Title: 1810-02-16 DETROIT M.T.--TO PETER PORTER FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT---REGARDING DETROIT GARRISON AND INDIAN ABSTRACTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND CHICAGO ABSTRACTS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY---ADVISES THEY SHOULD IMPORT FLOUR FROM CANADA TO FULFILL THEIR NEEDS, AS HE HAS ALREADY SECURED ALL THAT IS LOCALLY AVAILABLE---MENTIONS GOVERNOR HULL---NATIVE AMERICANS---GENEALOGY---2 pgs AND TRANSCRIPT--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-02-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 10

Title: 1810-11-16 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25----TO MRS ISAAC McLELLAN - ELIZA MCLELLAN - AT MAIDSTONE, ESSEX CO, VERMONT----FROM HER SISTER MARIA HULL AT DETROIT M T----PAPA HAS DECIDED TO VISIT HIS FRIENDS IN THE STATES THE NEXT SEASON, SHOULD HE RECEIVE HIS APPOINTMENT FOR THIS GOVERNMENT ANOTHER THREE YEARS- THAT WILL BE DECIDED IN MARCH AND MOST CERTAINLY GO IF HE IS NOT APPOINTED. PAPA ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH AND SPIRITS- HE HAS PURCHASED A FARM THREE MILES FROM OUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE- FROM THAT HE GETS ALL THE PRODUCE FOR OUR FAMILY AT A MUCH CHEAPER RATE THAN BY PURCHASING THOSE THINGS ARE VERY DEAR IN THIS COUNTRY- BESIDES IT BEING AN AMUSEMENT AND VERY PROMOTING HIS HEALTH- YOU KNOW HE IS VERY FOND OF FARMING, AND THINKS THE LIFE OF A FARMER THE HAPPIEST IN THE WORLD- HE GOT HIS FARM VERY CHEAP-INDEED FOR ALMOST NOTHING---MENTIONS JUDGE MASTERS, MR. CLARKE, MRS. HUCHINSON--- HULL RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT MENTIONED MARCH 1, 1811, AND LEFT 1811-10-01 FOR THE EAST. HE RETURNED TO DETROIT AS BRIGADIER GENERAL JULY 5, 1812 AND LEFT JULY 12 FOR UPPER CANADA. HE RETURNED TO DETROIT AUGUST 11, 1812 AND FEARING FOR THE LIVES AT DETROIT, HE FELT FORCED TO CEDE THE TERRITORY BY CAPITULATION TO THE BRITISH ON AUGUST 16, 1812.---GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 63 $1300 - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-11-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT ST. JOSEPH M. T., THEN TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA FROM CHARLY NOBLE AT FRENCHTOWN M.T. ---HE GAVE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO COL. HUNT; THE SCHOONER "GENERAL JACKSON" HAD LANDED AT DETROIT, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFLOAD THE FREIGHT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL; HE RECOMMENDS KEEPING THE FLOUR SHIPPED ON THE SCHOONER AT DETROIT BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED HIGH COST IN THE FUTURE, AND THE DIFFICULTIES FORWARDING IT; HE AND MRS. NOBLE SEND THEIR WISHES TO MRS. MCCOY---MENTIONS MR. METTY, PRICES OF FLOUR AND SALT---GENEALOGY--- 4 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1826-05-27 BLOOMFIELD M.T.{1821-1838} NAME CHANGE-BIRMINGHAM----V7-----OAKLAND CO..--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE---TO GALEN HOLBROOK AT RUSHVILLE, ONTARIO COUNTY NEW YORK FROM O. TORREY AT BLOOMFIELD ---MENTIONS ALDRICH, INVITES MOTHER AND AUGUSTUS TO COME LIVE WITH THEM, BURT MARKHAM, MRS. CRAIN, AND MRS. CASTE---FARMING AND TRAVELING NEWS---3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR -N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-27
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1827-03-09 PONTIAC M T------#MANUSCRIPT---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. I.W. RUGGLES AT PONTIAC---AHMS 18/22---"THE SUM SPECIFIED IN MY COMMISSION IS RAISED BY OUR SOC. MORE MIGHT BE OBTAINED, WERE IT NOT FOR THE EXTREME SCARCITY OF MONEY. PRODUCE ABOUNDS HERE; BUT OF MONEY, THERE IS LITTLE OR NONE."---"THE OFFICERS OF OUR SOC. ARE REV. I. W. RUGGLES PRES., DEA. JACOB VOORHIES V. PRES., STEPHEN V. TROWBRIDGE SEC., DEA. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN TREAS."---MENTIONS MR. WOOLSEY---3 PAGES---GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-03-09
