Title: 1837-05-01 +KENT MICH---KENT CO---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GRAND RAPIDS---FROM A.H. SMITH AT GRAND RAPIDS TO EDWARD P. COUCH AT DURHAM CONN. REGARDING LAND BUSINESS AND MENTIONING IN PART "THIS PLACE...WILL BE A FAMOUS CITY OF THE MIGHTY WEST...THE COUNTY IS FAST FILLING UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GRAND RIVER, FORMERLY OWNED BY THE INDIANS, AND NOW, BY GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT YET SURVEYED, AND THE INHABITANTS SWEAR TO HOLD THE LAND BY PRESCRIPTION..."---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 328 $50 Read More..
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Date: 1837-05-01
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-05-01 +KENT MICH---KENT CO---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---DATELINED GRAND RAPIDS---FROM A.H. SMITH AT GRAND RAPIDS TO EDWARD P. COUCH AT DURHAM CONN. ---HE HAS DISPOSED OF THE PROPERTY OWNED BY EDWARD, SIMEON, AND WALTER TO MR. FOLGERS OF NEW YORK CITY AND INCLUDED THE TERMS; OTHER LAND BUSINESS AND MENTIONING IN PART "THIS PLACE...WILL BE A FAMOUS CITY OF THE MIGHTY WEST...THE COUNTY IS FAST FILLING UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GRAND RIVER, FORMERLY OWNED BY THE INDIANS, AND NOW, BY GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT YET SURVEYED, AND THE INHABITANTS SWEAR TO HOLD THE LAND BY PRESUMPTION, WHICH IS RATHER DOUBTFUL"---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 328 $50 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-01
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-05-02 MARSHALL MICH---CDS---AHMS LETTER--43/482---REV. JOHN D. PIERCE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-02
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-05-03 KALAMAZOO MICH---CDS---AHMS LETTER 88/472---REV. SILAS WOODBURY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-03
County: Kalamazoo
City: Kalamazoo
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-05-09 YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE----ROBERT GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES---PS BY 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)---GFP--BX1--#25----DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1837-05-08--NOTE!!!!--CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPER NEWSPAPER RATE--"I RECEIVED A NEWSPAPER FROM YOU SINCE I WROTE TO YOU. IT WAS CHARGED 25 CENTS. OUR POSTMASTER GAVE IT AS HIS OPINION THAT IT WAS MARKED 25 CENTS WHERE IT WAS MAILED. IT IS AT ALL UNLIKELY THAT THE WRAPPER WAS TAKEN OFF OF IT AND AND WHAT WAS IN IT READ AND THEN PUT ON AGAIN AND THE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE CENTS MARKED ON IT AND A KIND OF WAY BILLSENT ALONG WITH IT. THE PAPER BEFORE THE LAST ONE WAS SIMILARLY MARKED. I HOPE YOU WILL SEND NO MORE PAPERS WITH WRITING ON THEM".---GIVING HIS BROTHER POWER OF ATTORNEY, BUSINESS HE DISLIKES REGARDING THEIR FATHER'S ESTATE---MENTIONS JOHN SAWYER, GRAYDON---GENEALOGY 2---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-09
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-05-10 FORT PLEASANT MICH {1836-1850 NAME CHANGE-LEONIDAS----V7--SAINT JOSEPH CO.--DATELINED LEONIDAS MICH, SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--TO MRS. SALLY (JOSIAH) SMITH AT VOLNEY, OSWEGO COUNTY N.Y. FROM HER BROTHER DARIUS PIERCE AT LEONIDAS---FAMILY NEWS, CROP PRICES, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM FRANKLIN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-10
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-05-10 FORT PLEASANT MICH--V7--SAINT JOSEPH CO.--DATELINED LEONIDAS MICH, SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--1 pg--TOP OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-05-10
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-05-10 FORT PLEASANT MICH--V7--SAINT JOSEPH CO.--DATELINED LEONIDAS MICH, SAINT JOSEPH CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--1 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-05-10
