Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."------GENEALOGY------2PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."------GENEALOGY------2PGS----PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT ST. JOSEPH M. T., THEN TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA FROM CHARLY NOBLE AT FRENCHTOWN M.T. ---HE GAVE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO COL. HUNT; THE SCHOONER "GENERAL JACKSON" HAD LANDED AT DETROIT, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFLOAD THE FREIGHT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL; HE RECOMMENDS KEEPING THE FLOUR SHIPPED ON THE SCHOONER AT DETROIT BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED HIGH COST IN THE FUTURE, AND THE DIFFICULTIES FORWARDING IT; HE AND MRS. NOBLE SEND THEIR WISHES TO MRS. MCCOY---MENTIONS MR. METTY, PRICES OF FLOUR AND SALT---GENEALOGY--- 4 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--TOP OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--TOP OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--TOP OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--4 pg--PAGE 4--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINE MONROE---TO MISS AMELIA PHELPS AT PULTNEYVILLE, WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK FROM HER BROTHER AUGUSTUS---RELATES TRAVELS THROUGH NEW YORK TO MICHIGAN WITH WALTER, ---TOOK A POSITION ON A TEAM OF SIX MEN SURVEYING "THE WILDS OF MICHIGAN" DURING WHICH THEIR "FARE WAS VERY HARD HAVING NOTHING BUT PORK AND BREAD AND BEANS TO EAT AND SPICE BUSH TEA TO DRINK"---"WE WERE ABOUT 60 MILES FROM ANY WHITE INHABITANTS HAVING PLENTY OF INDIANS FOR NEIGHBORS" WITH WHOM THEY TRADED FOR SUGAR; SOME WERE FRIENDLY AND SOME THREATENING, BUT NONE HURT THEM---MENTIONS LUKAS, GEORGE AND HIS WIFE, HENRY, HE IS BOARDING WITH THE WHITNEY FAMILY---5 PAGES---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T---BOTTOM PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T----TOP PAGE 1---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. HENRY STANTON AT DETROIT--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY----REGARDING A SHIPMENT OF UNITED STATES CLOTHING FROM PHILADELPHIA, LISTING THE ITEMS AND QUANTITIES, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO SAULT DE STE. MARIE AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY; ALSO BLANKETS MARKED FOR GAYAND, MACKINAC, AND GREEN BAY, WHICH HE BELIEVES WERE INTENDED TO ARRIVE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF NAVIGATION THE PREVIOUS FALL---GENEALOGY----3PGS--------COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.*****W--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. CHAPMAN(HE WAS VILLAGE WARDEN-PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF MACKINAC IN 1846 AND 1849) AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---GIVING GENERAL NEWS OF HIS LIFE---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---"IT IS VERY DOUBTFUL WHETHER I SHALL EVER VISIT MY NATIVE PLACE AGAIN AS I AM GETTING ENCUMBERED WITH A LARGE FAMILY AND THE NATURE OF MY BUSINESS IS SUCH THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO LEAVE IT"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY----2 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. -CHAPMAN AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY----2 PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. CHAPMAN AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY----2 PGS---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----PAGE 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15- $1250 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----PAGE 1----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15 $1250 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN, COR. SEC. OF THE U.D.M.S. CITY OF NEW YORK---AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155-----PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 1-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 3-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T--PPP #7 picture doesn’t work --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT---GENEALOGY 2---FROM JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS AUNT JANE TRIMBLE (U.S GRAVE INDEX, B. AUGUSTA CO. VIRGINIA 1755,D. 1839,FATHER, JAMES ALLEN, CHILD, CYRUS W TRIMBLE) AT HILLSBOROUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO--"THE COUNTRY MODERATELY UNEVEN, OUR RIVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I EVER BEHELD, AND ABOUNDING WITH THE MOST VALUABLE FISH"---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---GENEALOGY---CENSUS--6 PGS---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 ----OPENS WITH "MY MORE THAN MOTHER" AND CONTINUES "WHAT A STATE OF WRETCHEDNESS ANN AND MYSELF HAVE EVER LIVED IN BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTERFERENCE" (REFERENCING JANE TRIMBLE'S HELP IN CONVINCING THE MCCUE FAMILY TO LET ANN GO TO MICHIGAN WITH JOHN ALLEN - COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)---"BUT AS TO MY HAVING THE MOST DISTANT IDEA OF DEFRAUDING ANY ONE, OF THEIR JUST RIGHTS I DENY IT WITH UPLIFTED HANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOST SEARCHING GOD - AND WAS IT NOT MY DEAR AUNT, THAT I HAVE THIS MOST COMFORTABLE ASSURANCE IN MY HEART THE ONE WHO SEEST AND KNOWEST ALL THINGS AND KNOWEST THE INTENTIONS OF HIS CREATURES AND JUDGEST NOT AS MAN JUDGED, I COULD NOT BEAR UP UNDER THE LOSS OF REPUTATION AND EVERY THING THAT A SOCIAL BEING SETS A VALUE ON...I ALSO FEEL CONFIDENT (BY THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE) THAT THE DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT, IN WHICH I SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT I ONLY DETAINED FROM THEM A FEW PENCE TO ENABLE ME TO PAY THEM THE POUNDS"--- "IT IS NOW TWELVE MONTHS SINCE I SETTLED HERE, WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN INHABITANT WITHIN TEN MILES - HOW DIFFERENT IS THE SCENE NOW, IN THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FAMILIES MANY OF WHOM ARE OF THE FIRST RESPECTABILITY, ROADS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, MILLS OF EVERY KIND STARTED, TRADESMEN PUTTING THEIR SHOPS IN OPERATION FOR THE FLOOD OF EMIGRATION THAT IS EXPECTED NEXT SUMMER, FARMERS BUSILY ENGAGED IN FENCING FARMS WHICH NATURE HAS PROVIDED ALREADY CLEARED FOR THEM - IN SHORT IT ALREADY WEARS THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD SETTLED COUNTRY EXCEPT THE WANT OF HOUSES AND BARNS"----DESCRIBES THE LAND AND THEIR HOME---MENTIONS FATHER, MOTHER, ELIZA AND SARAH ANN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE---PAGE 4---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1825-03-18 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO----#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--AHMS 7/2 --REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---I KNOW NOT OF ANOTHER PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN THE TERRITORY EXCEPT AT MACKINAC--A CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED AT PONTIAC ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY BROTHER GOODMAN CONSISTING OF 13 MEMBERS---THE IMMIGRATION TO THIS TERRITORY IS AT PRESENT RAPID & IT IS A MATTER OF JOY & GRATITUDE THAT A GOOD PROPORTION ARE PIOUS OR FRIENDS TO THE REDEEMER'S CAUSE.----I THINK IT PROBABLE THAT WITHIN THE YEAR IT WILL BE ADVISABLE TO ORGANIZE ONE OR TWO OTHER CHURCHES IN THIS COUNTRY.---MACOMB CO. NEEDS A MISSIONARY ---I WILL VISIT RIVER RAISIN---AND DETROIT ALSO NEEDS A MINISTER---BROTHER GOODMAN IS AT BETHANY PA AND WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE---THERE IS ONE BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE TERRITORY & THE ELDER TOLD ME THERE HAD NEVER YET BEEN ANY ONE BAPTIZED IN THIS TERRITORY------TO REV MATTHIAS BRUEN, CITY OF NEW YORK -----GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4------IN FOX SCHMALZRIEDT 1957 AUCTION LOT 121 PRICE $16.50---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION LOT 34 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-03-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4