Title: 1842-10-15 JACKSON MICH---RED CDS---FROM H.M. BOIES AT JACKSON TO HIS COUSIN CURTIS H. BOIES AT HUDSON MICH---REGARDING BUSINESS, CROP PRICES, DEBTS---MENTIONS LOWERY, ESQR. POWERS, HUBBARD, THOMAS, BARNES--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-10-15
County: Jackson
City: Jackson
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1843-03-13--- ANN ARBOR 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 1843-03-11---GFP--BX1---#39---SAWMILL NEWS, WEATHER, ELDRED'S MILL IS GRINDING GRAND RIVER PLASTER, CROP PRICES, PRICES TO BUILD A HOUSE, PROPERTY TAXES---MENTIONS MR. SNOW, MR. STILLWELL, MR. TALMON BROWN, MR. KING, MR. EWERS, JANE---"HAY AT THE PRESENT TIME IS MORE SCARCE THAN MONEY...ROBERT IS GOING THRESH (SIC) WITH A MACHINE THIS WEEK ONE DAY AND PAY THE HANDS THAT ASSIST HIM IN STRAW"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-03-13
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: 1843-06-10 +ADAMS MICH-----HILLSDALE CO{1837-1857-DPO-V4}-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO RUEL PERKINS AT MIDDLEBURY, WYOMING CO, N.Y.-----FROM LUCY ROBERTS AT ADAMS MICH----REGARDING CROPS, FRUIT TREES, LIVESTOCK, LAND, ETC---AG/ECON---HORTICULTURE------GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 66 Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-06-10
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Horticulture/ Fruit , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1843-07-01 +PINCKNEY MICH---LIVINGSTON CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED IOSCO, LIVINGSTON CO, MICH---FROM C.M.WOOD AT IOSCO TO HIS BROTHER JOHN M. WOOD AT SPRINGFIELD MASS.---RELATES HIS TRAVELS TO MICHIGAN, THEIR FATHER'S LAND----MENTIONS DOCTOR WILSON, MR. RUPP, MR. JONES, BOSWELL SHURLEFF, GEORGE, OLD MR. EAMANS---ALSO A NOTE FROM D.T. WOOD ABOUT PURCHASING A BULL AND ANOTHER FROM J. WOOD ABOUT CROPS---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 421 $20 - N Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-07-01
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1843-08-05 +SCHOOLCRAFT MICH-----KALAMAZOO CO----GREEN CDS & BLACK MS 25 RATE----TO A.L. THOMPSON CO., SPRINGFIELD, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT----FROM JOHN H. BOWMAN & MILES N. DUNCAN----REGARDING MILL, CROPS & PRICES, BUSINESS INVENTORY ($12K+)----AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 383 Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-08-05
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Michigan Advertising , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1843-08-09 CASSAPOLIS MICH--#MANUSCRIPT - FROM JAMES H. HALL AT CASSAPOLIS TO HIS FATHER E.A. HALL P.M. AT WEST BLOOMFIELD NEW YORK---REGARDING A PACKAGE SENT FROM MILLER AND CO. THAT WAS NOT FORWARDED AS ADVERTISED, CROP NEWS---MENTIONS MYRON, BECKWITH, SARISSA IS MARRIED TO DR. BLOODGOOD---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-08-09
County: Cass
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1844-01-16 HILLSDALE MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---TO CALEB B. JACKSON AT NORWALK OHIO FROM HIS BROTHER CHARLES AT HILLSDALE---HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A FRIEND THAT SAID THEIR FATHER WAS VERY SICK; MENTIONS AUNT ABIGAIL, GRANDMA, COUSIN E. FARGO IS MARRIED, WHEAT SOLD FOR 60 CENTS WHICH IS THE HIGHEST EVER THERE, UNCLE TOM HEWETT, CORNELIUS C. VANDENBURGH AND FAMILY, MR. TUCKER AND FAMILY---2 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-01-16
