Title: 1837-07-17 RAY MICH--MACOMB CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 3/4 RATE---DATELINED ARMADA---FROM NATHAN ADAMS AT ARMADA TO HIS BROTHER B.F. ADAMS AT MANSFIELD, RICHLAND COUNTY OHIO---FARM NEWS, CROP PRICES---SCARCITY OF FLOUR "OTHERS DIRECTLY AROUND US GET BUT VERY LITTLE BREAD AND PRETTY MUCH LIVE UPON THE FOOD THEIR COWS AFFORD THEM"---MENTIONS LUCY, DOUGLASS ALLEN, GRANDSIR MORSE DIED, DIXSON'S MILL, PHILANDER BECKWITH, CANADICE---"EDWARD IS A GREAT STOUT BOY AND GOES ALL OVER THE HOUSE AND INTO EVERYTHING AND MOCKS THE CALF THIS WE CALL PRETTY SMART"---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-17
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1837-10-19 +BROOKLYN MICH----JACKSON CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO MISS ELLIS MORSE AT EATON, MADISON CO, N.Y.-----FROM LUCY GRISWOLD TO HER BROTHER & SISTER---REGARDING ILLNESS AND TO WEAK TO CARE FOR HER FAMILY, YOUNG SON ETC. POOR CROPS & DEBT---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 111 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-10-19
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-10-20---ANN ARBOR MICH--RED CDS & BLACK 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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1837-10-12---GFP--BX1--#27---MR. BULL HAS GONE TO WISCONSIN, "HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU $2000 CASH DOWN IN NEW YORK SAFETY FUND NOTES. WHICH IS THE BEST PAPER MONEY WE GET HERE"---MENTIONS MR. HULSE AND MR. WELCH; UNCLE JAMES, WILLIAM, JAMES AND AGRIPPA, SENATORS NORVELL AND LYONS, MR. EWERS---"INDEED THERE IS BUT FEW THAT WHEN THEIR ACCOUNT OR NOTE IS DUE WILL COME AND PAY YOU."---CROP PRICES, POLITICS, THE NEW SAWMILL, THE WASHTENAW AND YPSILANTI BANKS, SALE OF SCHOOL SECTION OF LAND---DIFFERENCE IN THE DATE OF THOMAS'S DEATH--FINANCIAL---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY--3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-10-20
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-11-30 BELLVUE MICH {1835-1841 NAME CHANGE-BELLEVUE----V8--EATON CO.--DATELINED VERMONTVILLE MICH, EATON CO.--BLUE #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLUE MS 25 RATE--TO HARRIET ROBINSON AT BENNINGTON VERMONT FROM HER AUNT EMILY R. MARTIN---"WILL IS AWAY AND THE CHILDREN ASLEEP AND WERE I NOT A COWARDLY BEING AND AFRAID OF INDIANS, BEARS AND WOLVES I SHOULD BE QUITE HAPPY..."---"IF YOU EVER GET A HUSBAND MAKE HIM PROMISE THAT HE WILL NEVER TAKE YOU TO A NEW COUNTRY. I THINK IT VERY FOOLISH FOR A RICH MAN TO COME INTO SUCH A PLACE NO ONE CAN REALIZE THE TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS OF A NEW COUNTRY UNTIL THEY LEARN BY EXPERIENCE."--- MENTIONS COUSIN CHARLES, MR. NORTON AND MRS. OLIVE NORTON, BENJAMIN, SARAH ANN, HENRY, AMANDA, MARY RAYMOND, COUSIN FANNY, ALFRED, MARGARET; NEWS OF THE FAMILY AND CROPS; WILL HAS RESIGNED ALL HIS OFFICES EXCEPT NOTARY PUBLICK (SIC)---ALSO A PAGE FROM W. MARTIN STATING "...FOR MY PART I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE AT HOME OR ENJOYED BETTER PROSPECTS"---NATIVE AMERICANS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY-- 4 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-11-30
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1838-01-29 +GELOSTER MICH*****W----KALAMAZOO CO----V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS "fr"----FREE FRANK TO POSTMASTER WILLIAM S. HOLUHIND AT WASHINGTON D.C.-----FROM JOSEPH MILLER DATELINED RICHLAND, MICH TO HIS FRIEND-----"IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE TROUBLED YOU WITH A LETTER. I THINK YOU WILL NOT CONCEIVE IT A GREAT HARDSHIP TO BE PUT IN MIND THAT SUCH A PERSON STILL LIVES, A FARMER IN THE WEST, BUT NOW, AS ONCE CALLED THE --FAR WEST" WITH MUCH MORE---HIS DAUGHTER SARAH ANN WAS MARRIED TO MR. PEAKE, A FARMER FROM VERMONT---MENTIONS MR. STRONG AND DR. DE WOLF, MR. HIGBY----3PGS---WEATHER---AGRICULTURE-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 204---ELLIS/WHITFORD AUCTION 2022 LOT 231----ERNIES COLLECTION $118 - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-01-29