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1828-08-25 BLOOMFIELD MIC TER TO BECOME BIRMINGHAM ---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 384/49---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS FROM ELDERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PONTIAC S.V.R. TROWBRIDGE, WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN, ELIJAH FISH, AND JACOB VOORHIS, AND ISAAC RUGGLES---REQUEST FOR A MINISTER, PROMISE TO RAISE $200 IN PORDUCE FOR HIS SUPPORT---MR. NORRIS OF NEW YORK WOULD BE THEIR CHOICE---3 PGS---GENEALOGY---IN DAVE PHILLIPS 1992 MARV PRESTON AUCTION LOT# 1150--SALE PRICE $125---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED - N Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-08-25
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1828-11-19 ANN ARBOR M T--ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--LETTER 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 WASHTENAW COUNTY TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT MOUNTJOY, LANCASTER COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY 2---GEDDES FAMILY PAPERS BX 1 #1---DISCUSSES PROGRESS WITH THE SAWMILL CONSTRUCTION; THE LAW HAS BEEN CHANGED REGARDING FLOODING ANOTHER PERSON'S LAND, FROM OWING THE VALUE OF THE LAND AT THE TIME IS WAS FLOODED TO TRESPASS EVERY 24 HOURS. HE THINKS THEY WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THE NEW LAW BECAUSE THEY BEGAN THE DAM BEFORE IT WAS PASSED ---MENTIONS BOTSFORD; REV. CLARK "THIS PRETENDED MINISTER OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE"; MR. HICKS; DETAILS OFFER MR. PARSONS HAS MADE FOR WILLIAM'S LOT; AND SAMUEL HARBER---CROP PRICES---GENEALOGY---2PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-11-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1828-12-06 DETROIT M T ---OVAL CDS--AHMS LETTER 706/32--DATELINED TECUMSEH 1828-11-17--TO REV.ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. ALANSON DARWIN AT TECUMSEH---IF HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN BETTER HE WOULD HAVE GONE TO BLISSFIELD TO FORM A CHURCH THERE, AS REQUESTED----MENTIONS THE DEATH OF JUDGE WILLIAM KEDZIE OF BLISSFIELD"...WHERE HE LIVED WERE BUT THREE FAMILIES; YET HE KEPT UP A SUNDAY SCHOOL AND READING MEETINGS ON THE SABBATH"---"THE CROPS OF ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE HAVE BEEN HEAVY THIS SEASON"---HE ALSO WANTS TO ACKNOWELDGE THE KINDNESS AND ASSISTANCE OF MUSGROVE EVANS---AGRICULTURE---GENEALOGY---3PGS------Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-12-06
County: Lenawee , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1828-12-31 LODI M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED ANN ARBOR---FROM JOHN THOMPSON (1850,60,70,80 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1798, GROCER MERCHANT, SPOUSE, ESTER THOMPSON, CHILDREN, EDWARD THOMPSON, CLEMENT R THOMPSON, EMILY S THOMPSON, JENNIE THOMPSON) AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS BROTHER THOMAS CHENEY THOMPSON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, FARMER, SPOUSE 2, JANE MINERVA THOMPSON {B. VERMONT 1816, D. 1897}, SPOUSE 1, M. JULIA ANN CUMMINGS THOMPSON 1847 {B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, D. 2 JAN 1850, FEVER} CHILD, EMMA J THOMPSON) AT KEENE, CHESHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE---DISCUSSES NEWS OF HIS FARM AND RAISING A HOUSE; MENTIONS CALVIN; WOOD AND HARIOT AND HER BOY---"I AM DESTITUTE OF THE ONE THING NEEDFUL IN FARMING THAT IS A PARTNER TO DIVIDE THE SORROWS AND DOUBLE THE JOY OF LIFE"---GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-12-31
