1878-01-11 +GRAYLING MICH----CRAWFORD CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL 3 CENT POSTAL STATIONARY------TO L BURROWS JR AT ALBORN (ALBION), ORLEANS CO, N.Y.-----FROM AND SIGNED BY OJIBWA CHIEF DAVID SHOPPENEGONS-----"GRAYLING MICH JAN 12, 1878, MR. BURROWS JR. DEAR SIR, WELL I WILL WRITE TO YOU THIS MORNING TO TELL YOU HOW WE ARE GETTING WE ARE GETTING ALONG VERY WELL. AND I HAD SORE EYES WHILE AGO. I TOLD YOU I WOULD SEND A MINK JACKET BUT I GOT NOT THE MINK YET AND YOU SAID YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU SOME FISH. I AM GOING DOWN THE SAUBLE AND COME HOME THURSDAY AND EXPECT THEM MONDAY. THE SNOW HERE IS 2 FEET AND HALF AND THERE IS PRETTY HARD PLACE HERE AND MY SISTER IS BLIND NOW. AND I WANT TO TELL ALL OUR FRIENDS SEND HER SOME OLD CLOSE AND I WROTE TO GOULD AND TELL HIM THE SAME. THIS IS ALL I SAY TO YOU. DAVID SHOPPENEGONS."--WEATHER---NATIVE AMERICANS----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 2

Year: 1878
Date: 1878-01-11
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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