1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg

Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 6

1. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..

2. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..

3. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..

4. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH--#MANUSCRIPT---FROM ELIZABETH A. MCGALPIN AT COMSTOCK KALAMAZOO CO. TO LOUISA LOOMIS AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY---GENEALOGY----6PGS---PAGE 1-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..

5. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH--#MANUSCRIPT---FROM ELIZABETH A. MCGALPIN AT COMSTOCK KALAMAZOO CO. TO LOUISA LOOMIS AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY---GENEALOGY----6PGS---PAGE 2-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..

6. 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH--#MANUSCRIPT---FROM ELIZABETH A. MCGALPIN AT COMSTOCK KALAMAZOO CO. TO LOUISA LOOMIS AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY---GENEALOGY----6PGS---PAGE 3-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..