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---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 WASHTENAW COUNTY TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT MOUNTJOY, LANCASTER COUNTY PA---THE SAWMILL SHOULD BE GOING NEXT MONTH; THERE ARE ABOUT 400 LOG IN THE SAW YARD, FOUR FIFTH OF WHICH ARE OAK; HE HAD A LETTER FROM UNCLE JAMES, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM PA SINCE LAST MARCH, AND HAS RECEIVED NO REPLY FROM WILLIAM; DISCUSSES SOIL QUALITIES AND CROP PRICES; ANTI-MASONRY MEETING EVENTS---"YOU VERY WELL KNOW THAT REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES ARE OPEN AND CANDID, MASONIC ARE SECRET AND MYSTERIOUS"----MENTIONS PARSONS, ALLEN, DEXTER, KINGSLEY, ROBERT, BOTSFORD---WEATHER REPORT---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS-----BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--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) TO ROBERT GEDDES --BHL-GFP-BX1-#3----MENTIONS WILLIAM, ROBERT, MR. CLARK, FLEMING'S SAWMILL, MISS ISABEL---JOHN BIDDLE WAS NOMINATED AS DELEGATE TO OFFICE AFTER HE DECLARED HIMSELF ANTI-MASONIC---"THIS MODERATE ANTI-MASONRY WHICH WILLIAM ADVOCATES MAY POSSIBLY DO THERE IT WOULD NOT DO HERE. A MODERATE CHRISTIAN, (OUR PREACHER SAYS) IS AN INFIDEL, AND WOMAN OF MODERATE PURITY IS A PROSTITUTE"---MODERATE ANTI-MASON HERE IS CALLED A JACK ---JANE WAS MARRIED APRIL 28 TO ALVAH EWERS, FORMERLY OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK; THEY RESIDE A MILE AND A HALF UP THE RIVER FROM HERE, FARMING IS HIS BUSINESS; HE IS SAID TO BE WORTH $2000---ROBERT WAS MARRIED MAY 7 TO MARI LOUISA LANE, FORMERLY OF BROOME COUNTY NEW YORK. "SHE IS SAID TO BE A WOMAN OF MORE THAN COMMON INTELLECT, AND CORRESPONDING ENERGY"---DISCUSSES WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING RELATIVES AND HOW OFTEN---THE SAWMILL BEGAN OPERATIONS ON MARCH 19 AND DOES ABOUT 100 FEET PER DAY; "100 FEET PER DAY IS NOT BAD, BUT IT IS POOR CONSIDERING THE POWER THERE"; DETAILS ABOUT THE DIMENSIONS AND COMPONENTS OF THE MILL, AND COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BARRELS OF WHISKEY---MANY DAMS ON THE HURON HAVE BEEN INJURED BY HIGH WATER LEVELS----"[SOME OF] THE LOGS ARE TO BE SAWED ON SHARES, THAT IS WE HAVE HALF OF THE LOGS FOR SAWING THE OTHER HALF"---DESCRIBES THE LOGS HOUSE THEY LIVED IN---WEATHER REPORT AND CROP PRICES---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1829-08-19-- ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---GFP-BX1-#4---BELIEVES HIS BROTHER'S LETTER WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE "BUNGLING OR SIMPLE MANNER" IN WHICH IT WAS POSTMARKED, WITH NO DATE INCLUDED---DISCUSSES ANTI-MASONRY---MENTIONS GABRIEL RICHARD, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST; JOHN BIDDLE; BOTSFORD'S WATER RIGHT; ROBERT; JANE; AND MARIA---DISCUSSES AND DESCRIBES THE SAWMILLS AND GRISTMILLS IN WASHTENAW; ESTIMATES THE 15 SAWMILLS CUT 100,000 FEET EACH ON AVERAGE PER YEAR. HE IS AVERAGING 1000 FEET PER DAY---WEATHER REPORT---CROP PRICES AND WHAT IS AND ISN'T GROWING WELL THERE; WILD FRUITS ARE PLENTIFUL AND ROBERT PLANTED ABOUT 100 APPLE TREES, 13 PEACH TREES, AND 3 CHERRY TREES---"ROBERT HAS NOT BUILT A BARN YET AND I THINK WILL NOT THIS SUMMER. MATRIMONY IS AN ERA IN A PERSON'S LIFE AND BUILDING A BARN IS ANOTHER. TWO ERAS IN ONE YEAR IS SCARCELY TO BE EXPECTED."