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Title: 1804-09-28 THE LIFE OF ALPHEUS FELCH-----GENEALOGY------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1804
Date: 1804-09-28
County: Monroe , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor , Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1805-02-10 +DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--GENEALOGY 9---FROM MATT. ERNEST AT DETROIT TO JOHN WILKINS JR. AT PITTSBURGH---DISCUSSING PAYMENTS--STEWART'S AGAINST CHAPMAN, MESSRS. ABBOTT, FRANCIS SHORAN, CHRISTOPHER BROWN; FAMILY NEWS OF KITTY AND WILBUR---GENEALOGY---1 pg---HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 19 $800---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-02-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1805-05-23 DETROIT INDIANA TERRITORY---#MANUSCRIPT RED CANCEL & RED MS FREE F BATES P.M.-----TO FR. BATES AT PITTSBURGH, P.A.-----FROM FREDERICK BATES AT DETROIT-----CONCERNING THE POLITICS TAKING PLACE WHEN MICHIGAN TERRITORY WAS CREATED. GOV. WILLIAM HULL ARRIVED JULY 1, 1805 IN COMPANY WITH SECRETARY GRISWOLD. JUDGE WOODWARD HAD ARRIVED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. JUDGE BATES WAS ALREADY IN RESIDENCE. HULL HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN HIS OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ON JULY 1, 1805 HE ADMINISTERED THE OATH TO THE TWO JUDGES AND THE TERRITORY SECRETARY. MICHIGAN TERRITORY FORMALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE ON JULY 1, 1805. FOLLOWING A STATEMENT REGARDING MR JEFFERSON, BATES WRITES---BUT HULL LIVES ON A PARALLEL OF LATITUDE------MENTIONS HENRY BALDWIN, WILKINSON, DODERMEED, ERNEST---GENEALOGY 5---3 PGS----COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 55 $3500 - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-05-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL TO HER SISTER WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE-------GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56----3 PGS--PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL AT DETROIT TO HER SISTER ELIZA MCLELLEN AT PORTLAND, CARE OF ISAAC MCLELLEN---WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE----MENTIONS MR. WHIPPLE, REBECCA, MR. CLARK, ABRAHAM---"IT MAY BE USEFUL IN A PECUNIARY POINT OF VIEW, BUT A PERSON WHO HAS FORMED AN ATTACHMENT FOR SOCIETY MUST FEEL A MST DISMAL VOID IN THIS PLACE, HAD I THE CHOICE OF A PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN MY POWER THIS PLACE WOULD BE THE LAST, THIS OBSERVATION ARISES MERELY FROM THE SOCIETY, THE COUNTRY HAS MANY NATURAL CHARMS"---GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56 $1850----3 PGS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T----MANSCRIPT---COVER ORIGINATES AT NEW YORK CITY,SENT TO DETROIT,FORWARDED BACK TO NYC----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 36---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--- #MANUSCRIPT--ORIGINALLY MAILED FROM NEW YORK ON 1805-08-24---DATELINED 1805-08-22----TO ALEXANDER THOMPSON C/O CAPT. EARNEST AT DETROIT----THEN FORWARDED FROM DETROIT M T BACK TO NEW YORK WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 CENT CHARGE= TOTAL 50 CENTS---FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN THOMPSON----MENTIONS THE DESTRUCTION OD DETROIT, AND HE IS GLAD ALL OF THEIR GOODS WERE NOT THERE---JOSHEY ARRIVED AT SAVANNAH---GENEALOGY 2----2PG----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1806-09-05 DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----RED STRAIGHTLINE STAMPED CANCEL--NOT WELL DEFINED---& MS DAY, MONTH & BROWN MS 50----TO ETHANAH WATSON ESQ., COURT STREET NUMBER 83, ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.---& MS FORWARDED BY WILLIAM JONES----FROM JOHN WATSON--DETROIT 25TH AUGUST, 1806, DEAR AUNT, BY ACCIDENT I FORGOT TO ENCLOSE MISS HULLS LETTER IN MY LETTER, SO YOU HAVE HEREIN MR JONES WHO TAKES CHARGE OF THIS...HERE...----GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 57 $450 Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-09-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1806-09-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--------RED STRAIGHT LINE POSTMARK AND BLACK MS 50 FOR DOUBLE RATE---FROM J. WATSON AT DETROIT TO HIS AUNT, ADDRESSED TO ELKANAH WATSON AT ALBANY---HE HAS ENCLOSED A LETTER FOR MISS HULL---MR. JONES HAS RESIDED HERE AS A MERCHANT, AND CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION SHE DESIRES---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-09-25
