Title: 1832-07-18 YPSILANTI M T---PAGE 1---CHOLERA--FROM MARK NORRIS(BLACK HISTORY) AT YPSILANTI TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR PORTER OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT--SIR, I AM INFORMED BY JOHN NORVELL P.M. AT DETROIT THAT THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY CHARGES PREFERENCE TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AGAINST OUR CITIZENS FOR ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A QUARANTINE AS A PREVENTATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHOLERA AMONG US-- AND I AM PUT DOWN AS AN AIDER OR ABETTOR IN WHAT HE CALLS VIOLENT OUTRAGES BECAUSE I DO NOT PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS. I AM NOT PROPOSED TO SANCTION OR CONDEM THE DOINGS OF OUR CITIZENS. I AM NOT THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE WHOM THEY ARE TO BE TRIED AND IF I WOULD RESERVE MY DECISION UNTIL I HAVE HEARD BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. I WOULD THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A COPY OF THE CHARGES AND AFFIDAVITS PREPARED AGAINST OUR CITIZENS AND ME AMOUNG THE REST IF I AM NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS. I SHOULD HAVE COME TO TOWN TODAY- BUT I MUST DELAY IT A FEW DAYS, IN THE MEAN TIME I HOPE YOUR EXCELLENCY WILL FAVOR US WITH A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT,AS IT IS ASKED IN BEHALF OF A RESPECTABLE NUMBER OF CITIZENS.-- VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS, MARK NORRIS--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1832-07-18
County: Washtenaw , Wayne
City: Detroit , Ypsilanti
Category: Black History , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1832-07-18 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK--BLACK HISTORY LETTER----CHOLERA--FROM MARK NORRIS (1850,60 US CENSUS, FIND A GRAVE, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SHERIFF OF YPSILANTI MICH, MILLER, REAL ESTATE BROKER, FATHER, BENJAMIN NORRIS, MOTHER, LUCY KETTRIDGE, DESCENDANT OF DAVID NORRIS WHO ENLISTED IN 1776 IN BENJAMIN SIAS' COMPANY, COL. DAVID GILMAN'S NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT; ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON, B. VERMONT 16 FEB 1796, D. 6 MAY 1862, SPOUSE, ROCENNA B. NORRIS{1798-27 OCT 1876},CHILDREN, ELVIRA NORRIS FOLLETT, LYMAN DECATUR NORRIS) AT YPSILANTI TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR PORTER OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT--SIR, I AM INFORMED BY JOHN NORVELL P.M. AT DETROIT THAT THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY CHARGES PREFERENCE TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AGAINST OUR CITIZENS FOR ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A QUARANTINE AS A PREVENTATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHOLERA AMONG US-- AND I AM PUT DOWN AS AN AIDER OR ABETTOR IN WHAT HE CALLS VIOLENT OUTRAGES BECAUSE I DO NOT PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS. I AM NOT PROPOSED TO SANCTION OR CONDEMN THE DOINGS OF OUR CITIZENS. I AM NOT THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE WHOM THEY ARE TO BE TRIED AND IF I WOULD RESERVE MY DECISION UNTIL I HAVE HEARD BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. I WOULD THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A COPY OF THE CHARGES AND AFFIDAVITS PREPARED AGAINST OUR CITIZENS AND ME AMONG THE REST IF I AM NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS. I SHOULD HAVE COME TO TOWN TODAY- BUT I MUST DELAY IT A FEW DAYS, IN THE MEAN TIME I HOPE YOUR EXCELLENCY WILL FAVOR US WITH A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT,AS IT IS ASKED IN BEHALF OF A RESPECTABLE NUMBER OF CITIZENS.-- VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS, MARK NORRIS---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY 3---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 188---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-07-18
County: Washtenaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Ypsilanti
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1832-07-21 TECUMSEH M T --#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--AHMS LETTER 381/201---DATELINED ANN ARBOR---REV. J. LEE-- GENEALOGY---3PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1832-07-21
County: Lenawee , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor , Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-07-26 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT AND FREE FRANK TO THE POSTMASTER AND COUNTY CLERK JAMES ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR M T ----LISTING A MARRIAGE TO BE REGISTERED IN COUNTY RECORDS---BETWEEN JAMES STOCKDALE & CATHERINE DICKINSON--FROM THE ALLEN PAPERS BOX 1 FOLDER 1----GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN- N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-07-26
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1832-08-04 MONROE M T --#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER---369/216---REV. P.W. WARRINER-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 28 Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-04
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-04 MONROE M T ---AHMS LETTER 369/216--- PAGE 1 --Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-04
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-04 MONROE M T ---AHMS LETTER 369/216--- PAGE 2-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-04
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-05 MONROE M T --#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED BLISSFIELD---AHMS LETTER--382/202---REV. J. LEE AT BLISSFIELD--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-05
County: Lenawee , Monroe , , , , , ,
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-05 MONROE M T ---AHMS LETTER 382/202--- PAGE 1--- DATELINE BLISSFIELD-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-05
County: Lenawee , Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-05 MONROE M T ---AHMS LETTER 382/202--- PAGE 2--- DATELINE BLISSFIELD-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-05
County: Lenawee , Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-05 MONROE M T ---AHMS LETTER 382/202--- PAGE 3--- DATELINE BLISSFIELD-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-05
