Title: 1836-04-27 +DURHAM M T---BRANCH CO---V6----BLACK HISTORY----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GIRRARD, BRANCH CO, M T---FROM Y. FISHER AT GIRRARD TO HIS BROTHER ROSWELL FISHER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK REGARDING DEATHS AND FAMILY---OLD MR HOSBY DIED A WEEK AGO LAST WEDNESDAY, HE DIED VERY EASY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE--SEND MY TRUNK BY MR DICKMAN TO COLDWATER, SOME 20 MILES FROM HERE---RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR WILLIAM PATTERSON, OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WELL, PATTERSON HAD NOT SOLD THEM---JAMES PATTERSON IS IN A VERY LOW STATE OF HEALTH AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY BETTER---THEY HAD A FIRE IN FRANCESTOWN VILLAGE A FEW WEEKS AGO, PORTER DODGE HOUSE BURNED--HATTER DAVIS WIFE IS DEAD---LUKE TORRENCE & IRA ARE HERE---LUKE HAS BEEN AT CAPT. McCRAKENS--I SUSPECT HE IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO EMILEN------WITH THIS CLOSING NOTE: "P.S. BURN THIS AS SOON AS YOU READ IT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2-13 LOT 47 $160----3PGS--PAGE 3----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-04-27
County: Branch
City:
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-04-27 +DURHAM M T---BRANCH CO---V6----BLACK HISTORY----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GIRRARD, BRANCH CO, M T---FROM Y. FISHER AT GIRRARD TO HIS BROTHER ROSWELL FISHER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK REGARDING DEATHS AND FAMILY---OLD MR HOSBY DIED A WEEK AGO LAST WEDNESDAY, HE DIED VERY EASY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE--SEND MY TRUNK BY MR DICKMAN TO COLDWATER, SOME 20 MILES FROM HERE---RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR WILLIAM PATTERSON, OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WELL, PATTERSON HAD NOT SOLD THEM---JAMES PATTERSON IS IN A VERY LOW STATE OF HEALTH AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY BETTER---THEY HAD A FIRE IN FRANCESTOWN VILLAGE A FEW WEEKS AGO, PORTER DODGE HOUSE BURNED--HATTER DAVIS WIFE IS DEAD---LUKE TORRENCE & IRA ARE HERE---LUKE HAS BEEN AT CAPT. McCRAKENS--I SUSPECT HE IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO EMILEN------WITH THIS CLOSING NOTE: "P.S. BURN THIS AS SOON AS YOU READ IT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2-13 LOT 47 $160----3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-04-27
County: Branch
City:
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-04-27 +DURHAM M T---BRANCH CO---V6----BLACK HISTORY----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GIRRARD, BRANCH CO, M T---FROM Y. FISHER AT GIRRARD TO HIS BROTHER ROSWELL FISHER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK REGARDING DEATHS AND FAMILY---OLD MR HOSBY DIED A WEEK AGO LAST WEDNESDAY, HE DIED VERY EASY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE--SEND MY TRUNK BY MR DICKMAN TO COLDWATER, SOME 20 MILES FROM HERE---RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR WILLIAM PATTERSON, OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WELL, PATTERSON HAD NOT SOLD THEM---JAMES PATTERSON IS IN A VERY LOW STATE OF HEALTH AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY BETTER---THEY HAD A FIRE IN FRANCESTOWN VILLAGE A FEW WEEKS AGO, PORTER DODGE HOUSE BURNED--HATTER DAVIS WIFE IS DEAD---LUKE TORRENCE & IRA ARE HERE---LUKE HAS BEEN AT CAPT. McCRAKENS--I SUSPECT HE IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO EMILEN------WITH THIS CLOSING NOTE: "P.S. BURN THIS AS SOON AS YOU READ IT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2-13 LOT 47 $160----3PGS---PAGE 1----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-04-27
County: Branch
City:
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-04-27 +DURHAM M T---BRANCH CO---V6----BLACK HISTORY----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GIRRARD, BRANCH CO, M T---FROM Y. FISHER AT GIRRARD TO HIS BROTHER ROSWELL FISHER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK REGARDING DEATHS AND FAMILY---OLD MR HOSBY DIED A WEEK AGO LAST WEDNESDAY, HE DIED VERY EASY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE--SEND MY TRUNK BY MR DICKMAN OR TO COLDWATER, SOME 20 MILES FROM HERE---RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR WILLIAM PATTERSON, OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WELL, PATTERSON HAD NOT SOLD THEN---JAMES PATTERSON IS IN A VERY LOW STATE OF HEALTH AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY BETTER---THEY HAD A FIRE IN FRANCESTOWN VILLAGE A FEW WEEKS AGO, PORTER DODGE'S HOUSE, ABRN AND SHOP BURNED--HATTER DAVIS'S WIFE IS DEAD---LUKE TORRENCE & IRA ARE HERE, WILLIAM---LUKE HAS BEEN AT CAPT. McCRAKENS--I SUSPECT HE IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO EMILEN------WITH THIS CLOSING NOTE: "P.S. BURN THIS AS SOON AS YOU READ IT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2-13 LOT 47 $160---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-27
