Title: 1844-03-26 TALBOTTOM GA-BLACK HISTORY LETTER--THE SLAVE"NAT"MAY NOT LIVE,BUT THE GIRL"MARY"SHOULD RECOVER----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-03-26
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1844-09-07 RAISIN MICH {1835-1855} DPO--V8----LENAWEE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--TO SILAS HELMS AT GALESBURGH, KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS FROM HIS BROTHER STEPHEN D. HELMS AT RAISIN--NEWS OF TRAVELS; HE WORKED 5 MONTHS IN HUDSON FOR 0. WHEATLAND; "A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED AND AN AGENT APPOINTED TO SOLICIT AID FOR COLOURED STUDENTS AND ALSO TO GET RESPECTABLE COLOURED FAMILIES TO COME AND SETTLE HERE AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN SCHOOL"---GENEALOGY-- 3 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-09-07
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 7---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 6---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 5---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS---FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-04-24
County: Gennessee
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1847-04-24 FLINT MICH---RED CDS--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--FROM V.N. ROBINSON AT FLINT TO HIS FRIEND CURTIS PRAUT AT WINDHAM NEW YORK CONCERNING SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, AND FAMILY---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED----WATERMARK-----—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-04-24
County:
City: Flint
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1850-12-31 FRANKLIN LA--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--SELLING 55 NEGROES----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1850
Date: 1850-12-31
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1850-12-31 FRANLIN LA--BLACK HISTORY--SALE OF 55 NEGROES---PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1850-12-31
County:
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1852-12-11 NEW MADRID MO-BLACK HISTORY LETTER--WATERWAYS--HEADED "STEAMER EMPIRE STATE" TO ADDA M.HARPER AT ST LOUIS MO FROM HER HUSBAND--BUSINESS PROPOSAL BY PLANTATION OWNER TO HIRE OUT HIS NEGROES TO RAISE MONEY FOR BUSINESS IN ST LOUIS.---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1852
Date: 1852-01-20
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1852-12-11 NEW MADRID MO--WATERWAYS--BLACK HISTORY--WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE--FROM HUSBAND TO WIFE--PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1852-12-11
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1852-12-11 NEW MADRID MO-BLACK HISTORY-WATERWAYS-WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE-FROM HUSBAND TO WIFE-PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1852-12-11
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1852-12-11 NEW MADRID MO-WATERWAYS-BLACK HISTORY-WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE--HUSBAND TO WIFE-PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1852-12-11
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1859-01-11 TIGERVILLE LA.*****W----BLACK HISTORY LETTER---TO MRS. MINERVA BOARDMAN AT LOGAN, HOCKING COUNTY OHIO FROM HER NIECE ALMA---DATELINE OAKWOOD---FAMILY NEWS---MENTIONS COUSIN JOSE, AUNT GORD, JOE, ALFRED--- "I HAD QUITE A VISIT WITH OUR OLD NEGROES"---YEAR DATE ESTIMATED--SCOTT 26----3PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $45 -N Read More..
Year: 1859
Date: 1859-01-11
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1859-01-11 TIGERVILLE LA.--BLACK HISTORY "I HAD QUITE A VISIT WITH OUR OLD NEGROES"--YEAR DATE ESTIMATED--SCOTT 26--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1859-01-11
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1859-01-11 TIGERVILLE LA.--BLACK HISTORY "I HAD QUITE A VISIT WITH OUR OLD NEGROES"--YEAR DATE ESTIMATED--SCOTT 26--PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1859-01-11
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1859-01-11 TIGERVILLE LA.--BLACK HISTORY "I HAD QUITE A VISIT WITH OUR OLD NEGROES"--YEAR DATE ESTIMATED--SCOTT 26--PAGE 3--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1859-01-11
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1860-06-08 ANN ARBOR MICH****W-----WASHTENAW CO.--BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL-------BLACK HISTORY-----TO JOHN C. PATTERSON, HILLSDALE, HILLSDALE CO, MICH-----ABOUT THE BLACK REPUBLICANS BEING ON CAMPUS ON JUNE 7, 1860----MENTIONS REV. WORTHY AND "THE SLAUGHTER OF SEWARD" (WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD, SEC. OF STATE)------GENEALOGY----3PGS------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $9 - N Read More..
