1838-08-20 MT VERNON MICH----MACOMB CO-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL----FREE FREE FRANK OF WILLIAM A BURT----TO A.G. ELLIS, SURVEYOR GENERAL U.S., GREEN BAY WISCONSIN TERR-----FROM WILLIAM A BURT P.M.---HAVING BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR THE TERRITORIES OF WISCONSIN & IOWA I THOUGHT PROPER TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM DESIROUS OF OBTAINING A DISTRICT OF SUBDIVISION OR OF TOWNSHIP LINES TO SURVEY IN THAT COUNTRY, MY SON ALVIN WHO IS A DEPUTY SURVEYOR WOULD ALSO BE PLEASED TO GET WORK----WILLIAM A BURT- A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM MACOMB CO 1826-27, REPRESENTATIVE 1853-54, APPOINTED DISTRICT SURVEYOR BY GOVERNOR GEORGE B PORTER IN 1832 AND WAS COUNTY SURVEYOR OF MACOMB CO FROM 1831-34, POSTMASTER OF MOUNT VERNON FOR 24 YEARS. IN 1833 APPOINTED U.S. SURVEYOR, ALSO ENGAGED IN THE LAND SURVEYS IN WISCONSIN & IOWA. FROM 1840-47 HE WAS OCCUPIED IN LAND SURVEYS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA.--- AUTOGRAPHED LETTER---GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 3 $175

Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-20
County: Macomb
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