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-06-12 +BELLVUE MICH----EATON CO---V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO LUKE J. BOND AT DUMMERSTON, WINDHAM CO, VERMONT----FROM FROM FANNY &SAMUEL BOND TO HIS BROTHER DATELINED BELLVUE, JUNE THE 11TH-1838-----"...THIS PLACE IS 12 MILES FROM A ---- WEST 24 FROM A RAILROAD NORTH THIS TOWN IS NOT INCORPORATED YET THIS IS TOWN ONE RANGE FIVE WEST. WHEN I CAME IN HERE I FOUND BUT FIVE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AT THIS TIME I FIND 10 OR MORE....I HAD 160 ACRES OF LAND HERE..." PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE INCLUDING CROPS PLANTED, BUSINESS, MONEY, FAMILY AND "...HAD A RATHER HARD JOURNEY BUT GOT ALONG AS WELL AS I COULD EXPECT. WE WAS 22 HOURS COMING TO ALBANY 6 DAYS TO BUFFALO 2 TO TOLEDO ABOUT 60 MILES FROM DETROIT. WE CAME FROM TOLEDO BY LAND WE HAD ONE VERY ROUGH DAY ON THE LAKE MYSELF AND CHILDREN ALL SEA SICK AND MOST ALL THE PASSENGERS..."---AG/ECON----PIONEER LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 94 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-12
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-09-22---YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & MS 18 3/4 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----DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1838-09-22---GFP--BX1--#30---1 PG---THE SALINE RAILROAD WILL RUN THROUGH HIS BROTHERS LAND, AND ASKS WHAT DAMAGES HE SEEKS - HE THINKS $300 IS FAIR, ROBERT THINKS $500 - $600, REFERS HIM TO MR. RISDON OF SALINE TO SETTLE THE MATTER; MENTIONS THE SAWYER AFFAIR AND WEIDMAN; MARIA,CROP PRICES, SAW MILL NEWS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---1PG---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-09-22
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1838-11-25 HOMER MICH--CALHOUN CO.--GREEN 30MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--DATELINED CONCORD JACKSON COUNTY--TO DANIEL D. COOL AT OPPENHEIM, MONTGOMERY COUNTY N.Y. FROM HIS FRIEND JAMES CROSS AT CONCORD---WRITES OF ILLNESS "THE NEXT DAY i GOT SOME 4TH PROOF BRANDY AND JUST BEFORE THE TIME ARRIVED FOR MY CHILL TO COME ON I TOOK A GOOD DRAM OF IT CALCULATING IF THAT DID NOT ANSWER TO MIX THE NEXT DRAM WITH VERY STRONG PEPPER SAUCE BUT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF IT SINCE"; THEIR DAUGHTER WAS BORN IN APRIL, BUT DIED IN SEPTEMBER; CROP NEWS; "THOSE THAT CAME IN HERE 5 YEARS AGO ARE GENERALLY RICH BUT THE TIME HAS GONE BYE [SIC] THE LAND IS ALL TAKEN THAT IS WORTH TAKING"---ASKS AFTER NICHOLAS, MR. SLAUSON, IRA BECKWITH AND REUBEN RUNDELL ---GENEALOGY---2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-11-25
County: Calhoun , Jackson , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-12-08 EATON RAPIDS MICH*****W--EATON CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 10 RATE---TO CHARLES G HAVENS AT NEW YORK CITY---FROM HIS BROTHER THOMAS S S HAVENS AT EATON RAPIDS---CROP NEWS, HOG PRICES, WEATHER REPORT---MENTIONS MR. TUSKER AND HIS WIFE, S.D. MORSE, AND SARAH---GENEALOGY---FROM THE CHARLES G. HAVENS FAMILY PAPERS---http://www.havensfund.org------3 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-12-08
