Title: 1847-04-30 FARMINGTON MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLUE MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLUE MS 10 RATE--4 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 4--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1847-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1847-05-07 CONSTANTINE MICH-SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK 31MM CDS--2pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-07
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-07 CONSTANTINE MICH-SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK 31MM CDS--2pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-05-07
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-07 CONSTANTINE MICH-SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK 31MM CDS--2pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-05-07
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-08 HASTINGS MICH--#MANUSCRIPT -BARRY COUNTY---FROM A.W. BAILEY AT HASTINGS TO MARSHALL---GENEALOGY----WATERMARK------- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-08
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-08 HASTINGS MICH--#MANUSCRIPT -BARRY COUNTY---FROM A.W. BAILEY AT HASTINGS TO MARSHALL---GENEALOGY---1PG--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION P-ID 5745 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-08
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-10 ANN ARBOR MICH--WASHTENAW CO.--RED 30MM CDS AND RED STAMPED 5 RATE--FROM CHARLES THAYER---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-10
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-05-10 ANN ARBOR MICH--WASHTENAW CO.--RED 30MM CDS AND RED STAMPED 5 RATE--FROM CHARLES THAYER--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-05-10
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-05-24 MANCHESTER MICH*****W{1834-PRESENT-V0}----WASHTENAW CO----30 MM RED CDS & STAMPED PAID AND VERY SMALL 5 RATE---FROM JOSEPH SPENCER CLARK (1850 CENSUS, FIND A GRAVE, B. CONN 1796, D. 1851, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, FATHER, BEAUMONT CLARK, MOTHER, ABIGAIL CLARK, WIFE, ALMEDA CLARK {B. NEW YORK 1798, D. 1880, , CHILDREN, ELSA CLARK, ALVIN CLARK, HARVEY CLARK, EGBERT CLARK) AT MANCHESTER RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND S. PALMER, TOWN CLERK AT MANCHESTER, CONFIRMING THE RESIGNATION TO THE CLERK OF WASHTENAW COUNTY AT ANN ARBOR---GENEALOGY---WATERMARK---THE PAPER USED FOR THIS LETTER WAS PRODUCED BY THE GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN JR. & SONS PAPERMAKING MILL IN EAST HARTFORD, HARTFORD CO, CONNECTICUT, NOTICE THE WATERMARK ON PAGE 1(GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN JR., B. 1786-04-23, D. 1878-02-08, {DESCENDANT OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN ANDREW KINGSBURY, ENLISTED IN JUNE 1776 IN COL. JOHN CHESTR'S REGIMENT OF CONNECTICUT TROOPS IN ACTION WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS AT FLATBUSH ON LONG ISLAND AUGUST 27TH AND IN THE REAR GUARD OF GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARMY IN THERE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND TO NEW YORK AUGUST 30TH 1776 & IN ACTION AT WHITE PLAINS OCT 28TH 1776}, FATHER, GEORGE GOODWIN{1757-1844}, MOTHER, MARY EDWARDS{1759-1828}, SPOUSE, MARIA KINGSBURY{1789-1851, FATHER, ANDREW KINGSBURY}, CHILDREN, MARIA KINGSBURY GOODWIN, ELIZABETH GOODWIN, ANDREW KINGSBURY GOODWIN, ELLEN GOODWIN, GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN III, HARRIET TALCOTT GOODWIN, MARY EDWARDS GOODWIN)----1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-24