---GENEALOGY---2PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-08-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1829-11-29 AUBURN M T--OAKLAND CO--RED #MANUSCRIPT AND RED MS 25 RATE--FROM MILTON HYDE AND HARRIET HYDE AT AUBURN TO THEIR UNCLE REV. SYLVESTER DANA AND NANCY DANA AT OXFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE---DISCUSSING THEIR TRIP TO MICHIGAN, THE SOIL, CROP YIELDS AND PRICES, THE TIMBER AT AUBURN, AND THE PREACHING OF REV. WILLIAM HORNEL---MOTHER WAS STILL LIVING WITH MR. KNEELAND; MENTIONS BROTHER LEWIS---6 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-11-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1831-01-16 SYLVANUS M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK--HILLSDALE CO--FROM JOSEPH. C. CORBUS AT SYLVANUS TO WILLIAM M. COMBS AT ORE CREEK, CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA---GENEALOGY---ASKING IF HE KNEW OF THEIR FATHER'S WHEREABOUTS---A FRIEND TOLD HIM SOMEONE HAD SEEN HIM AT VIXBURY, WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI---ASKS THAT HE WRITES THEIR FATHER AND TRY TO PERSUADE HIM TO RETURN HOME TO HIS FAMILY---ALSO GIVES CROP PRICES, SAYS THIS IS A FINE PLACE TO MOVE TO----2 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-01-16
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1831-02-02-- ANN ARBOR M T --RED #MANUSCRIPT & RED MS 25 RATE---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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL-GFP-BX1- #6---GENEALOGY 2---THE DISPUTED DEED HAS ARRIVED AND HE WILL PRESENT IT FOR DAMAGES AGAINST PARSONS----LISTS CROP PRICES IN THE AREA---THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO GROW, BUT THE OLDER STATES STILL HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE YOUNGER ONES---JACKSON HAS DIRECTLY OPPOSED THE UNITED STATES BANK---MORE TIME IS BEING ASKED FOR TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS---"HIS OPPOSITION TO THE INDIANS (THE CHEROKEE) IS MORE LIKE OLD HICKORY, THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"---THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE WAS APPOINTED MINISTER TO RUSSIA---"BUT STILL IF CLAY AND JACKSON ARE TO BE THE NEXT CANDIDATES I WOULD VOTE FOR JACKSON ON ANTI-MASONIC PRINCIPLES"---HE IS NOT GRIEVED THAT WOLFENBERGER AND HUMMELL WERE NOT ELECTED---"I HAVE AN IDEA THERE IS MORE UNDERHAND WORK PRACTICED IN A NEW COUNTRY THAN AN OLD ONE. I HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF IT HERE"---REPORTS ON THE WEATHER---MARIA IS STARTING TO FEEL BETTER---MUSES ON BEING A BACHELOR---"THE EMIGRANT HAS HAD 600 SUBSCRIBERS. IT HAS LOST 150 WHICH MAY IN A GREAT WAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE EDITORS WHO THOUGH DEXTER AND ALLEN ISSUED AN UNINTERESTING PAPER"---ASKS AFTER ALEXANDER AND LITTLE ROBERT---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY---4PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-02-02
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1831-04-12 NOTTAWAY M T--ST JOSEPH CO--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT--FROM BENJAMIN SHERMAN AT NOTTAWAY M T TO WILLIAM A. MILLS AT MT. MORRIS, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK ---GENEALOGY 7---REPORTS ON THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER AND ITS AFFECT ON THE CORN HARVEST---"BOTH HIS AND MR. ENGLE'S FAMILY HAVE HAD THE FEVER AND AGUE---"...THOSE WHO MOVED HERE FROM OHIO AND THE EAST PART OF THIS TERRITORY WARE (SIC) NOT TROUBLED WITH THE AGUE, AT ALL"---ALL ARE HEALTHY EXCEPT FOR MISS SHERMAN---"A GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, ARRIVED HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS SINCE, SAID TO BE WORTH $30,000 HE HAS INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT IN LAND IN THIS VICINITY AND HE IS CALCULATING TO BUILD A STEAM BOAT THE ENSUING SUMMER; TO PLY BETWEEN THIS PLACE AND THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER"---MENTIONS WILLIAM ENGLE AND ELI LAKE IN REFERENCE TO PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; ALSO THE TRANSFER OF THE POST OFFICE TO GEORGE BABCOCK AND MR. BARRY, PM GENERAL---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-04-12