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-01-19---YPSILANTI MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 50 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---DOUBLE RATE LETTER--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1839-01-18---GFP--BX1--#31---THE RAILROAD MEN ARE WORKING ON THE OLD ROUTE AGAIN, FOUR PURCHASERS WANT TO BUY HIS LAND, ON LAND PRICES: "I AM NOT GIVEN TO SET HIGH PRICE ON LAND AND SO LITTLE IS SOLD NOW YOU CANNOT TELL BY THAT", MR. RASH HAS BUILT A SAWMILL, SAWMILL NEWS, CROP PRICES, HE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A GRISTMILL, TAXES, POLITICS---MENTIONS ROBERT, GOVERNOR RITNER, LANE---"YANKEES ARE NOT EASILY FRIGHTENED OUT OF MONEY"---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-01-19
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Railroads , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-02-12 +BRIGHTON MICH---LIVINGSTON CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED HAMBURGH (1), LIVINGSTON CO, MICH---FROM A., A., AND L. PARKHILL AT HAMBURGH TO HIS BROTHER JOHN PARKILL AT CLOCKVILLE, MADISON CO, NEW YORK CONCERNING FAMILY---CROP PRICES, WEATHER REPORT---MENTIONS ABIGAIL, JANEY, WILLIAM H., J.C. HANES, CHARLES AND DEANTHIA, HIRAM, NATHANIEL, CHARLES---"IF I COULD SELL MY PLACE FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH I THINK I SHOULD COME EAST NEXT SEASON BUT MONEY IS VERY SCARCE HERE AT PRESENT"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 164 $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-02-12
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-04-17---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLACK MS 18 3/4THS 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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1839-04-17--GFP---BX1--#32---ROBERT MARRIED MISS CHLOE LANE, A SISTER OF HIS FIRST WIFE "IT WAS THOUGHT QUITE STRANGE BY ALMOST EVERYONE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGES WOULD SEEM TO SAY A FOOLISH MOVE. IT WAS KEPT A SECRET AND MYSELF AND THE YPSILANTI LANES KNEW NOTHING OF IT UNTIL TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED. WHY ROBERT MARRIED HER MAY BE EASIER TO ASK THAN ANSWER"; THE YPSILANTI AND TECUMSEH RAILROAD HAS BEEN STOPPED AND THE HANDS DISMISSED "INDEED IT IS SAID NOT EVERY LINE WOULD PAY THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING THAT LINE. JUST TO THINK FIVE ROUTES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL ACROSS THE PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. HOW RIDICULOUS!"; THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE BANK; MORE RAILROAD NEWS, POLITICS, CROP PRICES, PLANS FOR BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY, SAWMILL NEWS, INFORMATION ABOUT HORSES IN THE COUNTY, THE YPSILANTI BANK FAILED ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY; "WE MICHIGANDERS ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STATE HAS A BAD NAME AND IS DESERVING OF IT. THAT THE FLOODGATES OF VILLANY HAS BEEN THROWN OPEN EITHER BY KNAVES OR FOOLS AND WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR REWARD."---MENTIONS THEIR SISTER ANN, SAMUEL COOPER AND POLLY---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-04-17
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-05-07 YPSILANTI MICH --- CDS 30MM --- BROWN CANCEL--A LETTER FROM MARY R. ORVIS AT YPSILANTI TO HER FATHER JACOB---WRITES OF MR. ORVIS, "WE LIVE IN A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE PLACE THAN PORT HURON"; BUSINESSES IN THE VILLAGE AND CROPS; PEOPLE RESIDING HERE FORMERLY FROM HILLSBORO COUNTY, MR. GILMAN MC ALLASTER AND CHARLES MOORE FROM BEDFORD, MRS. MC ALLASTER FROM GOFFSTOWN, MRS. WEED (PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER'S FAMILY), MISS DUTTON FROM HILLSBORO-HER SON MR. ATWOOD IS ACQUAINTED WITH COUSIN ASSENOTH, MISS CLARK A SCHOOL TEACHER FROM DERRY, AND A YOUNG MAN NAMED SHOOLT WHO FORMERLY LIVED WITH YOUNG CLARK CROMBIE; "THERE HAVE BEEN FIFTY OR SIXTY CONVERSIONS AND A NUMBER OF BACKSLIDERS"; BROTHER LEVI, WILLARD ORVIS, THEIR MOTHER, AND WHO SHOULD CARE FOR HER; MR. NASH REMAINS AT PORT HURON; L.M. MASON, ESQ. IS MARRIED TO MISS CHARLOTTE LUCE; MR. SANBORN AND MR. NORRELL VISITED; ALSO MENTIONS JOHN BRADFORD, LOUREN AND ELVIRA, AND MR. CROIS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 22--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-05-07