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1844-06-25 BIRMINGHAM MICH***--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RE-RATED TO 10 RATE----TO G. HILL, FLINT, GENESEE CO, MICH FROM HIS MOTHER AT BIRMINGHAM------DATELINED, LYNDON, WHITESIDE CO, ILLINOIS----MR CASS WILL TAKE THIS LETTER AS FAR AS OAKLAND COUNTY WHERE HIS BROTHER LIVES; SUGGESTS HE WASHES HIS EYES THREE TIMES A DAY WITH ALUM AND MILK; A LATE FROST DESTROYED ALL OF THE FRUIT AND MUCH OF THE GRAIN; THEY HAD A GOOD SUGAR YEAR----MENTIONS LUKE, MR. SMITH, SARAH WAS MARRIED, MR. CAPLE, MRS. FAULKNER, MR. GOSS AND HIS FAMILY, MR. CARTER, FREDRICK, MR. GOSSE, MRS. DEELZALE, THOMAS, AND MR. KENT---GENEALOGY--3 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-06-25
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1844-08-09 GALESBURGH MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM J.W. COTHREN AT GALESBURG TO ELIAS BROWN AT PLUCKAMINE, SOMERSET COUNTY NEW JERSEY---GENEALOGY---3 PAGES---REGARDING AN OFFER TO BUY LAND, REPORT ON GROWTH OF CROPS AND PRICES---MR. POWLISON, MR. FARNHAM, HE LET ABRAM'S FARM TO A COUPLE OF MEN NAMED LOWE, ABRAM---"THE SUMMER IS VERY WARM AND IT IS CONSIDERABLY SICKLY ABOUT HERE THIS SUMMER - THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD - THE SICKNESS IS MOSTLY FEVER AND AGUE, CHILL FEVERS, AND DYSENTERY AMONG THE CHILDREN"----FINANCIAL---AG/ECON----PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-08-09
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: 1844-08-16 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--GREEN 30MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----DATELINED PLAINFIELD---TO ELISHA COVILLESQ., PORTLAND, MIDDLESEX CO, CONNECTICUT----ABOUT DRAWING FUNDS AND CROPS---GENEALOGY---AG/ECON-----2 pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-08-16
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1844-09-21 THREE RIVERS MICH-----ST. JOSEPH CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & BROWN MS 25 RATE-----TO CEVALAS D. HAVENS, CAROGA (LAKE), FULTON CO, N.Y.-----FROM J.W. FREY, THREE RIVERS MICH-----FAMILY NEWS, MENTIONS MARGARET, JOHNSON, ADELIA, HARRIETTA, NEKOKER, DUSLOW, BENEDICT, ELIZABETH DESCRIBES THE TYPE AND ABUNDANCE OF GAME ANIMALS----"THE INHABITANTS SAY THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST SICKLY SEASON THAT THERE'S BEEN SINCE 1838"---"SOMETIMES I AM ALMOST DISCOURAGED AND THINK I WILL LEAVE AS SOON AS I CAN GET AWAY BUT WHEN I GO OUT AND LOOK ROUND AT THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY AND THE LUXURIANT CROPS OF ALL DESCRIPTION I MUST SAY IT IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN AND FOR ONE WHO IS FOND OF SPORT IT EXCELS"---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---FROM THE CHARLES G. HAVENS FAMILY PAPERS---http://www.havensfund.org---------3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-09-21
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: 1844-10-14 ANN ARBOR MICH--RED SERIFED CDS (M/) AND BLACK MS 10 RATE----TO DR. COOLEY P.M., WASHINGTON, MACOMB CO, MICH---FROM PROFESSOR GEORGE WILLIAMS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR MICH----GENEALOGY---HORTICULTURE--PLANT IDENTIFICATION QUESTION AND ANSWER BETWEEN TWO BOTANISTS---4PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45042 - N Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-10-14