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1831-05-09 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----BLACK OVAL DOUBLE CIRCLE & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE---TO THE MAJOR GENERAL , QUARTERMASTER AT WASHINGTON CITY---INVOLVES A REPORT OF THE EVACUATION OF CHICAGO AND REDIRECTING A SHIP LOAD OF CORN BOUND FOR FORT DEARBORN TO MACKINAW & GREEN BAY. THE LETTER ALSO MENTIONS THE 1832 ESTIMATES OF FUEL NEEDED FOR FORT BRADY. COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION ENCLOSED. FINE AND HISTORIC LETTER-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 24 $130 Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-05-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1831-06-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO--RED CDS AND RED MS 18 3/4 RATE--TO THOMAS A.B. BOYD AT MICHILIMACKINAC, MACKINAC COUNTY FROM J.R. DORR AT DETROIT--- 1 pg--REGARDING HIS ACCOUNT AND THE SALE OF SUGAR---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-06-25
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1831-09-14 ANN ARBOR M T --STRAIGHT LINE CANCEL & STAMPED 25 RATE USED FOR THE 1ST TIME----PHOTOCOPY--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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL-GFP-BX1-#7---GENEALOGY 2---PARSONS CAME TO CALL AND THEY SETTLED PAYMENT FOR A PIECE OF LAND---HE AND ROBERT HAVE "BOUGHT MR. EWERS FAVOR", PLANS TO PURCHASE ALVAH EWERS'S FARM, WHICH ADJOINS ROBERT'S LAND---MR. EWERS'S BROTHER, TILLOTSON EWER, WAS THE FORMER TENANT OF THE FARM---THOUGHTS ON LOANING MONEY---PRODUCTION AND FINANCES OF THE SAW MILL, AND CROP YIELDS AND PRICES---MENTIONS LUNA, JANE (THE BABY), JANE EWERS, SUGGESTS WILLIAM BRING ISABEL WHEN HE VISITS, SINCE MICHIGAN WILL EVENTUALLY BE HER HOME---AUSTIN E. WING ELECTED THE DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, ALSO TELLS VOTES RECEIVED BY DEXTER AND WILLIAMS---GOV. CASS WAS ANNOUNCED AS SECRETARY OF WAR AND STEVENS MASON APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN, THE ACTING GOV. WHEN THE GOV. IS OUT OF THE TERRITORY; THIS HAS INJURED JACKSON'S POPULARITY BECAUSE MASON IS ONLY 20 YEARS OF AGE---GEORGE PORTER WAS APPOINTED GOV.---MORE THOUGHTS ON POLITICS AND A WEATHER REPORT---GENEALOGY---3PGS---- COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-09-14
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1831-10-01 ROMEO M T --#MANUSCRIPT-FREE FRANK-OF GIDEON GATES---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. LUTHER SHAW AT ROMEO---AHMS# 653/162--- SPENT TIME IN BOTH PANAMA, WASHTENAW CO. AND ROCHESTER---MENTIONS REV. BRIDGEMAN, WHEAT HARVEST, MARKETS, AND PRICES---INCLUDES A SCHEDULE OF THE WORK IN ROCHESTER AND ROMEO---THE PEOPLE AT ROMEO AND ROCHESTER HOPE HIS COMMISSION THERE CAN BE EXTENDED---IN FOX SCHMALZRIEDT 1957 AUCTION LOT 129 PRICE $12.00---IN ROBERT SIEGEL 1982 AUCTION LOT 102--SALE PRICE $67.50---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-10-01
County: Macomb
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1831-12-06 YPSILANTI M.T.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--GEDDES FAMILY PAPERS--3pg--TURNED COVER--GENEALOGY---TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT LEBANON, PA.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 WASHTENAW; THEN TO ANDREW GRAYDON AT HARRISBURGH, PA.---DISCUSSES THE AGUE AND TREATMENTS; HIGH LEVELS OF THE HURON RIVER AND RELATED WEATHER---DISCUSSES DIX AND HIS SAWMILL BUSINESS, CROP PRICES---DISCUSSES ANTI-MASONRY AND RELIGION---MENTIONS ROBERT, MR. EWERS AND JANE----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-12-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1831-12-11--- YPSILANTI M T ---#MANUSCRIPT----JOHN GEDDES AT YPSILANTI M T---TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT CAMPBELLTOWN LEBANON CO PA ---THEN TURNED TO ANDREW GRAYDON AT HARRISBURG PA----MENTIONS LUNA, SAW MILL NEWS, ROBERT, WEATHER REPORT, CROP PRICES, ANTI-MASONRY, WILLIAM