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-16 VERONA MICH---CALHOUN CO---{1838-1844}--DPO-----V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 12 1/2 RATE---FROM CLARISSA CRANSON AT VERONA, CALHOUN CO, MICH TO EMELINE CURTIS (M. FRANCES V. MERRYMAN 1842) AT PULASKI INDIANA---WRITES OF CORDELIA, MR. IVANSON, MRS. BARBER IS WITH THEM, HER HUSBAND DIED MAY 4; HOPES TO WRITE TO MRS. GILBERT; MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED; A THIEF BY THE NAME OF BLANCHARD HAS BEEN PUT IN JAIL; LONGS TO SEE LITTLE CAROLINE, AND THINKS OFTEN OF LITTLE CLARISSA, TAKEN FROM THEM; MENTIONS THE FAMILIES OF MRS. MINER AND MR. RANDOL; CROPS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 530 $95 Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-16
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1840-03-25 +LOCKPORT MICH---ST. JOSEPH CO---V8---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED THREE RIVERS, ST JOSEPH CO, MICH---FROM HENRY AND SAMANTHA GATES AND SOPHIA(B. NEW YORK 1815, CHILDREN, ELIZABETH RICE, SARAH JANE HICKS, EUNICE E HICKS, MARY ANN HICKS, RAY D HICKS, STEPHEN A HICKS) AND ORIN( B. NEW YORK 1817) HICKS AT THREE RIVERS TO HENRY W. GATES AT SPRING PENNSYLVANIA---FAMILY NEWS, CROP PRICES---MENTIONS UNCLE SAGES, AUNT POLLY, BETSEY LOST TWO OF HER CHILDREN, JOSEPH LOST HIS CHILD, ASHLEY HAS TWO CHILDREN, AS DO THEY--- GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 353 $70 - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-03-25
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1840-05-04 CENTREVILLE MICH*****W--------SAINT JOSEPH CO-----BLACK **MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-------TO MOSES SNOW(1850 US CENSUS, B. MASS 14 OCT 1770, D. 23 SEP 1855, FATHER, SAMUEL SNOW{1736-1806}, MOTHER, SARAH BENNETT SNOW{1736-1802}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH COLBURN SNOW 7 APR 1791{1771-1856}, CHILDREN, SOPHIA SNOW{12 MAY 1791-1791}, SON SNOW{ 12 MAY 1791-1791}, SOPHIA #2 SNOW{30 APR 1792-1869}, LEONARD SNOW{1794-1882}, BETSEY SNOW{1796-1848}, MIRA SNOW{1798-1801}, CALVIN SNOW{1800-1853}, MORRIS SNOW{1803-1813}, MERRICK SNOW{1804-1853}, MYRA SNOW{1805-1898}, SAMUEL SNOW{1807-1879}, JOHN SNOW{1810-1890}),LEOMINSTER, WORCHESTER CO, MASS--------FROM HIS SON CARL SNOW(1840,50 US CENSUS, B. 17 JUL 1800, D. 18 OCT 1853, SPOUSE, M. BATHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW 15 OCT 1821{27 JUL 1796-9 SEP 1868}, CHILDREN, CALVIN FILLMORE SNOW{1822-1853}, ELIZABETH ANN SNOW{1825-1905}, EDWARD M SNOW{1829-1865}, SARAH JANE SNOW{1832-1909}, CHARLES M SNOW{1834-1860}, EMILY J SNOW{1835-1850}, GEORGE M SNOW{1836-1903}) AND WIFE BETHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW, CENTREVILLE, SAINT JOSEPH CO, MICH---“WE HAVE A GOOD FARM OF 100 ACRES AND OXEN AND COWS AND SHEEP AND PORK, FLOUR, AND POTATERS TO FEED TH CHILDREN BUT NOT MUCH MONEY. ONE COW WILL MORE THAN PAY ALL THE DEBTS I OWE” ---"OUR OLDEST DUAGHTER IS MARRIED TO MR. ROVEE” ---MENTIONS SOPHIA AND MISSY---AGRICULTURE ------GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 2-----ERNIES COLLECTION $45 - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-05-04
