1828-02-18 PONTIAC M.T.--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF O CHAMBERLAIN P M--AHMS LETTER 786/46---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. O. CHAMBERLAIN AND G.O. WHITTEMORE---THEY WISH TO RETAIN REV. RUGGLES AS THEIR MINISTER "WE WISH TO AFFORD HIM AN ADEQUATE SUPPORT, BUT THE SCARCITY OF MONEY RENDERS UNABLE TO DO ALL THAT WE WISH TO DO."---"WE MAKE OUR REQUEST AS A SOCIETY AND NOT AS A CHURCH BY REASON OF OUR PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE NO MALE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN PONTIAC, AND ONLY FIVE OR SIX WITHIN SIX MILES."---WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 148---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED - N

Year: 1828
Date: 1828-02-18
County: Oakland
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence , MI Genealogy
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