WIRT, CLAY, JACKSON, TAXES, MR. EWERS AND JANE, MR. MOSES CLARK, HE HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF YPSILANTI AND MORE ABOUT HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS---REGARDING THE AGUE "IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THE INCLINATION AND THE NATURE OF THE PERSON DOES MORE TOWARD CONFIRMING THEIR BELIEF THAN ANY EVIDENCE WHATEVER; AN INDOLENT PERSON WILL TAKE AN INDOLENT METHOD. IT TAKES BUT LITTLE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT A LITTLE WORK IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR THE AGUE, THEIR INCLINATION SUPPORTS THE SENTIMENT SO STRONGLY THAT REASON, AND EVIDENCE, LOSE THEIR EFFECT AND THE PERSON BECOMES THE MERE CREATURE OF AN INDOLENT WILL, OR LAZY APATHY"---"DIX IS A VERY UNPOPULAR MAN, THERE IS NO ACCOMMODATION ABOUT HIM AND AFTER HE DOES HAVE THEIR LOGS SAWED AND DIVIDED IF THE OWNER DOES NOT TAKE IT HOME RIGHT AWAY HE MUST CALCULATE TO LOSE MORE OR LESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND FOR LUMBER AS THERE WAS THIS PAST SEASON"---BHL-GFP-BX1-#8---GENEALOGY---4 PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-12-11
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1831-12-22 FARMINGTON M T-----OAKLAND CO------RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE------TO ELI EVARTS (GRAVE INDEX, B. CONN 1773, D. 1834,CHILDREN, ORIN EVARTS {WIFE, SARAH ANN EVARTS}, JOHN EVARTS, MARTIN EVARTS) , CLARENDON, ORLEANS CO, N.Y.-----FROM HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SARAH ANN EVARTS (1850,60 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1820, SPOUSE, ORIN EVARTS, CHILDREN, FRANCIS J EVARTS, SAMUEL C EVARTS, BYRON EVARTS)-----INCLUDING A HAND DRAWN MAP OF THE FARMINGTON AREA----SHE SOLD DAVID 20 ACRES OF THE FIRST LOT AND WILL LET HIM HAVE 40 OF THE LAST, AND WILL TAKE HER PAY IN CHOPPING, LEAVING 100 ACRES OF GOOD TIMBER LAND INCLUDING WHITE WOOD BEACH, MAPLE, ASH, OAK, BLACK WALNUT AND SHAG WALNUT---THE LEASE LINE RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY - ONE LOT IS IN OAKLAND COUNTY, THE OTHER IN WAYNE---DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL AND CROP PRICES---DAVID'S FAMILY LIVES WITH HER THIS WINTER, ALSO MENTIONS POLLY, MARY, NANCY, JOHN EVARTS, DENIS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY----3PGS-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $100 - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-12-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-01-21 PRAIRIE RONDE #1 M T--ROUND(SEC)--#MANUSCRIPT--NAME CHANGED LATER TO SCHOOLCRAFT--FROM EDWIN D. FOGG AT PRAIRIE RONDE TO JAMES HOBBS AT SANDBORNTON NEW HAMPSHIRE---A SECOND LETTER ENCLOSED TO MR. AND MRS. BUNLEIGH------PRICES OF LAND AND CROPS, WEATHER REPORT---REMINISCES OVER THE PAST YEAR----AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----6 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-01-21
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1832-04-10 BLOOMFIELD M T--#MANUSCRIPT---FROM L. PALMER, W. STONINGTON AND LIBA SWAN AT BLOOMFIELD TO LUTHER PALMER, ESQ., AT NORTH STONINGTON, CON.---DESCRIBES THE AREA, CROPS, COST OF LAND---MENTIONS MRS. DOLE, HER TWO DAUGHTERS, AND MELIS THE BLACK GIRL, BETSEY AND HER FOUR CHILDREN, THE DEATH OF MR. DOLE ESQ., LIBA, ELIAS, SANFORD PALMER, NORIE PALMER, AND PHEBE---4 PAGES---AG/ECON---BLACK HISTORY---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-04-10