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1806-10-05 DETROIT M T---XMANUSCRIPT--IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 37---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-10-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1806-11-20 DETROIT M T--FIRST FEDERAL-PERIOD---RED STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP USED IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY---USED FOR 3 TO 4 MONTHS BUT FOUND UNSATISFACTORY--1 OF 2 RECORDED EXAMPLES----TO ETHANAH WATSON AT ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN WATSON AT DETROIT--DEAR UNCLE, PRAY DO NOT ABANDON MY OBJECT RELATIVE TO A PRINTER HERE----MENTIONS MR CADWELL, MR MORRIS, & MR PARKER----GENEALOGY 5---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 58 $1500---GENEALOGY----1 PAGE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-11-20
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Fancy Cancels , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1806-11-20 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1806-11-20---DETROIT---FIRST FEDERAL-PERIOD STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP USED IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY---USED FOR 3 TO 4 MONTHS BUT FOUND UNSATISFACTORY--1 OF 2 RECORDED EXAMPLES---BOTTOM---DETROIT M T--1807-05-02---#MANUSCRIPT AND STAMPED FREE---TO HENRY DEARBORN Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-11-20
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1807-05-02 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK--LT.HENRY B BREVOORT---TO HENRY DEARBORN WHILE HE WAS SECRETARY OF WAR AT WASHINGTON CITY---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY 2--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-05-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1807-05-09 DETROIT M.T. WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS FREE--TO HENRY DEARBORN AT WASHINGTON CITY WHILE SECRETARY OF WAR--COVER ONLY--DOCKETING NOTES THE LETTER IS FROM DANIEL BAKER RELATIVE TO EMPLOYING AN ARMOURER AT $30 MONTH---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-05-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1807-08-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE--FROM WILLIAM HULL AT DETROIT TO FREDERICK BATES, SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY OF UPPER LOUISIANA AT ST.LOUIS---ENCLOSING A LETTER TO FREDERICK BATES---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-08-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1807-12-07 WASHINGTON CITY----D.C.----BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS WAR DEPARTMENT, & AUTOGRAPH OF HENRY DEARBORN----FREE FRANK----TO WILLIAM LENNARD AT PHILADELPHIA, PENN-----HENRY DEARBORN-1751-1829, AMERICAN GENERAL,AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812, SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER JEFFERSON, MARCH 1801, ORDERED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POST CALLED FORT DEARBORN AT WHAT IS NOW CHICAGO.---WAR DEPARTMENT- HENRY DEARBORN, DECEMBER 15, 1807, SIR YOUR LETTER OF THE 12 INST. IS BEFORE ME. MY OBSERVATIONS TO WHICH YOU ALLUDE, WERE INTENDED TO APPLY TO FIELD PIECES MERELY, AND NOT TO HEAVY CANNON. YOU WILL PLEASE TO FURNISH DOCTOR HUNTER WITH THE SALT PETRE CASKS MENTIONED. I AM VERY RESPECTFULLY, SIR YOUR OB. SERVANT, H. DEARBORN-----GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 7 $400 - N Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-12-07
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War , War of 1812
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1808-08-27 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE--TO FREDERIC BATES AT ST. LOUIS FROM STANLEY GRISWOLD AT DETROIT---DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE HANDBILLS; MENTIONS THE MEASURES OF MESSRS. HULL AND WOODWARD; WILL BE LEAVING THE TERRITORY AND HAS SETTLED WITH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ALL OWED TO THE U.S. AS COLLECTOR; THE PROPERTY HE HELD HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO JAMES ABBOTT; NEWS OF THE FAMILY; HE WILL BE SAILING TO NEW CONNECTICUT IN THE STATE OF OHIO---HIS ELDEST SON LEFT TO JOIN THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, STATE OF NEW YORK, AS A CADET IN THE REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY; MRS. GRISWOLD AND HIS YOUNGEST SON ARE VISITING FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND---GENEALOGY----2 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1808
Date: 1808-08-27
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1809-09-06 DETROIT M T----DESTINATION----FROM NORWICH----TO COL. JACOB KINGSBURY, DETROIT M T---FROM ASA SPAULDING REGARDING MONEY MATTERS----KINGSBURY WAS THE AMERICAN COMMANDING OFFICER IN DETROIT-1809-1811-----GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 61 $150 Read More..
