1844-06-16 +LYONS MICH*****W---IONIA CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO DARIUS SCHOONMAKER, KINGSTON, ULSTER CO, N.Y.----FROM MATTHEW VAN VLECKE REGARDING HIS LUMBER MILL AND READS IN PART "...I ENCOURAGED YOU TO HOPE IN MY LAST THAT YOUR DAM WAS FIXED PERMANENTLY BUT I WAS MISTAKEN...A VIOLENT RAIN LAST WEEK RAISED THE WATER IN ONE NIGHT TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT A PORTION OF THE DAM IS AGAIN SWEPT AWAY, TWO OTHER DAMS WERE BROKEN IN THE SAME CREEK THAT NIGHT AND I NOW GIVE IT AS MY OPINION THAT A SAND DAM IN PRAIRIE CREEK WILL NOW BE AN EXPENSIVE ARTICLE..."---REPORTS ON THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND HIS SUCCESSFUL SUIT AGAINST MR GOODWIN---WEATHER-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 297----ELLIS III/WHITFORD AUCTION 2022 LOT 287-----1PG----ERNIES COLLECTION $47 - N

Year: 1844
Date: 1844-06-16
County: Ionia
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
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