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-05-24 MANCHESTER MICH*****W{1834-PRESENT-V0}----WASHTENAW CO----30 MM RED CDS & STAMPED PAID AND VERY SMALL 5 RATE---FROM JOSEPH SPENCER CLARK (1850 CENSUS, FIND A GRAVE, B. CONN 1796, D. 1851, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, FATHER, BEAUMONT CLARK, MOTHER, ABIGAIL CLARK, WIFE, ALMEDA CLARK {B. NEW YORK 1798, D. 1880, , CHILDREN, ELSA CLARK, ALVIN CLARK, HARVEY CLARK, EGBERT CLARK) AT MANCHESTER RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND S. PALMER, TOWN CLERK AT MANCHESTER, CONFIRMING THE RESIGNATION TO THE CLERK OF WASHTENAW COUNTY AT ANN ARBOR---GENEALOGY---WATERMARK---THE PAPER USED FOR THIS LETTER WAS PRODUCED BY THE GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN JR. & SONS PAPERMAKING MILL IN EAST HARTFORD, HARTFORD CO, CONNECTICUT, NOTICE THE WATERMARK ON PAGE 1(GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN JR., B. 1786-04-23, D. 1878-02-08, {DESCENDANT OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN ANDREW KINGSBURY, ENLISTED IN JUNE 1776 IN COL. JOHN CHESTR'S REGIMENT OF CONNECTICUT TROOPS IN ACTION WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS AT FLATBUSH ON LONG ISLAND AUGUST 27TH AND IN THE REAR GUARD OF GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARMY IN THERE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND TO NEW YORK AUGUST 30TH 1776 & IN ACTION AT WHITE PLAINS OCT 28TH 1776}, FATHER, GEORGE GOODWIN{1757-1844}, MOTHER, MARY EDWARDS{1759-1828}, SPOUSE, MARIA KINGSBURY{1789-1851, FATHER, ANDREW KINGSBURY}, CHILDREN, MARIA KINGSBURY GOODWIN, ELIZABETH GOODWIN, ANDREW KINGSBURY GOODWIN, ELLEN GOODWIN, GEORGE HENRY GOODWIN III, HARRIET TALCOTT GOODWIN, MARY EDWARDS GOODWIN)----1PG----PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-24
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-05-24 +TOMPKINS MICH--V4--JACKSON CO----#MANUSCRIPT AND MS 10----FROM HIS BROTHER HENRY AT TYLER, EATON CO, MICH---- TO CHARLES G FLARENS AT NEW YORK----GENEALOGY----2PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-05-24
County: Jackson
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-24 +TOMPKINS MICH--V4--JACKSON CO----#MANUSCRIPT AND MS 10----FROM HIS BROTHER HENRY AT TYLER, EATON CO, MICH---- TO CHARLES G FLARENS AT NEW YORK----GENEALOGY----2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-24
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-24 +TOMPKINS MICH--V4--JACKSON CO----#MANUSCRIPT AND MS 10----FROM HIS BROTHER HENRY AT TYLER, EATON CO, MICH---- TO CHARLES G FLARENS AT NEW YORK----GENEALOGY----2PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-05-24
County: Jackson
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-05-25 HILLSDALE MICH *****W-- 1st LEG OF TURNED COVER--BUFFALO, N.Y. BLUE OVAL CDS & FANCY SCROLL PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE TO COUNTY TREASURER OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH ///THEN TURNED FROM HILLSDALE BLUE 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 10 RATE TO AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---FROM JOHN M. WARREN-----" I JOHN M. WARREN LAST YEAR CALLED ON YOU AT YOUR OFFICE AND PAID THE TAXES OF A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES...AND I WISH YOU TO WRITE TO ME AND INFORM IT WAS LIV OFF IN MY NAME...."-----GENEALOGY-----3PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-25
County: Hillsdale , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-05-25 1st LEG OF TURNED COVER--BUFFALO, N.Y. BLUE OVAL CDS & FANCY SCROLL PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE TO COUNTY TREASURER OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH ///THEN TURNED FROM HILLSDALE BLUE 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 10 RATE TO AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---FROM JOHN M. WARREN-----" I JOHN M. WARREN LAST YEAR CALLED ON YOU AT YOUR OFFICE AND PAID THE TAXES OF A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES...AND I WISH YOU TO WRITE TO ME AND INFORM IT WAS LIV OFF IN MY NAME...."-----GENEALOGY-----3PGS---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-25
County: Hillsdale , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-05-25 1st LEG OF TURNED COVER--BUFFALO, N.Y. BLUE OVAL CDS & FANCY SCROLL PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE TO COUNTY TREASURER OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH ///THEN TURNED FROM HILLSDALE BLUE 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 10 RATE TO AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---FROM JOHN M. WARREN-----" I JOHN M. WARREN LAST YEAR CALLED ON YOU AT YOUR OFFICE AND PAID THE TAXES OF A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES...AND I WISH YOU TO WRITE TO ME AND INFORM IT WAS LIV OFF IN MY NAME...."-----GENEALOGY-----3PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-25
