1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs---PAGE 3----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-05
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Love Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5
1. 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
2. 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
3. 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs---PAGE 3----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
4. 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs----TOP OF PAGE 4----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
5. 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs----BOTTOM OF PAGE 4----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..