County: Branch
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-03-08 DETROIT MICH---PAGE 3 ---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-08
County: Lenawee , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-03-08 DETROIT MICH---PAGE 2---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-08
County: Lenawee , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-03-08 DETROIT MICH---PAGE 1---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-08
County: Lenawee , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-03-08 DETROIT MICH---RED CDS AND FREE FRANK OF D.C.JACKSON P.M. AT RAISIN--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--ANTI-SLAVERY---FROM D.C. JACKSON AT DETROIT TO THOMAS CHANDLER AT RAISIN---DISCUSSES BILLS BEFORE THE SENATE TO BUILD RAILROADS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THE GENERAL BANKING LAW--- "IT WON'T DO TO SAY MUCH ABOUT ABOLITION HERE THEY THINK WE ARE A SET OF CUT THROATS AND THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF MEDDLING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS LET THE SOUTH TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM"---MENTIONS PORTER AND RHEUBEN---GENEALOGY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---FINANCIAL----GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-08
County: Lenawee , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-07-27 ADRIAN M T---PAGE 2---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-27
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-07-27 ADRIAN M T---PAGE 1---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-27
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-07-27 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS AND MS 25 AND MS ADDITIONAL 6=TOTAL 31----MISSENT AND FORWARDED--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--DATELINED AMESBURY MASS-TO THOMAS CHANDLER AT RAISIN FROM MATHER FRANKLIN WHITTIER AT AMESBURY MASS ---ASKING HIS ADVICE ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR FINDING WORK IN THE AREA, AND SAYING HIS BROTHER JOHN GREELEY WHITTIER SUGGESTED IT---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-27
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-09-28 WASHINGTON CITY DC---FREE FRANK OF ISAAC E. CRARY---TO THOMAS CHANDLER ESQ. AT RAISIN, LENAWEE COUNTY MICHIGAN FROM ISAAC E. CRARY AT WASHINGTON---HIS PETITION AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES---ANTI-SLAVERY--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-09-28
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-09-28 WASHINGTON CITY DC---PAGE 1---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-09-28
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-09-30 WASHINGTON CITY DC---FREE FRANK OF ISAAC E. CRARY---TO THOMAS CHANDLER AT RAISIN, LENAWEE COUNTY MICHIGAN FROM ISAAC CRARY AT WASHINGTON---HE WILL PRESENT THE PETITIONS AGAINST ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE UNION ON MONDAY---ANTI-SLAVERY--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-09-30
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-09-30 WASHINGTON CITY DC--PAGE 1---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-09-30