County: Macomb , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Horticulture/ Fruit , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1845-04-07 GRASS LAKE MICH---#MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 3161/1628 ---DATELINED BROOKLYN AND LEONI 1845-04-02--GENEALOGY--CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LEONI AND PRESP CHURCH OF SYLVAN MICH---APPLYING FOR $150.00 IN SUPPORT OF REV GEORGE BURNUM--($50.00 MORE THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF CROP FAILURE)---RECOMMENDED BY REV E.J.BOYD, REV THOMAS JONES, AND GEORGE BARNUM AT BROOKLYN, AND JOSEPH H. DURAND, JOHNATHAN SMITH, JOHN C. WINANS, WILLIAM A. DAVIS, AND M. WINES AT LEONI----GENEALOGY 9---IRISH HILLS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-04-07
County: Jackson , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-06-21 +LAINGSBURGH MICH---SHIAWASSEE CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED VICTOR---FROM WILLIAM BRONSON AND MARY A. BRONSON (CHILDREN, SARAH E. BRUNSON, HARRIET E. BRUNSON, HENRY P. BRUNSON) AT VICTOR TO HIS MOTHER (SALLY G. BRONSON) AND FATHER FLAVIUS J. BRONSON AT EAST BLOOMFIELD NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY MATTERS---MENTIONS THE BUELL FAMILY, PORTER, JOHN, UPTON, AND HOSMAN KELLOGG; MR. AND MRS. ADAMS HAVE FINALLY LEFT TOWN FOR GOOD, AND ALMOST EVERYONE IS GLAD THEY ARE GONE; CROPS AND SELLING BUTTER AND CHEESE AND HOPING TO BUY MORE CATTLE; "BY PAYING DOUBLE POSTAGE ON A LETTER YOU RENDER IT MORE LIABLE TO BE ROBBED"----AG/ECON----GENEALOGY---7PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 335 $25 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-06-21
County: Shiwassee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Ann Arbor Hampden Cancels , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1845-08-04 NILES MICH*****W--BLACK 31MM CDS AND BLACK MS 10--TO HENRY D. INGERSOLE (1860,70,80 CENSUS, B. 1817, FARMER, MASTER MACHINIST, D. 1903, M. SPOUSE, GEORGIANNA GRAHM INGERSOLL 1856, {B. VERMONT 1828, D. 1881}, CHILDREN, TERESA C INGERSOLE, WILLIAM INGERSOLE, CHARLES INGERSOLE, SIDNEY INGERSOLE, HENRY W INGERSOLE, FRANK F INGERSOLE, MARY M INGERSOLE),BRUNSWICK, MEDINA CO, OHIO-----MENTIONS JOHN A. STEVENS (1880 CENSUS, B. CONN 1827, RAIL ROAD MAN, SPOUSE LENA STEVENS {B. CONN 1847}, CHILD, HARVEY A STEVENS),&EDWARD TILLITSON& PERRIN SOMERS----"...WE ARE ALL WELL HERE IN NILES AND DOING WELL WE HAVE GOT TWO THE BEST SHOPS IN TOWN ONE WAGON SHOP & ONE BLACKSMITH SHOP I AM HEAD MAN IN THE SMITH SHOP THIS TOWN IS GROWING FINELY THIS YEAR TWO OR THREE NEW WAREHOUSES GOING & AS MANY STORES ONE NEW CHURCH & LOTS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION...JOHN STEVENS & EDWARD TILLITSON CAME HERE THE 4 DAY OF JULY STAID ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND HAVE GONE TO ILL. & WISCONSIN BUT THEY WILL GET SICK OF THE WEST THERE IS A GENERAL RUSH FOR CHICAGO BUT THEY GET THERE AND GET OUT OF MONEY AND WORK VERY LOW TO GET MONEY TO GET BACK. HARMON RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PERRIN SOMERS HE IS IN TECUMSEH WITH HIS LEG BROKE FELL OFF FROM A LOAD OF HAY. UNCLE HORACE WIFE & FAMILY LIVE 2 MILES FROM NILES HE IS AT WORK ON THE RIVER GETS A ACRE OF LAND PER DAY & BOARDED THEY ARE DIGGING THE RIVER DEEP IN THE RIFFLES..."-----GENEALOGY---WATERMARK-----1PG---ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-04
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-10-09 DETROIT MICH--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BLUE 5 IN OVAL--TO A.G. COONS AT BROOKVILLE, WASHTENAW COUNTY FROM PEASE AND SUMMERS(?) AT DETROIT---CONCERNING CROP PRICES AND A REQUEST TO STOCK UP---GENEALOGY---2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-10-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1846-04-25 +COURTLAND MICH {1841-1860} DPO----KENT CO----V6----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO ARTHUR HEAGAN AT NORTH PROSPECT, WALDO CO, MAINE---FROM H.W. STINSON TO HIS COUSIN---REGARDING SCHOOL TEACHER WAGES, FARMING WAGES, CROPS, FINDING A WIFE & MORE----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 153---MENTIONS JANE, SARAH, DODGE EWELL, HANNAH HEAGAN, MARION ADELIA HAYNES, WILLIAM---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----WATERMARK----3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42534 - N Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-04-25