Year: 1809
Date: 1809-09-06
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1809-11-30 TO DETROIT M.T.--FORT DETROIT--1809 ARMY MAIL--HISTORICAL CONTENTS--DATELINE FRANKLIN---FROM BENJAMIN ELLIS AT FRANKLIN TO COL. JACOB KINGSBURY AT FORT DETROIT---"WE HAVE NEITHER NEWS NOR PROSPECTS OF WAR WITH ENGLAND"; DISMISSAL OF JAMES WILKINSON FROM COMMAND OF THE ARMY; "WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT HONEST MEN GET THE TRUTH JEFFERSON, BURR, WILKINSON, WILKINSON, BURR, JEFFERSON"; GIVE HIS LOVE TO SALLY AND CHILDREN---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1809
Date: 1809-11-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-02-16 DETROIT M.T.--TO PETER PORTER FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT---REGARDING DETROIT GARRISON AND INDIAN ABSTRACTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND CHICAGO ABSTRACTS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY---ADVISES THEY SHOULD IMPORT FLOUR FROM CANADA TO FULFILL THEIR NEEDS, AS HE HAS ALREADY SECURED ALL THAT IS LOCALLY AVAILABLE---MENTIONS GOVERNOR HULL---NATIVE AMERICANS---GENEALOGY---2 pgs AND TRANSCRIPT--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-02-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 10

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK--TO PETER PORTER AT CONGRESS--WASHINGTON---FROM DAVID BEARD-DETROIT--BY SOME COMMUNICATIONS LATELY RECEIVED AT THIS PLACE WE PERCEIVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ESTABLISH A GARRISON AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. I BELIEVE THAT A PORT AND CUSTOM HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER ON GREEN BAY WOULD BE OF USE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLECTING DUTIES ON VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS THAT ARE SMUGGLED IN THERE YEARLY BY THE BRITISH MERCHANTS I ALSO BELIEVE A FACTORY AT THAT PLACE WOULD DO MORE THAN MACKINAC AND CHICAGO TOGETHER. ..AND HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED HIGH UP THE MISSISSIPPI BY AN EASIER ROUTE THAN THE OTHER....GENEALOGY---1 PG--PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 18---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $500 - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK--TO PETER PORTER AT CONGRESS--WASHINGTON---FROM DAVID BEARD-DETROIT--BY SOME COMMUNICATIONS LATELY RECEIVED AT THIS PLACE WE PERCEIVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ESTABLISH A GARRISON AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. I BELIEVE THAT A PORT AND CUSTOM HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER ON GREEN BAY WOULD BE OF USE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLECTING DUTIES ON VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS THAT ARE SMUGGLED IN THERE YEARLY BY THE BRITISH MERCHANTS I ALSO BELIEVE A FACTORY AT THAT PLACE WOULD DO MORE THAN MACKINAC AND CHICAGO TOGETHER. ..AND HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED HIGH UP THE MISSISSIPPI BY AN EASIER ROUTE THAN THE OTHER....GENEALOGY---1 PG--PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 18---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $500 - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT TO THE HONORABLE PETER B. PORTER IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON---MR ERWIN HAS FORWARDED A NUMBER OF CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. WHISTLOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER AFFAIRS AT CHICAGO WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE CAUSE OF CAPT. WHISTLORS REMOVAL.--DANIEL BAKER WISHES YOUR INFLUENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT COMMAND FOR HIM---YOUR BROTHER WOULD BE PLEASED WITH SUCH A COMMANDING OFFICER AT THAT FORT---HE WISHES THEIR MIGHT BE ONE COMPANY OF HIS REGIMENT STATIONED THERE AND ONE AT MACKINAC---IF YOU CAN PREVAIL ON THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACCEPT THE PLAN IT WILL BE PLEASING TO THE CAPT. AS WELL AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COMMAND--GENEALOGY 7---SIGNED WILKINSON, EWING, HICKENASE, W DOUGAL, LT. SMITH----2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-04-23 DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----DESTINATION FROM NORWICH, STATE ?