County: Hillsdale , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-05-25 1st LEG OF TURNED COVER--BUFFALO, N.Y. BLUE OVAL CDS & FANCY SCROLL PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE TO COUNTY TREASURER OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH ///THEN TURNED FROM HILLSDALE BLUE 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 10 RATE TO AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---FROM JOHN M. WARREN-----" I JOHN M. WARREN LAST YEAR CALLED ON YOU AT YOUR OFFICE AND PAID THE TAXES OF A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES...AND I WISH YOU TO WRITE TO ME AND INFORM IT WAS LIV OFF IN MY NAME...."-----GENEALOGY-----3PGS---PAGE 3---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-25
County: Hillsdale , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-06-01 ***2ND LEG OF TURNED COVER--BUFFALO, N.Y. BLUE OVAL 1847-05-25 CDS & FANCY SCROLL PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE TO COUNTY TREASURER OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH ///THEN TURNED FROM HILLSDALE BLUE 30MM CDS & STAMPED 5 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 10 RATE TO AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---FROM JOHN M. WARREN-----" I JOHN M. WARREN LAST YEAR CALLED ON YOU AT YOUR OFFICE AND PAID THE TAXES OF A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN SOLD FOR TAXES...AND I WISH YOU TO WRITE TO ME AND INFORM IT WAS LIV OFF IN MY NAME...."-----GENEALOGY-----3PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-01
County: Hillsdale , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1847-06-01 PLYMOUTH MICH----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS 10 RATE----TO CHARLES J. HORTON, CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM HIS COUSIN ORRIN STEVENS, PLYMOUTH, WAYNE CO, MICH---"DEAR COUSIN, ...LET YOU KNOW HOW I GET ALONG HERE IN PLYMOUTH. I AM WELL AT PRESENT AND ABLE TO PERFORM MY DAILY TASKS WHICH IS NOT A VERY EASY ONE, IT KEEPING ME ON MY FEET FROM DAYLIGHT TILL 9 OR 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. I HAVE BEEN SICK WITH THE INTERMITTENT FEVER ABOUT 3 WEEKS THIS SPRING WHICH REDUCED ME DOWN QUITE LOW. FATHER AND UNCLE PRATT ARRIVED HERE IN MICHIGAN IN GOOD HEALTH. AMOS STOPPED IN DETROIT, UNCLE PRATT IS VERY MUCH TAKEN UP WITH THIS COUNTRY AND SAYS THAT HE SHALL NOT LIKE THE CAMPBELLTOWN HILLS ANY MORE. COUSIN i WAS IN HOPES OF SEEING YOU HERE THIS SPRING BUT MY HOPES HAVE PROVED VAIN THIS TIME, I THINK THAT YOU COULD NOT FAIL TO BE PLEASED WITH THIS COUNTRY IF YOU WOULD ONLY COME AND SEE IT. THE GREAT DISTANCE WHICH SEPARATE US CAN BE TRAVERSED IN A FEW DAYS AS IT WERE WITH THE LIGHTENING SPEED & I HAD HOPED TO HAVE SEEN YOU ALL IN CAMPBELL THIS SUMMER, BUT THROUGH UNFORESEEN EVENTS I SHALL BE COMPELLED TO GIVE IT UP AS MY SICKNESS HAS BROUGHT UPON ME SOMETHING OF A BILL TO PAY. BUT I THINK NOW THAT IF MY LIFE AND HEALTH IS SPARED ME I SHALL SEE CAMPBELL DURING NEXT SUMMER AND SPEND A FEW WEEKS WITH THE COMPANIONS OF MY YOUTH WHICH WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED WITH THE MOST GRATEFUL EMOTIONS. COUSIN CHARLES IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT I THINK UPON THE HAPPY HOURS THAT WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER IN THE DAYS OF OUR BOYHOOD IN RAMBLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SPORTING ALONG THE RIVER AND LONG WILL THEY BE REMEMBERED BY ME AS THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. YOU SAID IN YOUR LETTER THAT YOU SUPPOSED THAT I WAS BEHIND THE COUNTER MEASURING CALICO AND SO I HAVE BEEN FOR THE 2 PAST WEEKS. I HAVE MEASURED HUNDREDS OF YARDS FOR THE LADIES WHICH YOU KNOW ARE DEAR LITTLE CREATURES. YOU SAY YOU ARE NOT A CANDIDATE FOR MARRIAGE YET AND SO WITH ME FOR CUPID WITH ALL HIS ARTS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PIERCE MY HEART WITH ANY OF HIS ARROWS ALTHOUGH HE IS SO SKILLFUL AN ARCHER. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY MORE OF IMPORTANCE TO WRITE AND SO IT IS GETTING DARK. AND REMEMBER, ORRIN STEVENS"------GENEALOGY-----WATERMARK---------2PGS----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-01
