1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953

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Date: 1858-05-04
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Michigan Advertising , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

1. 1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953 Read More..

2. 1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 1----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953 Read More..