Title: 1845-08-04 NILES MICH***--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---1PG---PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1845-08-04
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-08-11 ANN ARBOR MICH--RED CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE---LETTER TO WILLIAM ALLEN AT AUBURN NEW YORK FROM P.H. LUND AT ANN ARBOR---GENEALOGY 2---1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-08-11 ANN ARBOR MICH---PAGE 1 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-08-15 CLIMAX PRAIRIE MICH--V3--BLUE #MANUSCRIPT -FROM ANN A. ORR AT CLIMAX PRAIRIE TO HER PARENTS MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM CUMMING AT BLOOMVILLE, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK---MENTIONS ROBERT, MEREDITH, MARGARET, GIBBIL, SABRINA, CAROLINE, SAMUEL, WILLIAM A. CUMMING, UNCLE GANDY, AND MARY ANN; "MARGARET IF YOU WERE HERE YOU COULD GET RICH FOR YOU COULD GET FROM A DOLLAR TO 12 SHILLINGS A WEEK FOR TO DO HOUSE WORK AND A SHILLING A YARD FOR WEAVING AND 50 CENTS A DAY FOR SEWING..AND FROM 12 SHILLINGS TO TWO DOLLARS PER WEEK TEACHING SCHOOL"; PRAISES THE LAND IN MICHIGAN; "IF YOU WANT TO BE ANYTHING COME TO MICHIGAN BUT NOT WITHOUT YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER"---GENEALOGY-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-15
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-08-15 CLIMAX PRAIRIE MICH--MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-15
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-08-15 CLIMAX PRAIRIE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-15
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-08-19 ST. JOSEPH MICH--RED CDS & STAMPED PAID(TWICE) & MS 5 RATE---TO AUDITOR GENERAL, DETROIT MICH----FROM M.S. HAWLEY, ST. JOSEPH, MICH---ABOUT TAXES AND THOMAS FITZERALD----GENEALOGY----1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-19
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-08-19 ST. JOSEPH MICH--RED CDS & STAMPED PAID(TWICE) & MS 5 RATE---TO AUDITOR GENERAL, DETROIT MICH----FROM M.S. HAWLEY, ST. JOSEPH, MICH---ABOUT TAXES AND THOMAS FITZERALD----GENEALOGY----1PG---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-19
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-08-22 TECUMSEH MICH--YEAR ESTIMATED--BLACK CDS & STAMPED "V" RATE-----TO S.M. PUTNAM, COVINGTON, TIOGA CO, PA-----GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY-----ERNIES COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-22
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1845-09-07 YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS---FROM A.C. ROGERS AT YPSILANTI TO A.H. TAYLOR AT DEXTER---TELLING HER ABOUT TEACHING JOB IN KENTUCKY---MENTIONS MRS. CHURCH AND MRS. GLEASON---GENEALOGY 4---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-07
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-09-07 YPSILANTI MICH---PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-07
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-09-07 YPSILANTI MICH---PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-07
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-09-16 HILLSDALE MICH--BLUE CDS --FROM W.G. BRANCH, COUNTY TREASURER AT HILLSDALE TO H.L. WHIPPLE, AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-16
County: Hillsdale , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-16 HILLSDALE MICH----PAGE 1 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-16
County: Hillsdale , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-16 MT CLEMENS MICH--RED CDS -FROM A. WEEKS AT MT CLEMENS---GENEALOGY-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-16
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1845-09-16 MT CLEMENS MICH ---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-16
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER J.B. RICE CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----I HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----i HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----i HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER J.B. RICE CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----I HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----i HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-18 --- ADRIAN MICH ---BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, CONSTANTINE, ST. JOSEPHS CO, MICH----FROM HORACE RICE, MEDINA, LENAWEE CO, MICH----REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS LOAN SO HE AND HIS BROTHER CAN FINISH GETTING THE PAYMENT TOGETHER----i HAVE LOST MY WIFE AND 2 OLDEST CHILDREN------ALSO MESSAGE FROM EZEKIEL WEBB, TREASURER OF LENAWEE CO---MENTIONS JOHN B. LaRUE----GENEALOGY----2PGS----PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-18
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1845-09-20 JACKSON MICH --- RED CDS 30MM ---DATELINED MASON---FROM GEORGE MATTHEWS AT MASON TO J.J. ADAM AT DETROIT-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-20
County: Ingham , Jackson , Wayne , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Jackson
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-20 JACKSON MICH ---DATELINED MASON-- PAGE 1 ---- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-20
County: Ingham , Jackson , Wayne
City: Detroit , Jackson
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-21 CONSTANTINE MICH--RED CDS -FROM J.R. WILLIAMS AT CONSTANTINE TO J.W. BROOKS AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-21
County: Saint Joseph , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH----KALAMAZOO CO--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----DATELINED AUGUSTA SEPTEMBER 15TH 1845---FROM ELIZABETH ALMEDA McGALPIN (B. 1823-01-10, FATHER, WALTER McGALPIN, MOTHER, RUBY(COOKE) McGALPIN, SPOUSE, SEYMOUR LEWIS STEBBINS, CHILDREN, MARY FRANCES STEBBINS ROMEYN, ALICE ELIZABETH STEBBINS, WALTER LYNDHURST STEBBINS, LUCY AMANDA STEBBINS, GRACE ELINOR “NELLIE” STEBBINS)------TO LOUISA LOOMIS (B. 1824-02-01, D. 1913, FATHER, JAMES LOOMIS, MOTHER, ELIZABETH LOOMIS, SPOUSE, JOSEPH RUSSELL MEAD, CHILDREN, MARIA MEAD, EMMA R. MEAD) AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY----"I ENJOYED THE STEAMBOAT RIDE VERY MUCH INDEED AND AS TO SEA SICKNESS IF I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT I AM SURE I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. IT IS TRUE WE HAD MOST DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. WE STARTED FOUR FAIRPORT ABOUT NOON ON THE "GREAT WESTERN" SHE WAS VERY HEAVELY LADEN BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AT DETROIT THE NEXT MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK WE STAID IN THE CITY ALL DAY BUT THE HEAT WAS SUCH I DID NOT VENTURE OUT TILL AFTERNOON WHEN I WENT WITH COUSIN TO SEE A FRIEND OF HIS A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME FROM COMSTOCK TO RESIDE WITH A SISTER IN THE CITY. I STAID WITH HER THAT NIGHT, AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT ON TO THE CARS [RAILROAD CARS] AT EIGHT, THE TRAVELING IS VERY PRETTY BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN DUSTY ROADS FOR DIRT WE REACHED MARSHALL AT HALF PAST THREE HAVING TRAVELED ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILES. THERE UNCLE PERCIVAL MET US AND WE CAME NINE MILES FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT, IN A LUMBER WAGGON TOO. WE STARTED THE NEXT MORNING AND TOWARDS NOW ARRIVED AT COUSIN ANN'S WHERE I AM NOW LIVING."----GENEALOGY----RAILROADS----STEAMBOATS----WATERWAYS---3PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION AND COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR Top-86.jpg Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1845-09-23 COMSTOCK MICH--#MANUSCRIPT---FROM ELIZABETH A. MCGALPIN AT COMSTOCK KALAMAZOO CO. TO LOUISA LOOMIS AT JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO---MENTIONS UNCLE PERCIVAL, COUSIN ANN AND HER HUSBAND HARRY KING, OLIVE, COUSIN HARRY, SARAH, STELLA, EMELINE, AND BETSEY---GENEALOGY--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-23
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6