THOUGHT A MAN TO ITINERANT AMONG THEM, AND TO LABOR WITH EACH OF THEM AS THERE SHOULD BE A PROSPECT OF THE MOST GOOD, WOULD GREATLY ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF CHRISTS KINGDOM WITHIN OUR BOUNDS---THREE OF THE COUNTIES EMBRACED IN OUR PRESBYTERY HAVE PROBABLY AN AVERAGE POPULATION OF ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED, AND THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES ARE NEWER AND AS YET ARE NOT MUCH SETTLED-----WE NEED VERY MUCH AT LEAST FIVE MINISTERS TO FILL IMPORTANT STATIONS.--FOR THIR SUPPORT IF THEY SHOULD BE MEN OF SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THEIR SUPPORT MIGHT BE RAISED BY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THEY SHOULD MINISTER---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan----AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 45

Year: 1834
Date: 1834-09-30
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

1. 1834-09-30 YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS PAID I.M.W. &MS 25 RATE-----AHMS 632/320 --REV I M WEAD---THE MONROE PRESBYTERIAN ...REQUESTS THE..MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO SEND THEM A MISSIONARY TO LABOUR UNDER THEIR DIRECTION----AS WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHURCHES UNDER OUR CARE DESTITUTE OF MINISTERS AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES WHERE CHURCHES MUST BE SOON FORMED- AND AS THERE SEEMS NO PROSPECTS OF THEIR BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REGULAR SERVICES OF A MINISTER, WE THOUGHT A MAN TO ITINERANT AMONG THEM, AND TO LABOR WITH EACH OF THEM AS THERE SHOULD BE A PROSPECT OF THE MOST GOOD, WOULD GREATLY ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF CHRISTS KINGDOM WITHIN OUR BOUNDS---THREE OF THE COUNTIES EMBRACED IN OUR PRESBYTERY HAVE PROBABLY AN AVERAGE POPULATION OF ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED, AND THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES ARE NEWER AND AS YET ARE NOT MUCH SETTLED-----WE NEED VERY MUCH AT LEAST FIVE MINISTERS TO FILL IMPORTANT STATIONS.--FOR THIR SUPPORT IF THEY SHOULD BE MEN OF SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THEIR SUPPORT MIGHT BE RAISED BY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THEY SHOULD MINISTER---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan----AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 45 Read More..

2. 1834-09-30 +YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS PAID I.M.W. &MS 25 RATE-----AHMS 632/320 --REV I M WEAD---THE MONROE PRESBYTERIAN ...REQUESTS THE..MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO SEND THEM A MISSIONARY TO LABOUR UNDER THEIR DIRECTION----AS WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHURCHES UNDER OUR CARE DESTITUTE OF MINISTERS AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES WHERE CHURCHES MUST BE SOON FORMED- AND AS THERE SEEMS NO PROSPECTS OF THEIR BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REGULAR SERVICES OF A MINISTER, WE THOUGHT A MAN TO ITINERANT AMONG THEM, AND TO LABOR WITH EACH OF THEM AS THERE SHOULD BE A PROSPECT OF THE MOST GOOD, WOULD GREATLY ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF CHRISTS KINGDOM WITHIN OUR BOUNDS---THREE OF THE COUNTIES EMBRACED IN OUR PRESBYTERY HAVE PROBABLY AN AVERAGE POPULATION OF ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED, AND THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES ARE NEWER AND AS YET ARE NOT MUCH SETTLED-----WE NEED VERY MUCH AT LEAST FIVE MINISTERS TO FILL IMPORTANT STATIONS.--FOR THEIR SUPPORT IF THEY SHOULD BE MEN OF SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THEIR SUPPORT MIGHT BE RAISED BY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THEY SHOULD MINISTER---GENEALOGY----3PGS----PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan----AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 45 Read More..

3. 1834-09-30 +YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS PAID I.M.W. &MS 25 RATE-----AHMS 632/320 --REV I M WEAD---THE MONROE PRESBYTERIAN ...REQUESTS THE..MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO SEND THEM A MISSIONARY TO LABOUR UNDER THEIR DIRECTION----AS WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHURCHES UNDER OUR CARE DESTITUTE OF MINISTERS AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES WHERE CHURCHES MUST BE SOON FORMED- AND AS THERE SEEMS NO PROSPECTS OF THEIR BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REGULAR SERVICES OF A MINISTER, WE THOUGHT A MAN TO ITINERANT AMONG THEM, AND TO LABOR WITH EACH OF THEM AS THERE SHOULD BE A PROSPECT OF THE MOST GOOD, WOULD GREATLY ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF CHRISTS KINGDOM WITHIN OUR BOUNDS---THREE OF THE COUNTIES EMBRACED IN OUR PRESBYTERY HAVE PROBABLY AN AVERAGE POPULATION OF ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED, AND THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES ARE NEWER AND AS YET ARE NOT MUCH SETTLED-----WE NEED VERY MUCH AT LEAST FIVE MINISTERS TO FILL IMPORTANT STATIONS.--FOR THEIR SUPPORT IF THEY SHOULD BE MEN OF SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THEIR SUPPORT MIGHT BE RAISED BY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THEY SHOULD MINISTER---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan----AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 45 Read More..