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1840-05-04 CENTREVILLE MICH*****W--------SAINT JOSEPH CO-----BLACK **MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-------TO MOSES SNOW(1850 US CENSUS, B. MASS 14 OCT 1770, D. 23 SEP 1855, FATHER, SAMUEL SNOW{1736-1806}, MOTHER, SARAH BENNETT SNOW{1736-1802}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH COLBURN SNOW 7 APR 1791{1771-1856}, CHILDREN, SOPHIA SNOW{12 MAY 1791-1791}, SON SNOW{ 12 MAY 1791-1791}, SOPHIA #2 SNOW{30 APR 1792-1869}, LEONARD SNOW{1794-1882}, BETSEY SNOW{1796-1848}, MIRA SNOW{1798-1801}, CALVIN SNOW{1800-1853}, MORRIS SNOW{1803-1813}, MERRICK SNOW{1804-1853}, MYRA SNOW{1805-1898}, SAMUEL SNOW{1807-1879}, JOHN SNOW{1810-1890}),LEOMINSTER, WORCHESTER CO, MASS--------FROM HIS SON CARL SNOW(1840,50 US CENSUS, B. 17 JUL 1800, D. 18 OCT 1853, SPOUSE, M. BATHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW 15 OCT 1821{27 JUL 1796-9 SEP 1868}, CHILDREN, CALVIN FILLMORE SNOW{1822-1853}, ELIZABETH ANN SNOW{1825-1905}, EDWARD M SNOW{1829-1865}, SARAH JANE SNOW{1832-1909}, CHARLES M SNOW{1834-1860}, EMILY J SNOW{1835-1850}, GEORGE M SNOW{1836-1903}) AND WIFE BETHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW, CENTREVILLE, SAINT JOSEPH CO, MICH---“WE HAVE A GOOD FARM OF 100 ACRES AND OXEN AND COWS AND SHEEP AND PORK, FLOUR, AND POTATERS TO FEED TH CHILDREN BUT NOT MUCH MONEY. ONE COW WILL MORE THAN PAY ALL THE DEBTS I OWE” ---"OUR OLDEST DUAGHTER IS MARRIED TO MR. ROVEE” ---MENTIONS SOPHIA AND MISSY---AGRICULTURE ------GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 1-----ERNIES COLLECTION $45 - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-05-04
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1840-05-04 CENTREVILLE MICH*****W--------SAINT JOSEPH CO-----BLACK **MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-------TO MOSES SNOW(1850 US CENSUS, B. MASS 14 OCT 1770, D. 23 SEP 1855, FATHER, SAMUEL SNOW{1736-1806}, MOTHER, SARAH BENNETT SNOW{1736-1802}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH COLBURN SNOW 7 APR 1791{1771-1856}, CHILDREN, SOPHIA SNOW{12 MAY 1791-1791}, SON SNOW{ 12 MAY 1791-1791}, SOPHIA #2 SNOW{30 APR 1792-1869}, LEONARD SNOW{1794-1882}, BETSEY SNOW{1796-1848}, MIRA SNOW{1798-1801}, CALVIN SNOW{1800-1853}, MORRIS SNOW{1803-1813}, MERRICK SNOW{1804-1853}, MYRA SNOW{1805-1898}, SAMUEL SNOW{1807-1879}, JOHN SNOW{1810-1890}),LEOMINSTER, WORCHESTER CO, MASS--------FROM HIS SON CARL SNOW(1840,50 US CENSUS, B. 17 JUL 1800, D. 18 OCT 1853, SPOUSE, M. BATHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW 15 OCT 1821{27 JUL 1796-9 SEP 1868}, CHILDREN, CALVIN FILLMORE SNOW{1822-1853}, ELIZABETH ANN SNOW{1825-1905}, EDWARD M SNOW{1829-1865}, SARAH JANE SNOW{1832-1909}, CHARLES M SNOW{1834-1860}, EMILY J SNOW{1835-1850}, GEORGE M SNOW{1836-1903}) AND WIFE BETHSHEBA PARMENTER SNOW, CENTREVILLE, SAINT JOSEPH CO, MICH---“WE HAVE A GOOD FARM OF 100 ACRES AND OXEN AND COWS AND SHEEP AND PORK, FLOUR, AND POTATERS TO FEED TH CHILDREN BUT NOT MUCH MONEY. ONE COW WILL MORE THAN PAY ALL THE DEBTS I OWE” ---"OUR OLDEST DUAGHTER IS MARRIED TO MR. ROVEE” ---MENTIONS SOPHIA AND MISSY---AGRICULTURE ------GENEALOGY-----2PGS-----ERNIES COLLECTION $45 - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-05-04
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1840-10-23---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLUE 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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1840-10-14 TO 1840-10-21---GFP--BX1--#35---DISCUSSES POLITICS, COSTS OF BUILDING THE GRISTMILL, THE SAWMILL, WHEAT AND BRICK PRICES, COST OF TRANSPORTING GOODS ON THE TRAIN FROM ANN ARBOR TO DETROIT, CROP PRICES, THE FRUIT CROP, HE HEARD THE CENSUS WOULD SHOW 2100 INHABITANTS IN THE VILLAGE OF ANN ARBOR AND 1300 IN YPSILANTI---MENTIONS MR. EWERS, JANE AND THE CHILDREN, ROBERT, HARPIN LUM SUPERINTENDENT OF COLLEGE BUILDINGS IN ARBOR, AGRIPPA, THOMAS, FISHER, THE SAWYERS, DR. SCHETTERLY, INGERSOL--- GENEALOGY 2---4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-10-23