Year: 1860
Date: 1860-06-08
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1860-06-08 ANN ARBOR MICH--WASHTENAW CO.--BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL--ABOUT THE BLACK REPUBLICANS BEING ON CAMPUS ON JUNE 7, 1860--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1860-06-08
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1860-06-08 ANN ARBOR MICH--WASHTENAW CO.--BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL--ABOUT THE BLACK REPUBLICANS BEING ON CAMPUS ON JUNE 7, 1860--PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1860-06-08
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1860-06-08 ANN ARBOR MICH--WASHTENAW CO.--BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL--ABOUT THE BLACK REPUBLICANS BEING ON CAMPUS ON JUNE 7, 1860--PAGE 3--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1860-06-08
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1862-01-01 CIVIL WAR ANTI-BLACK PROPAGANDA--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--(MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT--THE HISTORY OF THE TIME PERIOD)---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-01-01
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1862-01-01 UNCLE ALFRED---BLACK HISTORY LETTER----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-03-27
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1862-04-11 LAKE RIDGE MICH*****W--LENAWEE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65---TO DEXTER BACON (1850,70,80 US CENSUS, B. 6 MAY 1822, D. 8 APR 1892, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL STOCKHOLDERS IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUCYRUS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, ENLISTED AS ADJUTANT IN COMPANY S, OHIO 166TH INFANTRY 15 MAY 1864, MUSTERED OUT 9 SEP 1864, FATHER, RALPH BACON, MOTHER MARY BACON, SPOUSE, M. REBECCA BOMBRAKE BACON 24 APR 1844, {FATHER, HENRY BOMBRAKE}, CHILDREN, ELSIE BACON, CHARLES WASHINGTON BACON, GILBERT BACON, MARTHA ELLEN BACON, SAMANTHA BACON) AT BUCYRUS, CRAWFORD CO, OHIO---FROM E STONELIFT AT LAKE RIDGE MICH---CIVIL WAR---FINANCIAL---FAMILY NEWS---"WE FANCY THAT JEFF DAVIS BEGINS TO SHAKE IN HIS BOOTS AND BELIEVE THAT SECESH IS ABOUT PLAYED OUT AND SLAVERY FOREVER KILLED IN THESE US, AND WHICH WILL BE A FULL RECOMPENSE FOR ALL IT HAS COST"--- JAS. SCOTT'S FOLKS ARE ALL WELL AND HIS OLDEST HAS GONE TO WAR AND IS AT THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN UNDER McCLELLAND---MENTIONS MARTIN RALPH AND PAMELIA, CLARISSA FLAGLE, CELINA BIGART, AND MARY ANN CLOSE, ELIZA GARDNER, OLIE, THOMAS BACON, ELIJAH SQUIERS, MR. MANFIELD, THE MAXFIELDS, ERWIN, JACK, MR. PELERSAN, EZRA, CRAWFORD, EMELINE---GENEALOGY 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $15 - N Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-04-11
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1862-10-13 NILES MICH---PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1862-10-12---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK (MARY JANE LYBROOK THORP--1860,70,80,1900 US CENSUS, B. MICHIGAN AUG 1846, D. 26 NOV 1907, FATHER, HENLEY C LYBROOK, MOTHER, LOVISA LYBROOK, SPOUSE, M. AARON THORP 12 NOV 1868{B. OHIO 9 NOV 1844, D. 31 AUG 1928, DRY GOODS MERCHANT, FATHER, EDMOND THORP, MOTHER, MARTHA ANN GARRISON THORP, SIBLINGS, ALMA THORP, ELBRIDGE THORP}, CHILDREN, HENLEY LYBROOK THORP, AUNT-IN-LAW, LUCETTA LOFLAND, SERVANT, LULU B CLYBORNE-B. MICHIGAN 1878) AT DOWAGIAC MICH FROM M.C. EMMONS AT NILES----REGARDING PLANS TO VISIT---PARSON BRONLOIR WILL LECTURE ON FRIDAY---"HOW IS IT, ARE MEN GETTING SCARCE UP YOUR WAY, THERE ARE TEN WOMEN HERE TO ONE MAN"---BLACK HISTORY--- GENEALOGY---FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---2PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-10-13
County: Berrien , Cass , , , , , ,
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1863-12-20 +CASSAPOLIS MICH----CASS CO----BLACK CDS TIES SCOTT 65----CIVIL WAR---BLACK HISTORY----"COME BACK HERE YOU BLACK RASCAL...CAN'T COME BACK NOHOW, MASSER; DIS CHILE'S CONTRABAN"-----BLACK SCENE OF SLAVES RUNNING FROM PLANTATION TO FORT MONROE-----TO MISS ROSANNE COVEY AT WAVERLY, VAN BUREN CO, MICH---GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 913 $ 65 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-12-20
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1867-09-11 MONTEREY KY --BLACK HISTORY LETTER--LOSS OF SLAVES AND FORTUNE--POLITICS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1867
Date: 1867-09-11
County:
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 2