1866-07-13 +CHARLEVOIX MICH---V2----CHARLEVOIX CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65----TO MISS ANN E. THOMAS, WEBSTER, MONROE CO, N.Y.-----FROM HER FRIEND DATELINED PINE RIVER, LAKE CO, MICH---"I AM TEACHING SCHOOL AT PINE RIVER ABOUT 12 MILES FROM HOME. I HAVE 12 SCHOLARS...I HAVE ONE LITTLE INDIAN BOY. I TELL YOU HE IS SMART. HE IS STRAIGHT AS A REED. HIS HAIR IS LONG AND BLACK HE WEARS SORT OF A TURBAN ON HIS HEAD...I HAVE BEEN BOARDING WITH HIM HIS FATHER KEEPS A WHITE WOMAN TO DO HIS WORK. THIS BOY CAME UP HERE FROM AN INDIAN VILLAGE ON PURPOSE TO GO TO SCHOOL..." AND MUCH MORE------GENEALOGY-----NATIVE AMERICAN----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 514

Year: 1866
Date: 1866-07-13
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
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