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1838-05-11 BLISSFIELD MICH----#MANUSCRIPT---ANTI-SLAVERY--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---GENEALOGY---MEMBERS OF ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY AT BLISSFIELD: HENRY BLISS PRESIDENT, HENRY WILLERY VICE- PRESIDENT, WILLIAM BLISS SECRETARY, WILLARD GOFF TREASURER, J. JAY DANA, GUY CARPENTER, JARED PRATT, I.W. WOODRUFF, GIDEON BRIGGS, L.G. PORTER, NATHAN LOVEWELL, O.F. WORTH, SALMON HARRISON JR., B.H. LEWIS, NATHAN GIBBS JR., JAMES. P. KEDZIE, P.P. LANE, STEPHEN SMITH, LEONARD RANDALL, J.P.CARPENTER, WILLIAM KEDZIE, JOHN HARRISON, JOHN R. KNIGHT, HIRIAM W. BLISS, CORNELIA M. SACKETT, BETSY PRATT, MARGARET KEDZIE, MARGARET GILES, SARAH W. MORSE, AESTER A. GOFF, PAMELIA KNIGHT, CAROLINE S. BLISS, ELIZABETH KNIGHT, JANE S. GILES, LUCINDA CARPENTER, ELIZABETH W. KEDZIE, MARY KEDZIE, SARAH RHOADS, SARAH CONVERSE, MARY A. DANA, NAOMI GOFF, NANCY BLISS, THOMAS CHANDLER, DAN RAYMOND, JEREMIAH WESTGATE, LEE ISAAC HAVILAND, ALEX D. WELLS, LEVI H. CLAUSE, ALECIA HAIGHT, CHARLES HAVILAND, DAVID W. BAKER, ALVAN DOTY---LIST REQUESTED BY B. WORKMAN OF ADRIAN---MEMBERS OF RAISIN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY: DAN RAYMOND, PRESIDENT; JEREMIAH WESTGATE, VICE PRESIDENT; ISAAC HAVILAND, SECRETARY; ALEX D. WELL, TREASURER; LEVI H. CHASE, ALLEN HAIGHT, CHARLES HAVILAND, DAVID W. BAKER, AND ALVAN DOTY---3 PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-05-11
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1838-05-11 BLISSFIELD MICH---PAGE 1---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---GENEALOGY---MEMBERS OF ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY---HENRY BLISS PRESIDENT, HENRY WILLERY VICE- PRESIDENT, WILLIAM BLISS SECRETARY, WILLARD GOFF TREASURER, J. JAY DANA, GUY CARPENTER, JARED PRATT, I.W. WOODRUFF, GIDEON BRIGGS, L.G. PORTER, NATHAN LOVEWELL, O.F. WORTH, SALMON HARRISON JR., B.H. LEWIS, NATHAN GIBBS JR., JAMES. P. KEDZIE, P.P. LANE, STEPHEN SMITH, LEONARD RANDALL, J.P.CARPENTER, WILLIAM KEDZIE, JOHN HARRISON, JOHN R. KNIGHT, HIRIAM W. BLISS, CORNELIA M. SACKETT, BETSY PRATT, MARGARET KEDZIE, MARGARET GILES, SARAH W. MORSE, AESTER A. GOFF, PAMELIA KNIGHT, CAROLINE S. BLISS, ELIZABETH KNIGHT, JANE S. GILES, LUCINDA CARPENTER, ELIZABETH W. KEDZIE, MARY KEDZIE, SARAH RHOADS, SARAH CONVERSE, MARY A. DANA, NAOMI GOFF, NANCY BLISS, THOMAS CHANDLER, DAN RAYMOND, JEREMIAH WESTGATE, LEE ISAAC HAVILAND, ALEX D. WELLS, LEVI H. CLAUSE, ALECIA HAIGHT, CHARLES HAVILAND, DAVID W. BAKER, ALVAN DOTY---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-05-11
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1838-05-11 BLISSFIELD MICH---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---ANTI-SLAVERY---ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---MEMBERS OF ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY---HENRY BLISS PRESIDENT, HENRY WILLERY VICE- PRESIDENT, WILLIAM BLISS SECRETARY, WILLARD GOFF TREASURER, J. JAY DANA, GUY CARPENTER, JARED PRATT, I.W. WOODRUFF, GIDEON BRIGGS, L.G. PORTER, NATHAN LOVEWELL, O.F. WORTH, SALMON HARRISON JR., B.H. LEWIS, NATHAN GIBBS JR., JAMES. P. KEDZIE, P.P. LANE, STEPHEN SMITH, LEONARD RANDALL, J.P.CARPENTER, WILLIAM KEDZIE, JOHN HARRISON, JOHN R. KNIGHT, HIRIAM W. BLISS, CORNELIA M. SACKETT, BETSY PRATT, MARGARET KEDZIE, MARGARET GILES, SARAH W. MORSE, AESTER A. GOFF, PAMELIA KNIGHT, CAROLINE S. BLISS, ELIZABETH KNIGHT, JANE S. GILES, LUCINDA CARPENTER, ELIZABETH W. KEDZIE, MARY KEDZIE, SARAH RHOADS, SARAH CONVERSE, MARY A. DANA, NAOMI GOFF, NANCY BLISS, THOMAS CHANDLER, DAN RAYMOND, JEREMIAH WESTGATE, LEE ISAAC HAVILAND, ALEX D. WELLS, LEVI H. CLAUSE, ALECIA HAIGHT, CHARLES HAVILAND, DAVID W. BAKER, ALVAN DOTY---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-05-11
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1840-02-19 FORT GRATIOT MICH---RED CDS--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--FROM ELIZABETH AT FORT GRATIOT TO HER SISTER MARY B. MILES AT SPRINGFIELD OHIO---"ABOUT TWO WEEKS SINCE I FELT SOME APPREHENSION FOR FEAR WE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN OF SUCH HAD BEEN THE CASE OUR FRONTIER WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY UNPLEASANT ONE AS THE BRITISH HAVE ABOUT NINE HUNDRED INDIANS IN THEIR EMPLOY AND A FULL REGIMENT OF BLACKS WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF US AND IN ALL PROBABILITY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRISONERS IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FOR SIMON HAD DETERMINED TO SEND ME AND THE CHILDREN TO SPRINGFIELD HE SAID... I WOULD BE SAFE AND WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS RIDE OF ANY PART OF THE FRONTIER WHICH HE SEEMED TO THINK VERY DESIRABLE"; "TELL HER [MOTHER] SHE COULD COME TO CLEAVELAND IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS AND ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO DETROIT IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND HERE IN A FEW HOURS MORE"; ASKS HOW JANE PROGRESSES IN HER STUDIES; ABOUT JEROME AND POLLY ANN; WILLIS WANT HER TO TELL THEODORA ABOUT HIS BOOTS AND SLED, AGNES READS AND SPELLS QUITE WELL; "WE HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED TO DINE IN CANADA (SIC) WITH A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT (SIC), SIMON AND THE MAJ., MRS. GARDNER AND MRS. BEAGHLY ACCEPTED THE INVITATION"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-02-19
