1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS--PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50

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Date: 1830-04-17
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
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1. 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS--PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..

2. 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..

3. 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS--PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..