1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Railroads
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2
1. 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
2. 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..