1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...TH BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS---PAGE 4--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14

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1. 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...TH BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS---PAGE 4--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 Read More..

2. 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...TH BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS---PAGE 3--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 Read More..

3. 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...TH BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS---PAGE 2--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 Read More..

4. 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...TH BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS---PAGE 1--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 Read More..