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1846-04-25 +COURTLAND MICH {1841-1860} DPO----KENT CO----V6----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO ARTHUR HEAGAN AT NORTH PROSPECT, WALDO CO, MAINE---FROM H.W. STINSON TO HIS COUSIN---REGARDING SCHOOL TEACHER WAGES, FARMING WAGES, CROPS, FINDING A WIFE & MORE----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 153---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42534 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-04-25
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1846-04-25 +COURTLAND MICH {1841-1860} DPO----KENT CO----V6----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO ARTHUR HEAGAN AT NORTH PROSPECT, WALDO CO, MAINE---FROM H.W. STINSON TO HIS COUSIN---REGARDING SCHOOL TEACHER WAGES, FARMING WAGES, CROPS, FINDING A WIFE & MORE----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 153---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42534 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-04-25
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1846-04-25 +COURTLAND MICH {1841-1860} DPO----KENT CO----V6----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO ARTHUR HEAGAN AT NORTH PROSPECT, WALDO CO, MAINE---FROM H.W. STINSON TO HIS COUSIN---REGARDING SCHOOL TEACHER WAGES, FARMING WAGES, CROPS, FINDING A WIFE & MORE----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 153---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42534 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-04-25
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1846-06-12 JONESVILLE MICH*****W---BLUE CDS AND BLUE MS 10-- DATELINE SCIPIO, HILLSDALE CO, MICH---FROM MOSES NEAL AND MARY NEAL AT SCIPIO TO DANIEL AT PORTLAND, CUMBERLAND CO, MAINE---WRITES OF THE PRICES OF CROPS; WILLIAM AND BENJAMIN ARE WORKING MAKING BRICKS; MENTIONS MARY---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY-----3PGS-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION $75 - N Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-06-12
County: Hillsdale
City:
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: 1846-09-10 MANCHESTER MICH----WASHTENAW CO----RED CDS AND STAMPED SMALL 10 RATE----TO LIZER BROWN & CO, AT BUFFALO, ERIE CO, N.Y.-----FROM P C H BROTHERSON--A MILLER & REP. FROM WASHTENAW 1846-- REGARDING PRICE OF FLOUR LISTED IN THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER--HIS BEING LISTED AT 7 CENTS LESS THAN THE OTHER BRANDS. ASKS FOR A MORE COMPLIMENTARY QUOTATION AT SOME OTHER TIME-----GENEALOGY 2---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 619 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-09-10