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1840-11-13 ANN ARBOR --RED CDS & BLUE MS 25 RATE-----WEBSTER DATELINE -FROM MARY STACY AT WEBSTER TO DANIEL DUNHAM AT UNION MILLS, ERIE COUNTY PA---TALKS ABOUT HASKEL AND MINERVA; CROPS; GEORGE HIGBY VISITED AND PLANS TO STAY IN MICHIGAN THIS WINTER; SHE'D LIKE TO SEE ELIZA'S BABY; TELL LELIZA AND HARRY TO KISS THE BABIES FOR ME; JANE AND MARI MUST WRITE A LONG LETTER---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 10---3PGS--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-11-13
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---NEWS OF TRAVELS. ATTEMPTS TO DIG A WELL "DUG 73 FEET FOUND NO WATER", FARM NEWS, CROP PRICES, LAND PRICES, DEER HUNTING---MENTIONS ADELINE, WORCESTER ENGLISH, BECKET CHAPMAN BROWN LUCY, UNCLE RUFUS, MARTIN AND WILLIAM, EMILY VICTORY---"WHAT A PLACE WE HAVE LIVED IN FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS A LOG SHANTY THAT 5 OF US TOOK UP PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ROOM AND ONE BED WE HAD NO WINDOW IN THE SHANTY NO CANDLES NOTHING TO MAKE ANY LIGHT WITH UNTIL ARBA KILLED 2 DEER...THEY FURNISHED US WITH MEAT AND SOME TALLOW FOR LIGHTS AND A LITTLE GREASE SOAP"---GENEALOGY---4PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-12-16
County: Ionia
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1841-01-06 ROMEO MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM ELIZAR ARNOLD AT ROMEO TO HIS BROTHER REMICK K. ARNOLD AT WILLIMANTIC, WINDHAM COUNTY CONNECTICUT---FAMILY NEWS---ELIZAR HAS A FOUR YEAR OLD SON ALSO NAMED ELIZAR, ASKS THE NAME OF REMICK' SON; SARAH HAS A DAUGHTER ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD, HER FIRST CHILD DIED AT BIRTH; RANDOLPH; COUSIN ORVIN HURLIBUT VISITED LAST JUNE; THEY THINK JOHN HAS LEFT NEW HAVEN; UNCLE JOHN'S SON ADOLPH IS A GREAT STOUT FELLOW; CROP PRICES, HE KILLED AND PUT UP BETWEEN 7 AND 8 HUNDRED WT. OF PORK---2 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—--EX-ERNIE'S COLLECTION---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-01-06
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1841-01-09---DETROIT MICH--RED CDS--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 1841-01-07---GFP--BX1--#36---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, TAXES, ELECTION RESULTS, CENSUS RESULTS, DISSENSION IN THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REGARDING ELECTION RESULTS "THE REPRESENTATIVE BOX IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMTRAMCK BOX DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY BEFORE THE VOTES IN IT WERE COUNTED IT WAS FOUND BROKEN OPEN IN THE ROAD AND THE BALLOTS SCATTERED ABOUT."---"THE GOVERNOR HANDED IN HIS MESSAGE TODAY. HE RECOMMENDS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TAXATION, RECOMMENDS EMPLOYING ALL THE FUNDS OF THE STATE ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE BANKS WHICH IS NOT SATISFACTORY."---MENTIONS AGRIPPA, JANE, JAMES, THOMAS, ROBERT; PAUL GEDDES OF LENAWEE WAS ELECTED ENROLLING CLERK "HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS PENMANSHIP, AS A FARMER HE IS SHIFTLESS"---DIRECT MAIL TO HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "WE ARE FURNISHED HERE WITH TWO INK STANDS FOR EVERY MEMBER. INK QUILLS AND PAPER WAFERS. SANDBOX AND SEALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE."--- 3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-01-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-07-15 +SUMMERVILLE MICH---CASS CO----V6----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 35 RATE----TO HENLEY CHAPMAN LYBROOK (1870,80 US CENSUS, B. VIRGINIA 20 NOV 1802, D. 6 JUL 1882, CASS COUNTY CLERK,POSTMASTER, CASAPOLIS, CASS CO, MICH 22 APR 1842, PRODUCE DEALER, FATHER, JOHN LYBROOK, MOTHER, ANNE L LYBROOK, SPOUSE(1), M. CYNTHIA SILVER LYBROOK 1 FEB 1842{B. 7 APR 1820, D. 6 OCT 1847, DAUGHTER, MARY JANE LYBROOK THORP,FATHER, JOSIAH SILVER, MOTHER, POLLY SILVER}, SPOUSE(2), M. BERLINDA A LUMPKINS LYBROOK 1 OCT 1848{B.MAR 1819, D. 4 MAY 1850,CONSUMPTION},SPOUSE(3), M. LUVICY LYBROOK 11 JAN 1853,SIBLING, PHILIP LYBROOK, INFANT LYBROOK, SERVANT JOHN GLAVAN-B. IRELAND 1839)PENBROKE, GILES CO, VIRGINIA----THIS IS THE HEAD OF THE LYBROOK/ THORPE FAMILY FROM THE LYBROOK/ THORPE FAMILY PAPERS FROM DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN ON THIS WEBSITE-----FROM THOMAS BURK--ABOUT FAMILY, FARMING & CROPS---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 403 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-07-15