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1840-02-19 FORT GRATIOT MICH---RED CDS--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--FROM ELIZABETH AT FORT GRATIOT TO HER SISTER MARY B. MILES AT SPRINGFIELD OHIO---"ABOUT TWO WEEKS SINCE I FELT SOME APPREHENSION FOR FEAR WE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN OF SUCH HAD BEEN THE CASE OUR FRONTIER WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY UNPLEASANT ONE AS THE BRITISH HAVE ABOUT NINE HUNDRED INDIANS IN THEIR EMPLOY AND A FULL REGIMENT OF BLACKS WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF US AND IN ALL PROBABILITY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRISONERS IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FOR SIMON HAD DETERMINED TO SEND ME AND THE CHILDREN TO SPRINGFIELD HE SAID... I WOULD BE SAFE AND WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS RIDE OF ANY PART OF THE FRONTIER WHICH HE SEEMED TO THINK VERY DESIRABLE"; "TELL HER [MOTHER] SHE COULD COME TO CLEAVELAND IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS AND ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO DETROIT IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND HERE IN A FEW HOURS MORE"; ASKS HOW JANE PROGRESSES IN HER STUDIES; ABOUT JEROME AND POLLY ANN; WILLIS WANT HER TO TELL THEODORA ABOUT HIS BOOTS AND SLED, AGNES READS AND SPELLS QUITE WELL; "WE HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED TO DINE IN CANNADA (SIC) WITH A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIMENT (SIC), SIMON AND THE MAJ., MRS. GARDNER AND MRS. BEAGHLY ACCEPTED THE INVITATION"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-02-19
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1841-04-14---DETROIT MICH---FROM JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) AT DETROIT TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM GEDDES AT PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY---DATELINED DETROIT 1841-04-12---DISCUSSES NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS STILL IN SESSION "BILLS ARE MADE SO OBJECTIONABLE BY THESE AMENDMENTS THEIR FIRST FRIENDS WILL NOT SUPPORT THEM. IT IS CALLED ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST WAY TO DEFEAT A BILL BY OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO IT"; THE LOCO; THE PASSING OF THE BANK SUSPENSION LAW; FINANCIAL TROUBLES OF THE STATE "MICHIGAN HAS NEVER PAID HER YEARLY EXPENSES IN FULL BY TAXES, BUT HAS ALWAYS HAD HER OVERPLUS (SIC) MET OUT OF THE LOAN INTENDED TO BE MADE FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS"; APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE RAILROADS; RAILROAD REVENUES AND FREIGHT COSTS;---"WE PAST (SIC) A BILL WHICH HAS BECOME A LAW, WHICH REQUIRES ALL PROPERTY BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL TO SELL FOR TWO THIRDS ITS APPRISED CASH VALUE, OR ELSE IT IS NOT SOLD. THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED A HARD LAW, AND SO IT IS, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE HARD UP AND OUR CURRENCY IS PAPER, AND THIS PAPER IS NOT PLENTY, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: AND NOW PEOPLE CAN TURN OUT PROPERTY AT NO GREATER SACRIFICE THAN THE LOSS OF ONE THIRD ITS CASH VALUE, WHICH IS SACRIFICE ENOUGH"---MENTIONS PAUL GEDDES THE RECORDING CLERK, MR. EWERS, ROBERT, THE DEATH OF GEN. HARRISON, PETTY THEFT BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE---"AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE, OR RATHER, A JOINT RESOLUTION HAS PASSED THIS WINTER GRANTING BLACKS, AND INDIANS, WHO HAVE PAID TAX ON $250 WORTH OF PROPERTY THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING...I DON'T THINK THE BLACK PART CAN PASS NEXT YEAR. SOME OPPOSE THE PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS, AND SOME ARE NOT FOR PASSING IT WITHOUT THAT, AND OTHERS AGAIN HATE INDIANS"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GFP