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-04-13 +TECUMSEH MICH*****W-----LENAWEE CO-----RED CDS & RED STAMPED "X" RATE------TO EDMUND TERRY (1870,80 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1805, D. 1885, FATHER, ISAAC TERRY III [B. 1776, D.1823, FATHER, ISAAC TERRY II, MOTHER, HANNAH TERRY], MOTHER, BETSEY TERRY { 1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1779, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, NORVELL C BACON, JENNETTE T BACON, NORVELL B BACON, EDWARD B BACON}, WIFE MARTHA TERRY {B. NEW YORK 1818, D. 1891}, CHILDREN, FREEMAN D TERRY, FRANCENE TERRY, IRVING A TERRY, EDMUND B TERRY, EVALINE BETSEY TERRY COLLINS), WATERVILLE, ONEIDA CO, N.Y.-----FROM N.C. BACON, JANETTE, AND NORVAL B. BACON (1850 CENSUS, FATHER, NORVELL C BACON, MOTHER, JENNETTE T BACON, SIBLING, EDWARD B BACON, ALSO IN HOUSEHOLD, BETSEY TERRY AGE 71), TECUMSEH, LENAWEE CO, MICH---FAMILY NEWS ---MENTIONS THE DEATHS OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE PUTNAM'S TWO CHILDREN, THE PRICE OF CROPS, EDWARD, JANETTE, JOHN, NORVAL, EVA, SISTER MELISSA, UNCLE EDMUND AND AUNT POLLY, IRVING AND EVY, UNCLE ABNER, SISTER MERCY, MRS. BOWBER AND GERALDINE AND LITTLE ELISABETH, JANE----GENEALOGY-----5PGS----ELLIS II/WHITFORD AUCTION 2019 LOT 34------ERNIES COLLECTION $23 - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-04-13
County: Lenawee
City:
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: 1847-08-03 QUINCY MICH*****W----BERRIEN CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO DANIEL BIGELOW, AT ATHENS, FAYETTE CO, KENTUCKY----FROM HIS BROTHER O. BIGELOW---REGARDING MARRIAGE, CROPS, FAMILY & FRIENDS---MENTIONS JAMES ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH HAYNES AND R. CLARK, CAPT. WILLIAMS, MISS F. DENSLOW, HARVEY, ED, JANE, MR. AND MRS. WHEELER, MR. GRAY---AG/ECON----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 359---ELLIS III/WHITFORD AUCTION 2022 LOT 328----3PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION $41 - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-08-03
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-08-25 UNION CITY*****W----BRANCH CO------BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO DAVID ISHAM, AND BROTHERS & SISTERS, AT VICTORY, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----FROM THEIR SON AND BROTHER, WILLIS J. ISHAM AND JANE M. ISHAM, UNION, M T---RELATES NEWS OF CROPS AND PLANS FOR HIS FARM, CROP AND FARM ANIMAL PRICES, MAKING AND SELLING COAL BASKETS, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM WILLIAM SINCE COMING TO MICHIGAN, HUNTING, COSTS OF LAND, PAY FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF EMPLOYMENT, CLOTH AND OTHER PROVISIONS---MENTIONS HIS DAUGHTER SARAH ANN, ABRAM HOLLERDAY, UNCLE SILAS FIELD, WALTER HUNT, ISHAM SIMONDS, ED SCOTT, DAVID, CHAUNCY CARTER, AUBURN SCOTT, DAVID WETHERL WENT BACK TO HICKRY ISLAND, TRUMAN MONROE, IRA HOGAN, THE WIDOW MOSHER, KATHERINE IS MARRIED, SALLY AND ALZINA----"ABRAM HOLLERDAY...BOUGHT 80 ACRES IN TWO MILES OF UNION CITY, IT IS TIMBERED WITH MAPLE, BASS, WHITEWOOD, BLACK WALNUT, BLACK CHERRY, BEECH, WHITE OAK, BLACK OAK, BLUE ASH; IT HAS GOT A SHUGAR (SIC) BUSH OF ORE THAN A THOUSAND TREES; HE PAID 300 DOLLARS FOR IT; IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HERE"----"I HAVE MADE 6 OAK CORN BASKETS, I GOT 24 LBS. OF THE BEST PORK FOR 2 OF THEM; FOR 1 I GOT 25LBS. OF CORN MEAL 40 POUNDS FLOWER (SIC) COAL BASKETS IS ON GOOD DEMAND BUT THEY DON'T WANTER PAY ANY MONEY ON THEM"--- GENEALOGY-----4PGS-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-08-25
County: Branch