-----TO COL. JACOB KINGSBURY AT DETROIT MICH---DATELINED FRANKLIN----FAMILY LETTER FROM CHARLES ELLIS-----GENEALOGY 2-----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 62 Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-04-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1810-11-16 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25----TO MRS ISAAC McLELLAN - ELIZA MCLELLAN - AT MAIDSTONE, ESSEX CO, VERMONT----FROM HER SISTER MARIA HULL AT DETROIT M T----PAPA HAS DECIDED TO VISIT HIS FRIENDS IN THE STATES THE NEXT SEASON, SHOULD HE RECEIVE HIS APPOINTMENT FOR THIS GOVERNMENT ANOTHER THREE YEARS- THAT WILL BE DECIDED IN MARCH AND MOST CERTAINLY GO IF HE IS NOT APPOINTED. PAPA ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH AND SPIRITS- HE HAS PURCHASED A FARM THREE MILES FROM OUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE- FROM THAT HE GETS ALL THE PRODUCE FOR OUR FAMILY AT A MUCH CHEAPER RATE THAN BY PURCHASING THOSE THINGS ARE VERY DEAR IN THIS COUNTRY- BESIDES IT BEING AN AMUSEMENT AND VERY PROMOTING HIS HEALTH- YOU KNOW HE IS VERY FOND OF FARMING, AND THINKS THE LIFE OF A FARMER THE HAPPIEST IN THE WORLD- HE GOT HIS FARM VERY CHEAP-INDEED FOR ALMOST NOTHING---MENTIONS JUDGE MASTERS, MR. CLARKE, MRS. HUCHINSON--- HULL RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT MENTIONED MARCH 1, 1811, AND LEFT 1811-10-01 FOR THE EAST. HE RETURNED TO DETROIT AS BRIGADIER GENERAL JULY 5, 1812 AND LEFT JULY 12 FOR UPPER CANADA. HE RETURNED TO DETROIT AUGUST 11, 1812 AND FEARING FOR THE LIVES AT DETROIT, HE FELT FORCED TO CEDE THE TERRITORY BY CAPITULATION TO THE BRITISH ON AUGUST 16, 1812.---GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 63 $1300 - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-11-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1811-01-28 DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO----DESTINATION-----TO COL. JACOB KINGSBURY, FORT DETROIT, MICH TERR----FROM HIS UNCLE JAMES ELLIS, REGARDING BUSINESS AND FAMILY-----GENEALOGY 2---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 64 $180 Read More..
Year: 1811
Date: 1811-01-28
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1811-08-02 +DETROIT M T-----WAYNE CO-----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, MERCHANT, NEW YORK-----FROM E. BUSH----ABOUT BUSINESS-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 12 Read More..
Year: 1811
Date: 1811-08-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1812-03-31 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1812-03-31---DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---AT THE START OF THE WAR OF 1812---BOTTOM---1813-11-21---DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DETROIT WAS RE-OCCUPIED ON 1813-09-29---WAR ENDED 1814-12-24 Read More..
Year: 1812
Date: 1812-03-31
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1812-03-31 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT----IMPORTANT LETTER "ENSIGN CURTIS ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT AT GARRISON OF DETROIT" JUST PRIOR TO BRITISH OCCUPATION---HE REPORTED TO CAPT. WHISTLER WHO GAVE HIM QUARTERS IN THE FORT---NOTES HIS NAME HAS BEEN MISSPELLED IN THE PUBLICATION OF APPOINTMENTS---IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 38--FROM DANIEL CURTIS AT DETROIT TO COL. JOSEPH KINGSBURY AT NORWICH CONNECTICUT---3 PAGES---GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1812
Date: 1812-03-31
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1812-03-31 DETROIT M T--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---IMPORTANT LETTER "ENSIGN CURTIS ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT AT GARRISON OF DETROIT" JUST PRIOR TO BRITISH OCCUPATION---IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 38---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
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Date: 1812-03-31
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0