BX 1---#37--COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-04-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS----PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS----PAGE 3---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1841-12-23 PLYMOUTH MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 3/4 RATE--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--TO MISS ELISABETH COLTON AT PLAINVILLE, HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO FROM HER NIECE MARY AT PLYMOUTH---BROTHER ATTENDS SCHOOL AT NORTHVILLE AND IS SECRETARY OF THE NORTHVILLE LYCEUM; WRITES OF THEODOTUS AND MARILLA, THEY HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM C. SINCE SHE MOVED AWAY, THE BRADNERS, THE LEWISES, WILLIAM, CORNELIA AND EMELINE; NATHAN BRADNER IS MARRIED TO MISS DEAN, COUSIN TO FANNY WHO WAS MARRIED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO TO A MR. GRISWOLD, A WIDOWER, AND WHO LOST A CHILD; LOUISA MARRIED HALSEY CADY AT MRS. ROBINSON'S; "THE PEOPLE AT THE CORNERS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME, VERY FEW CHANGES, EXCEPT AT THE TAVERNS WHEN ONE LANDLORD WHIPS HIS WIFE AND RUNS AWAY ANOTHER TAKES HIS PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU KNOW IT WOULD NOT DO AT ALL TO HAVE BUSINESS IN THE RUM SELLING LINE STOP AT PLYMOUTH"; H.A. NOYES HAS MOVED TO MARSHALL, AND A BAPTIST DOCTOR BY THE NAME OF PALMER OCCUPIES THE HOUSE BUILT BY HIM; A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF POST STUDIES WITH DOCT. PALMER - UNCLE DAVID HAS A STUDENT WITH HIM; MR. NOYES CHANGED HIS MIND AND IS NOW AT FLINT; " I PRESUME HE WILL RETURN SOON AND I WANT TO SEE HIM BUT I DREAD AN INTERVIEW FOR I SHALL BE OBLIGED TO ANSWER AN IMPORTANT QUESTION HE PROPOSED A LONG TIME AGO. IT WILL BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO DO WHAT I SUPPOSE TO BE DUTY I SHALL BE GOVERNED BY REASON RATHER THAN INCLINATION"---"I DID NOT FINISH THE LETTER LAST NIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF ATTENDING AN ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING, LECTURE BY MR. BECKLY A VERY ELOQUENT AND INTERESTING SPEAKER HE IS A METHODIST PREACHER BUT THEY WILL BY NO MEANS SUFFER HIM TO SPEAK UPON THAT SUBJECT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH IT HAS BEEN CLOSED AGAINST HIM SEVERAL TIMES"--- GENEALOGY---4PGS--- PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-12-23
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1843-08-11 YPSILANTI MICH---RED 30MM CDS---FREE FRANK---FROM JOSIAH NORRIS IN PITTSFIELD MICH TO HENRY COLTEN AT PLAINVELLE, HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO----ON THE 1ST OF MARCH LYDIA HAS TAKEN SICK, THE 12TH SHE HAD A LITTLE BABY, HE LIVED 1 WEEK AND DYED. LYDIA HAS NOT HAD A WELL DAY SINCE. DAVID IS ALMOST AS LARGE AS I BEE. SARAH AND HENRY WORKS HARD. SARAH TAKES CARE OF HER MA AND COOKS FOR THE HARVEST HANDS----GENEALOGY 7----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-08-11
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1843-11-29 GHENT KY--BLACK HISTORY-WOMEN--BUYING VIRGINIA SLAVE--PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
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Date: 1843-11-29
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Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence
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Title: 1843-11-29 GHENT KY---MANUSCRIPT--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--TO LEWIS GRAVES AT ORANGE SPRINGS VIRGINIA FROM NANCY J. BURCH AT CARROL, KENTUCKY---BLACK HISTORY--WOMEN'S CORRESPONDENCE--DATELINE CARROLL KENTUCKY---BUYING VIRGINIA SLAVE---"IF YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO SEND HENRY TO KENTUCKY I WILL BE GLAD THIS WINTER BUT IF NOT HIRE HIM OUT UNTIL MAY OR JUNE 1844. IF YOU CAN SEND HIM TO GEORGETOWN SCOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY TO THE CARE OF MILTON BURCH. I CAN HAVE HIM ATTENDED TO... HIRE OUT THE REST IF YOU PLEASE" --GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-11-29
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1844-03-26 TALBOTTOM GA-BLACK HISTORY---PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
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Date: 1844-03-26
County:
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection
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