1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 4---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-10-30
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4
1. 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 4---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..
2. 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 1--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..
3. 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 2--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..
4. 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 3---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..