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-06-07 ADRIAN MICH --- BLACK CDS 29MM & MS PAID 5 RATE----TO DIGBY V. BELL, AUDITOR GENERAL, DETROIT, MICH----FROM J.H. CLEAVLAND, ADRIAN MICH----ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF D.R.CAINER DYING AND LEAVING THE PAYMENT OF TAXES IN LIMBO---GENEALOGY----1PG---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 7-Jun
Date: 1847-06-07
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-06-07 ADRIAN MICH --- BLACK CDS 29MM & MS PAID 5 RATE----TO DIGBY V. BELL, AUDITOR GENERAL, DETROIT, MICH----FROM J.H. CLEAVLAND, ADRIAN MICH----ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF D.R.CAINER DYING AND LEAVING THE PAYMENT OF TAXES IN LIMBO---GENEALOGY----1PG---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 7-Jun
Date: 1847-06-07
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-06-23 SOUTH NANKIN MICH {1835-1851} NAME CHANGE-WAYNE MICH---V6---WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 5 RATE--1 pg----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-23
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-23 SOUTH NANKIN MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 5 RATE--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-06-23
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-29 PORT HURON MICH*****W---BLACK 32MM CDS AND BLACK STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE----WATERMARK-------1 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-29
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-29 PORT HURON MICH---BLACK 32MM CDS AND BLACK STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE--1 pg--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-06-29
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-30 FRANKLIN MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL----FREE FRANK OF B.D. WORTHINGTON P.M.-----TO WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, OAKLAND GAZETTE OFFICE, PONTIAC, MICH----"BY ARRANGEMENTS OF THE P.O. DEPARTMENT THE MAIL LEAVES FROM BIRMINGHAM AFTER THE CARS (RAILROAD) ARRIVE FROM PONTIAC, ON SATURDAY & WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK FROM FRANKLIN & SOUTHFIELD. YOU WILL, THEREFORE, CONFER A FAVOR ON YOUR SUBSCRIBERS AT THESE PLACES BY MAILING THE GAZETTE BEFORE THE MAIL LEAVES FOR DETROIT ON SATURDAYS. WHEN THEY WILL ARRIVE HERE ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION, AS THE JACKSONIAN NOW DOES. YOURS TRULY. B.D. EORTHING P.M."-----GENEALOGY-----RAIROADS----1PG----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-30
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-30 FRANKLIN MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--1 pg--FREE FRANK OF B.D. WORTHINGTON P.M.--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-06-30
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-07-07 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--BLACK 30MM CDS & BOLD STAMPED 10 RATE---HAS PASTED ADDRESS LABEL TO WILLIAM WOOD, WEST FARMINGTON, ONTARIO CO, NEW YORK-----"WE LEFT CHICAGO WEDNESDAY MORNING(JUNE 16), ARRIVED AT THE MOUTH OF GRAND RIVER THURSDAY AT DARK, LAY AT ANCHOR ALL NIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF THE WIND, ENTERED THE RIVER FRIDAY MORNING, TOOK THE STEAM BOAT AND REACHED THHE RAPIDS AT 5 OCLOCK P.M. WE HAD LAID OUR PLANS TO GO RIGHT TO A HOTEL. & AFTER BRUSHING OFF SOME OF THE DUST TO APPEAR TO SAMUEL IN HIS STORE, BUT AS WE WERE GETTING INTO SMITH HOTEL CONVEYANCE WE SAW SAMUEL A FEW RODS OFF SETTING IN HIS BUGGY, LOOKING ON WITH A GREAT DEAL OF COMPOSURE-- THE SCHOONER ON WHICH WE SAILED FROM CHICAGO WAS THE "WHIG" WHICH WAS IN THE LUMBER BUSINESS HER CABIN WAS SMALL & WELL FINISHED, BUT WAS AT THIS TIME NEGLECTED & QUITE DIRTY EMMA SAT UP ALL THE FIRST NIGHT RATHER THAN LIE ON THEIR DIRTY BEDS, BUT SHE FINALLY GOT SO TIRED THAT SHE HAD TO TRY IT SHE WAS QUITE SEASICK & VOMITED BUT WE NEVER THOUGHT OF BEING AFRAID IT IS ALL NONSENSE TO BE AFRAID TO CROSS THE LAKES I WOULD HAVE LIKED A HEAVY BLOW, THOUGH I WAS SICK A LITTLE WITH THE WIND WE HAD THERE IS NOTHING BUT SCHOONERS AT PRESENT RUNNING TO & FROM GRAND RIVER & THEY GO TO CHICAGO PRINCIPALLY. AS TO OUR VILLAGE, I CALCULATED TO GIVE YOU A FULL DESCRIPTION OF IT AND A MAP OF THE STREETS & HOUSES BUT IT IS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AS LARGE AS I EXPECTED & ACCORDINGLY, I CHANGED MY PURPOSE. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF IRREGULARITY IN THE STREETS ON THIS SIDE (SOUTH) OF THE RIVER, BUT ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE GROUND IS NEARER LEVEL THE STREETS (AS FAR AS LAID OUT) MORE REGULAR & AS IT IS PREFERABLE FOR RESIDENCES, I THINK IT WILL BE THE MOST INTRESTING PART OF OUR VILLAGE. SOME ARE BUILDING ON THAT SIDE. THE COUNTRY FROM 4 TO 12 MILES AROUND IS OAK OPENINGS & MOSTLY SANDY, AS ABOUT PITTSFORD OR VIENNA BUT I THINK A LESS PRODUCTIVE LIGHTER SOIL. THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION FOR AS THERE ARE NO GOOD FARMERS ON IT, THOSE WHO CLOVER THEIR LAND, IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL--THE CHANCES HERE OF MAKING MONEY TO THOSE WHO HAVE MONEY TO DO WITH ARE INCOMPARABLY GREATER THAN IN YORK STATE. AN ENTERPRISING WIDE-AWAKE MAN WITH CASH IN HAND, WILL DOUBLE HIS PROPERTY HERE IN 4 OR 5 YEARS WITHOUT DOING A STROKE OF WORK. IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER TO HAVE A HORSE & BUGGY & RIDE ABOUT & HUNT & LOOK INTO THE CHANCES FOR SPECULATION, THAN TO DEPEND ON DAY-LABOR. I NOW SPEAK OF THOSE WHO HAVE MONEY TO DO WITH THOUGH NOT A LARGE SUM WOULD BE REALLY NECESSARY. THE PLAN OF GOING TO MICHIGAN, BUYING LAND AND RETURNING IN 2 OR 3 WEEKS, OR MONTHS EVEN, IS A BAD ONE FOR IT AFFORDS NO MEANS OF GETTING ACQUANTED WITH THE LOCAL ADVANTAGES OF LOTS, OR WITH THE CHANCES OF BARGAIN WITH THOSE WHO SEEM NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THEIR IMPROVED FARMS, OR WITH THOSE CASES WHERE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MEN AT A DISTANCE & WHO DO BUSINESS THROUGH CARELESS AGENTS OR (STILL BETTER) WITH THOSE IN EMBARESSED CIRCUMSTANCES. THE TIME FOR BUYING GOVERNMENT LAND IN MICHIGAN TO SPECULATE ON IS PAST, AND A MAN WILL DO BETTER TO SPECULATE ON SECOND HAND PROPERTY IF HE BE WHERE IT IS & GET ACQUAINTED, THAN TO BUY ANY GOVERNMENT LAND ANYWHERE. AS TO HEALTH IN THIS PLACE, I SEE NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEALTHY AS AT PALMYRA (FOR INSTANCE). THE RIVER HAS NICE DRY BANKS & GIVES NO MORE APPEARANCE OF SICKNESS THAN MUD CREEK DOES. THE COUNTRY IS HIGH & DRY & AS FREE FROM SWAMPS & MARSHES AS THE VICINITY OF PALMYRA & MORE SO. THE WOODS HAVE COMPARATIVELY NO LOGS DECAYING IN THEM AND AS THE TREES ARE NOT MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER THAN APPLE TREES IN AN ORCHARD. THE GROUND (WHICH IS BURNT OVER OCCASIONALLY) HAS HARDLY ANY DECAYING LEAVES ON IT. WE GENERALLY GO HUNTING WITH A HORSE & BUGGY, & FIND NO DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING THROUGH THE WOODS ALMOST ANYWHERE ON A SMART TROT. THERE ARE BUSHES IN THE WOODS FROM 2 TO 6 FEET HIGH. BACK OF WHAT I DESCRIBE IS HEAVY TIMBER LAND. .... THE COST OF OUR JOURNEY WAS BETWEEN $65 & $70 INCLUDING BOARD AT PLACES OF DETENTION, STORAGE & CARTAGE OF GOODS, FREIGHT PASSAGE ETC ETC GOODS ABOUT $31. IF WE COULD HAVE FOUND A BOAT AT BUFFALO BOUND FOR GRAND RIVER, WE SHOULD HAVE SAVED A 1/4 OF THE EXPENSE AT LEAST, BUT AS I LOOK BACK, I SEE NO WAY WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER THAN WE DID UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES."----GENEALOGY----WATERWAYS ---SCHOONER "WHIG"----WATERMARK-------3 pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-07-07
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1847-07-07 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--BLACK 30MM CDS--3 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-07-07
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1847-07-07 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--KENT CO.--BLACK 30MM CDS--3 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-07-07
County: Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3