County: Cass
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1842-05-26 BATTLE CREEK MICH*****W---CALHOUN CO----RED 32MM CDS & STAMPED FREE----FREE FRANK----TO THOMAS NOYES, POSTMASTER, EAST PAINTED POST, STEUBEN CO, N.Y. THOMAS NOYES, (APPOINTED POST MASTER, AT EAST PAINTED POST NEW YORK 1841-12-20, B. 1786-11-22, D. 1860-10-19, DESCENDANT OF COL. THOMAS NOYES{SERVED IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF RHODE ISLAND TROOPS AT THE BATTLES OF LONG ISLAND, WHITE PLAINS, AND TRENTON} AND COL. JOSEPH NOYES{ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1775 AND REMAINED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR}, FATHER, THOMAS NOYES, MOTHER, LYDIA ROGERS NOYES, SPOUSE, HANNAH PHELPS NOYES, CHILDREN, CHARLES PHELPS NOYES, HENRY BABCOCK NOYES) -----FROM AMBROSE COCK(B. 1779-08-13, D. 1850-02-14, FATHER, ISAAC COCK, MOTHER, CHARITY HAIGHT, SPOUSE, PHOEBE FROST, CHILDREN, HENRY FROST COCK, ANDREW DEWITT COCK, JOHN L. COCK, HARRIET AUGUSTA COCK, EDWARD B. COCK, WILLIAM ERASTUS COCK, CHARLES WILLETTE COCK, DANIEL FRANCIS SOLOMON GEORGE COCK, MARY ANNA ELIZA COCK) , DATELINED, CHARLESTON, KALAMAZOO CO, MICH--DATELINED CHARLESTON KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICH---HE HAS BEEN SUED FOR HIS SON DANIEL'S DEBTS, DISCUSSION OF DEEDS FOR LANDS, LAND PRICES, LAND SOLD FOR UNPAID TAXES, CROP NEWS---MENTIONS JOHN FORTUS, E. HILLS, HALSEY PHELPS, PORTER IN AUBURN, C.H. PHELPS, SISTER PHELPS, HENRY B., GEORGE THOMAS, WILLIAM THOMAS AND HIS WIFE, HENRY AND MARYANN AND THEIR LITTLE GIRL--- GENEALOGY---3PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-05-26
County: Calhoun , Kalamazoo , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-06-11 +CHARLESTON MICH---V5---KALAMAZOO CO---V5---BLUE #MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE & FANCY PRINTED FREE---FREE FRANK---TO THOMAS NOYES, (APPOINTED POST MASTER, AT EAST PAINTED POST NEW YORK 1841-12-20, B. 1786-11-22, D. 1860-10-19, DESCENDANT OF COL. THOMAS NOYES{SERVED IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF RHODE ISLAND TROOPS AT THE BATTLES OF LONG ISLAND, WHITE PLAINS, AND TRENTON} AND COL. JOSEPH NOYES{ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1775 AND REMAINED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR}, FATHER, THOMAS NOYES, MOTHER, LYDIA ROGERS NOYES, SPOUSE, HANNAH PHELPS NOYES, CHILDREN, CHARLES PHELPS NOYES, HENRY BABCOCK NOYES) FROM AMBROSE COCK(B. 1779-08-13, D. 1850-02-14, FATHER, ISAAC COCK, MOTHER, CHARITY HAIGHT, SPOUSE, PHOEBE FROST, CHILDREN, HENRY FROST COCK, ANDREW DEWITT COCK, JOHN L. COCK, HARRIET AUGUSTA COCK, EDWARD B. COCK, WILLIAM ERASTUS COCK, CHARLES WILLETTE COCK, DANIEL FRANCIS SOLOMON GEORGE COCK, MARY ANNA ELIZA COCK) AT CHARLESTON REGARDING TAXES, LAND, FAILED CROPS---MENTIONS PHELPS AND CHARLES---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---REVOLUTIONARY WAR—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 183 $25-----3PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR - N 0183 0254 Charleston.jpg SCAN-6508.JPG Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-06-11