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-09-09 +BROOKLYN MICH --- CDS RED DOUBLE OVAL 30MM----FROM L. B. BROWN AT BROOKLYN TO ARZA FINNEY AT WESPORT, ESSEX CO, NEW YORK----I MITE AT THIS TIME TO ASK A FAVOR--YOU HAVE DOUBTLEY HEARD OF THE FAILURE OF OUR WHEAT CROP--OURS YIELDING ONLY ABOUT FIVE BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, CONSIQUENTLY I SHALL HAVE BUT ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS IN ALL WHICH I SHALL OF COURSE SELL TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOU--THE PRESENT PRICE OF WHEAT IS ABOUT EIGHTY CENTS IN ADRIAN, SO YOU SEE THAT ABOUT $70.00 IS ALL I CAN RAISE FROM THAT SOURCE----SILAS C CHOUTE TO WHOM I SOLD THE FARM IS BOUND TO PAY ME $100---GENEALOGY 3---WATERMARK--------IRISH HILLS---2PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION RETAIL $200 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-09-09
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-09-09 +BROOKLYN MICH --- CDS RED DOUBLE OVAL 30MM----FROM L. B. BROWN AT BROOKLYN TO ARZA FINNEY AT WESPORT, ESSEX CO, NEW YORK----I MITE AT THIS TIME TO ASK A FAVOR--YOU HAVE DOUBTLEY HEARD OF THE FAILURE OF OUR WHEAT CROP--OURS YIELDING ONLY ABOUT FIVE BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, CONSIQUENTLY I SHALL HAVE BUT ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS IN ALL WHICH I SHALL OF COURSE SELL TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOU--THE PRESENT PRICE OF WHEAT IS ABOUT EIGHTY CENTS IN ADRIAN, SO YOU SEE THAT ABOUT $70.00 IS ALL I CAN RAISE FROM THAT SOURCE----SILAS C CHOUTE TO WHOM I SOLD THE FARM IS BOUND TO PAY ME $100---GENEALOGY 3----IRISH HILLS---2PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION RETAIL $200 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-09-09
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
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Title: 1848-11-10 DETROIT MICH*****W--ORANGE 30MM CDS AND ORANGE STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE-----GENEALOGY 2----FROM G S LESTER AT DETROIT TO R B HUBBARD AT SANDUSKY OHIO---REGARDING THE SHIPMENT OF LUMBER AND THE COST OF GOODSAND CROPS---MENTIONS W.H., CAPT. PRAT, B.F. LUCE, AND CAPT. DIBBLE---2 pgs--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
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: 1849-02-15 MARSHALL MICH*****W----CALHOUN CO---BLUE 33MM CDS & STAMPED PAID & "V" IN BOX RATE---TO J W BROOKS AT MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD AT DETROIT MICH FROM J.B. HOYT AT MARSHALL----REQUESTING THE RATE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF 60 TO 100 BARRELS OF FLOUR-----GENEALOGY---1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-15
County: Calhoun , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
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Title: 1850-05-06 LAPHAMVILLE MICH*****W---V6---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---KENT CO---- DATELINED PLAINFIELD, LIVINGSTON CO, MICH 1850-05-04---FROM OLIVER WETMORE (1850,70,80 CENSUS, B. CONN 1815, FARMER, TEAMSTER, SPOUSE, PARMELIA WETMORE {B. NEW YORK 1823}, CHILDREN, MARY J WETMORE, ESTHER WETMORE) AT PLAINFIELD--- TO HIS BROTHER TIMOTHY EDWARDS WETMORE (1850,60,70 CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, 1865 NEW YORK CENSUS, 1860,70 US CENSUS, B. CONN 1821, D. 1856, SPOUSE, ELIZABETH WETMORE, CHILDREN, SAMUEL BUEL WETMORE, WARREN H WETMORE, WALTON E WETMORE, CHARLES WETMORE) AT WILSON, NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK---FAMILY AND FARM NEWS, CROP PRICES, ---MENTIONS ELDER BARKER---"I AM FENCING IN MY FARM THIS SPRING WE SHALL GET IT DONE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS IT TAKES ALMOST 8000 NAILS TO D0 IT AND SH ILL SPLIT 5 OR 6 THOUSAND MORE THIS SUMMER"---MENTIONS ELIZABETH AND ELL--- GENEALOGY 10---3PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 - N Read More..
Year: 1850
Date: 1850-05-06
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
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