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 7---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 5---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-13 GIRARD MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SHERWOOD---FROM P.P. LEE AT SHERWOOD TO CHARLES W. LEE AT NAPLES NEW YORK---MENTIONS JENIECE, JOSEPH HOLCOMB, AMANDA, JOHN, MR. WOOD, NANCY, MOTHER LEBHURTS, CHARLES, JASON---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, MILL PLANS---7 PAGES---PAGE 6---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-13
County: Branch
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1837-05-20 LAFAYETTE IND. ( In )*****W------TIPPECANOE CO----RED 31MM CDS & MS 20 RATE-----TO B.L. MORRIS, CASHIER, STATE BANK OF INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA-------ABOUT A PAYMENT OF R. & B.R. MARTIN, AND PAYMENT DUE TO SALLY CHAPIN-----FROM JAMES WHITE, CASHIER, BRANCH, STATE BANK OF INDIANA, LAFAYETTE, INDIANA----FINANCIAL-----GENEALOGY------1pg----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-20
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-05-20 LAFAYETTE IND. ( In )***W------TIPPECANOE CO----RED 31MM CDS & MS 20 RATE-----TO B.L. MORRIS, CASHIER, STATE BANK OF INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA-------ABOUT A PAYMENT OF R. & B.R. MARTIN, AND PAYMENT DUE TO SALLY CHAPIN-----FROM JAMES WHITE, CASHIER, BRANCH, STATE BANK OF INDIANA, LAFAYETTE, INDIANA-----GENEALOGY------1pg----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-05-20
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-05-23 FARMINGTON MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--160/513---REV. GEORGE EASTMAN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-23
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-05-28 LANESVILLE MICH --#MANUSCRIPT--(NAME CHANGED TO HUDSON)---AHMS LETTER 80/481--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-05-28
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-06-05 MT. CLEMENS MICH ---AHMS LETTER 254/521 --- PAGE 1 --Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-05
County: Macomb
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-05 MT CLEMENS---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 254/521 ---REV. R.S. CRAMPTON---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-05
County: Macomb
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-05 MT. CLEMENS MICH ---AHMS LETTER 254/521--- PAGE 2 ---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-05
County: Macomb
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-18---DETROIT MICH----CDS---*AHMS LETTER 243/499---REV. E.P. HASTINGS---DOUBLE RATE---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-06-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-06-19 DETROIT MICH (DATELINED)--BUFFALO NY (1ST POSTAL PORT)--BLUE 22X31 MM OVAL CDS--TO ARTHUR BRONSON AT NEW YORK FROM JAMES B. MURRAY AT DETROIT---A.G. ELLIS HAS ARRIVED BACK IN DETROIT ON HIS WAY HOME FROM NEW YORK, AND TOMORROW THEY SHALL PROCEED IN THE STEAM BOAT "COLUMBUS" ROUND THE LAKES; ELLIS HAS TWO NOTES OF RICHARD ALLEN'S, ENDORSED BY WILLIAM P. HALLETT; MENTIONS JUDGE EDWARDS; "ELLIS SAYS EVERYTHING IS VERY FLAT IN WISCONSIN"---GENEALOGY---2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-19 DETROIT MICH (DATELINED)--BUFFALO NY (1ST POSTAL PORT)--BLUE 22X31 MM OVAL CDS--2 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-06-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-19 DETROIT MICH (DATELINED)--BUFFALO NY (1ST POSTAL PORT)--BLUE 22X31 MM OVAL CDS--2 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-06-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-06-22 ANN ARBOR MICH--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---RED CDS AND RED MS 25--AHMS# 308/478--DATELINED SYLVAN--REV H.ROOT--WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 215--WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT#131---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-06-22 ANN ARBOR MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--CDS----LETTER--308/ Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1837-06-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-06-22 ANN ARBOR MICH***--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--RED CDS--AHMS LETTER 308/478--DATELINED SYLVAN--REV H.ROOT--WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 215--WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT#131---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-06-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7