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-06-13 KALAMAZOO MICH --- CDS 30MM --- FROM JOEL BATCHELOR AT KALAMAZOO TO ELIJAH GREENE AT GILL MASS.---MENTIONS MR. DAVIS, MR. WHITE, MARGARET ANN---REGARDING MONEY HE OWES TO MR. DAVIS ---"THE BRIG THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED TO TAKE OFF OUR FLOUR DID NOT GET HERE AS SOON AS THEY ENGAGED TO. THEY STARTED FROM DETROIT ON THE 17TH OF MAY WITH OIL FOR THE LIGHTHOUSES ON THE UPPER LAKES. I EXPECT TO HEAR EVERY DAY THAT MY FLOUR IS ON ITS WAY. BUT I WOULD SEND YOU THE MONEY IF THERE WAS ANY HERE THAT WOULD ANSWER", CROP NEWS AND PRICES---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-06-13
County: Kalamazoo
City: Kalamazoo
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1842-07-18---YPSILANTI MICH--RED CDS & 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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1842-07-12---GFP--BX1--#38---MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS IN ANN ARBOR TODAY(JULY 11TH)(1842). CAME HERE 1/4 BEFORE 11 AND LEFT 1/4 BEFORE 3---THE EX-PRESIDENT WENT TO THE TAVERN WHERE HIM AND HIS FRIENDS WERE TO DINE.---A MR. WHALEY HAS BEEN HERE AND WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL SELL YOUR LAND ON TIME. ROBERT WAS UP TO SEE VAN BUREN---MENTIONS WITMER, EX-LIEUTENANT GOV. MUNDY, T.W. DORRIS-----JUNE FROSTS; WEATHER REPORT AND THE EFFECTS ON THE CROPS AND TREES; CROP YIELD PREDICTIONS; RYE GROWS POORLY IN WASHTENAW, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY; CROP PRICES AND WAGES FOR HARVESTERS, LAND ASSESSMENTS, POLITICS---"BUSINESS IS DULL IN MICHIGAN, MORE SO THAN EVER. AND JOHN TYLER MUST VETO THE LITTLE TARIFF BILL, WHICH OF COURSE MUST MAKE BUSINESS STILL MORE DULL"---"WHENEVER BANKS SUSPEND THEY FAIL IN AN IMPORTANT POINT TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DO NOT DO AS THEY AGREE. THEIR PROMISES TO PAY ON DEMAND IS NO LONGER TRUE, IT IS FALSE. IT IS A DISGRACE TO ANY COMMUNITY TO PERMIT FALSEHOODS TO CIRCULATE IN THEIR MIDST. LIKE MANY OTHER FALSEHOODS, THEY DO NOT MAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUTH, AND FOR A TIME DO ANSWER A TOLERABLE PURPOSE. BUT IN THE VERY NATURE OF THINGS THESE PROMISES MUST BE REDEEMED OR THINGS MUST PROCEED FROM BAD, TO WORSE"--- GENEALOGY---WEATHER---CROPS----POLITICS---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-18
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-08-22 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--RED 30MM CDS AND BLACK MS 18 3/4 RATE--TO EDMUND BURNETT, BURNETT'S CORNERS, TOWN OF ORANGE, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO FROM SAMUEL M. CRANE AT WESTPHALIA, CLINTON COUNTY MICH---2 pg--DATELINED WESTPHALIA MICH--CLINTON CO.---DISCUSSES HIS TRAVELS AND HIS LAND, LATE FROST AND CROPS---MENTIONS HOOT, NATHAN CASS, AND THE THORNTONS——WEATHER—-GENEALOGY—-CROPS—---COURTESY OF MICHIGAN 4 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-08-22
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-09-27 HICKVILLE MICH*****W-----OAKLAND CO-----BLUE #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 12 1/2 RATE------TO RUSSELL ALVORD (1850 CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. NEW YORK 1802, D. 1856, WIFE, ELEANOR ALFORD {B. NEW YORK 1802, D. 1864}, CHILDREN, ASA RUSSELL ALVORD, LORENZO ALVORD, LOUISA E ALVORD, MARY JANE ALVORD, JESSE F ALVORD, CALVIN ALVORD, EDWIN ALVORD), ATHENS, CALHOUN CO, MICH------FROM HIS BROTHER AT LYON, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----REGARDING FAMILY NEWS, CROP PRICES---MENTIONS M. BOWERS, MR. BINGHAM, MR. HICHARDS, ALMENNA HODGE, JAMES, TOMKINS, ENSIGN, LUCY, MR. STONE, CHRISTOPHER HOSMEN DIED AND MR. BRIGGS MRS, FISHER'S SON-IN-LAW, MARRY ANN MANOIRS MARRIED THOMAS FOSSETT, MR. GORDIN SENT LUCY JANE AN APPLE---GENEALOGY----3PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-09-27
County: Calhoun , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit
Associated Pages: 3