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1832-06-30 YPSILANTI M T ---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---BHL-GFP-BX1-#10----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---MENTIONS ROBERT,MARIA'S BROTHER DANIEL, COL. LANE, JACKSON'S EXCUSE(SIC) OF VAN BUREN---POLITICS AND THE ACTIONS OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF MICHIGAN, CROPS---"I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO YOUR IMPROVING YOUR EDUCATION. IF I WAS TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN I AM I WOULD LAY DOWN THE SAW FILE AND GO TO SCHOOL TOO"---"I THINK THAT THE EDUCATION OF THE LADIES IS TOO MUCH NEGLECTED"----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY----3PGS -----COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-06-30
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Women's Correspondence , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-09-06 YPSILANTI M T --#MANUSCRIPT---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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---BHL-GFP--BX1--#11--GENEALOGY 2---COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POSTMASTER AND BEING ASKED TO PAY DOUBLE POSTAGE---DISCUSSES THEIR FATHER'S DEATH AND WILL---MARIA AND ROBERT'S SON WAS BORN ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST---THE VILLAGES OF YPSILANTI AND ANN ARBOR SENT OUT AN ARMED GUARD TO TURN BACK PEOPLE FLEEING CHOLERA IN DETROIT. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE GUARD "THINKING THAT THE REMEDY WAS WORSE THAN THE EVIL WHETHER IT IS INDIANS OR CHOLERA"---THE INDIANS AND THE CHOLERA STOPPED EMIGRATIONS IN JULY AND AUGUST, BUT IT HAS STARTED AGAIN---MENTIONS ROBERT, ISABEL, AUNT MOLLY, JANE, JAMES, JOHN, DANIEL, ---REPORTS ON THE WEATHER AND CROPS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-09-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1833-01-09 ANN ARBOR M T --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL-GFP-BX1-#12-----------THEN TURNED BACK TO JOHN GEDDES --MENTIONS JOSEPH RITNER, PRES. JACKSON, ROBERT, ISABEL MCCLURE, JANE, JANE GRAYDON, AND PARSONS---ROBERT HAS CONSTRUCTED A BALANCE PUMP TO PROVIDE WATER---DISCUSSES POLITICS,SAWMILL BUSINESS, WEATHER REPORT, CROP PRICES---DANIEL LANE DIED SEPTEMBER 7---ROBERT NAMED HIS SON ROBERT L. "THE L IS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SON AS BOB AND ROBIN ARE SUCH VULGAR APPELLATIONS ITS THOUGHT TO BE HIGH TIME TO DRIVE THEM OUT OF DECENT SOCIETY"----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---4PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1833
Date: 1833-01-09
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1833-12-31 YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS--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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL--GFP-BOX 1-#14 --GENEALOGY 2---RELATES BUSINESS AT THE SAW MILL, WEATHER REPORT, PLANS FOR THE RAILROAD FROM DETROIT TO YPSILANTI OR THE MOUTH OF THE ST JOSEPH RIVER, CROP PRICES, POTENTIAL FOR A GRIST MILL, THEIR FATHER'S ESTATE, DISAGREEMENT WITH POSTMASTER OVER BEING CHARGED FOR WRITING ON THE WRAPPER OF THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH---MENTIONS JACOB EARLY, ROBERT, WELCH AND CO., BROWN AND CO., MOE, ISABEL, MR. HAWKS, JANE, SAMUEL GEDDES AND HIS SON PAUL, HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN BOUGHT A SMALL FARM AND SETTLED IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MARIA'S UNCLE NATHAN---SOMEONE STOLE HIS DESK AND THE MONEY IN IT----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1833
Date: 1833-12-31
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1837-01-24 +SO. PLYMOUTH M T{1830-1870 NAME CHANGE-DENTON----WAYNE CO-----V6-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO JAMES M McAPES AT LAVRENCEVILLE, TIOGA CO, PA------FROM JOHN & EMELIA JACKSON TO FRIENDS -----REGARDING WEATHER, HOUSE FINISHED, PRICES FOR GRAINS, ETC.----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 40----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42818 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1834-01-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 36102