County: Lenawee , Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-08 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO--RED CDS & RED MS 25 RATE--TO WALTER HUBBIL AT CANANDAIGIA NY FROM HARVY STULE AT DETROIT---NEWS OF FAMILY; CAPT. PECK OF BLOOMFIELD HAS SETTLED THERE AND IS HIS NEIGHBOR; AUTHORIZES HIM TO SETTLE WITH MORRIS AND SEYMOUR NUSTON---GENEALOGY---3 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-08
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-08 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO--RED CDS & RED MS 25 RATE--3 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-08
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-08 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO--RED CDS & RED MS 25 RATE--3 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-08
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-08 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO--RED CDS & RED MS 25 RATE--3 pg--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1832-08-08
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-16 +SARANAC M T---BERRIEN CO---V8---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 18 3/4 RATE---DATELINED NEWBERRY POST---FROM BENJAMIN C. HOYT AT NEWBERRY POST TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE P. PORTER AT DETROIT BEING HIS RESIGNATION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERRIEN---GENEALOGY---2PGS----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 96 $330---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-16 +SARANAC M T---BERRIEN CO---V8---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 18 3/4 RATE---DATELINED NEWBERRY POST---FROM BENJAMIN C. HOYT AT NEWBERRY POST TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE P. PORTER AT DETROIT BEING HIS RESIGNATION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERRIEN---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 96 $330---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-16 +SARANAC M T---BERRIEN CO---V8---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 18 3/4 RATE---DATELINED NEWBERRY POST---FROM BENJAMIN C. HOYT AT NEWBERRY POST TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE P. PORTER AT DETROIT BEING HIS RESIGNATION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERRIEN---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 1----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 96 $330---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-16 SARANAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED NEWBERRY POST---FROM BENJAMIN C. HOYT AT NEWBERRY POST TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE P. PORTER AT DETROIT BEING HIS RESIGNATION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERRIEN---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1832-08-16 SARANAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED NEWBERRY POST---FROM BENJAMIN C. HOYT AT NEWBERRY POST TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE P. PORTER AT DETROIT BEING HIS RESIGNATION AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERRIEN---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1832-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1832-08-23 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT--FROM HARRIS SEYMOUR AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS SON, J.C.W. SEYMOUR AT PITTSFIELD MASS---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---MENTIONS MR. NEWTON, MR. CHARLES, MR. COLE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1832-08-23 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE----AHMS LETTER--492/179---REV. JOHN BEACH---IN ROBERT SIEGEL 1982 AUCTION LOT 54--SALE PRICE $55--- GENEALOGY---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-23 ANN ARBOR M T--AHMS LETTER 492/179---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 8/20/1832---PAGE 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-23 ANN ARBOR M T ---AHMS LETTER 492/179---DATELINED 8/20/1832----PAGE 2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-24 EDWARDSBURGH M.T. --#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 499/195---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV. LUTHER HUMPHREY AT BEARDSLEY PRAIRIE---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-24
County: Cass
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1832-08-25 DETROIT M T --CDS--1ST USE OF ARCH PAID---DATELINED ROMEO---AHMS LETTER 488/213---REV LUTHER SHAW---IN COLE'S "VOICES FROM THE WILDERNESS PAGE 245-----GENEALOGY----1PG---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-25
County: Macomb , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1832-08-30 MARSHALL M T----MAILED AT MADISON NEW YORK---AHMS LETTER 531/205---DATELINED MARSHALL M T---REV JOHN D PIERCE---HIS OWN WIFE IS ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF CHOLERA---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-30
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-30 MADISON NEW YORK M T ---AHMS LETTER 531/205 ---PAGE 2-- DATELINE MARSHALL -- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-30
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-08-30 MADISON NEW YORK M T ---AHMS LETTER 531/205 --- PAGE 1 --DATELINE MARSHALL-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-08-30
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1832-09-06 YPSILANTI M T --#MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---BHL-GFP--BX1--#11--GENEALOGY 2---COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POSTMASTER AND BEING ASKED TO PAY DOUBLE POSTAGE---DISCUSSES THEIR FATHER'S DEATH AND WILL---MARIA AND ROBERT'S SON WAS BORN ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST---THE VILLAGES OF YPSILANTI AND ANN ARBOR SENT OUT AN ARMED GUARD TO TURN BACK PEOPLE FLEEING CHOLERA IN DETROIT. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE GUARD "THINKING THAT THE REMEDY WAS WORSE THAN THE EVIL WHETHER IT IS INDIANS OR CHOLERA"---THE INDIANS AND THE CHOLERA STOPPED EMIGRATIONS IN JULY AND AUGUST, BUT IT HAS STARTED AGAIN---MENTIONS ROBERT, ISABEL, AUNT MOLLY, JANE, JAMES, JOHN, DANIEL, ---REPORTS ON THE WEATHER AND CROPS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1832
Date: 1832-09-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3