Ernies Michigan

Title: 1820-12-16 +DETROIT M T---RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK WITH MATCHING FREE---FREE FRANK---FROM ROBERT IRWIN AT DETROIT TO CALLENDER IRVINE AT PHILADELPHIA MENTIONING THE NEED FOR CLOTHING, SHOES, STOCKINGS ETC FOR THE 3RD REGIMENT WITH MENTION OF FORT DEARBORN AND FORT HOWARD AS WELL AS "MAJOR STOCKTON IS ANXIOUS TO KNOW THE REASONS WHY THE GARRISON FLAG AND BEDSACKS HE REQUESTED WERE NOT FORWARDED..."---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS/HAYES 2017 LOT 20-(2013 LOT 24 $200) - N Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-12-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1821-04-10 FRENCHTOWN M T--NAME CHANGED FROM RAISIN RIVER--TO BECOME MONROE---#MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK---FREE FRANK---TO GOVERNOR LEWIS CASS AT DETROIT--POSTMASTER CHARLES J LANMAN---REGARDING A PETITION FROM THE CITIZENS OF MONROE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SHERIFF---GENEALOGY---1 PAGE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-04-10
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1821-04-10 FRENCH TOWN M T--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 62---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year:
Date: 1821-04-10
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-04-10 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1821-04-10 FRENCHTOWN M T(NAME CHANGED TO MONROE 1824-07-24)--LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEWIS CASS--POSTMASTER CHARLES J LANMAN--ROUTE-FRENCHTOWN-DETROIT--1821-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--TO WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-04-10
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-05-12 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---6 PAGE LETTER WRITTEN IN FRENCH--CARE OF WILLIAM HANOS POSTMASTER AT SANDWICH AND J. ABBOTT POSTMASTER AT DETROIT---TO REV. CHARLES T. SEIDEL AT BETHLEHEM, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA FROM LUCKENBACH AT NEW FAIRFIELD---DATELINE NEW FAIRFIELD---5 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1821-05-31 +DETROIT M T----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & MS 25 RATE---COVER ONLY--FROM REV JOHN MONTEITH----TO REV L.L. WOODHULL---CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN BIBLE SOCIETY WITH THANKS FOR RECEIPT OF THE DONATION TO THAT SOCIETY. PROGRESS MADE IN SUPPLYING MACKINAW AND GREEN BAY WITH THE SCRIPTURES----GENEALOGY---COVER AND DOCKETING NOTES ONLY----PRIVATELY OWNED ERNIE'S COLLECTION $350 Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-31
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-06-01 DETROIT M T---VERY RARE RATE--RED OVAL CDS--2 OZ. RATE, $2.00---COVER ONLY--CARE OF J. ABBOTT POSTMASTER AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-06-30 +DETROIT M.T.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND RED MS 18 3/4 RATE--COVER ONLY--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT FORT WAYNE, I.T. (AFTER INDIANA STATEHOOD) FROM G. HUNT AT DETROIT---ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 16 $95----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-06-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-07-05 DETROIT M.T.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND RED STAMPED FREE RATE--TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS JESUP, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL AT WASHINGTON FROM JAMES MCCLOSKY AT DETROIT---DRAFT FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM CAPT. J.B. BRANT---GENEALOGY----1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-07-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1821-12-29 DETROIT M T---RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK AND RED FREE---FROM LEWIS CASS, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, AT DETROIT TO WILLIAM LEE ESQ, 2ND AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY AT WASHINGTON, REGARDING ADVANCES OF MR. BOYD, THE INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC; [ COLONEL GEORGE BOYD{ 1779-1846} RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT OF INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC DECEMBER 17, 1818, FATHER, ARCHIBALD BOYD, MOTHER ANN BOYD, SPOUSE, HARRIET BOYD, CHILDREN, ARCHIBALD BOYD, JOSHIA JOHNSON BOYD, LT. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BOYD, THOMAS ALEXANDER BOYD, GEORGE BOYD JR., LT. JAMES MADISIN BOYD, ROBERT DUNDASS BOYD, CATHERINE ANN HAMILTON, WILLIAM HENRY CRAWFORD BOYD], ALSO MENTIONS MR. BARGER---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 25 $165 - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-12-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1822-01-04 MT CLEMENS M T--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT--NEW YEARS POEM--EARLIEST KNOWN TOWN CANCEL--FROM POET AND LAWYER SAMUEL BELLAMY BEACH AT MOUNT CLEMENS MICH TO HIS WIFE RUTH ANN BEACH AND SON CHARLES G BEACH AT NEW HARTFORD, ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK CARE OF ASHBEL BEACH ESQ.---RELATES WHERE HE WILL BE AT COURT IN THE COMING MONTH; MR. AND MRS. BYRNES, WHO FORMERLY KEPT TAVERN AT OSWEGO, HAVE MOVED TO MT. CLEMENS WITH THEIR FAMILY---GENEALOGY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-01-04
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1822-01-19 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL & MS 25 RATE & "ADV" (ADVERTISED)----TO JOSEPH COOVERT, OVID, SENECA CO, N.Y.-----FROM R. UPDIKE AT DETROIT-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 26 $95 Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-01-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-05-02 DETROIT M T----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 40----PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-05-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-07-12 +FRENCHTOWN M T-----MONROE CO---V9----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 (X2) & MS PER MAIL----TO MR JOSEPH NAVARRE, BARDSTOWN, AU SEMINAIRE ST. JOSEPH, KENTUCKY----IN FRENCH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-07-12
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-10-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS--AND RED STAMPED FREE AND BLACK MS ON SERVICE--TO COL. NATHAN TOWSEND, PAYMASTER GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY AT WASHINGTON FROM DAVID GWYNNE--HE HAS BEEN ILL AND UNABLE TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTIES TO PAY THE TROOPS----GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-10-25
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1822-11-22 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1822-11-22---DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---FREE FRANK OF SOLOMON SIBLEY, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY (1819-1823)---BOTTOM---1826-02-03---DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---SHIP LETTER RATE Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-11-22
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-11-22 DETROIT M T--OVAL CDS--FREE FRANK OF SOLOMON SIBLEY, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY(1819-1823)---FROM SOLOMON SIBLEY AT DETROIT TO JOHN ELLIOT HUNT AT FORT MEIGS MIAMI RAPIDS OHIO---REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF AN ESTATE---MENTIONS MR. NOBLES, THE WIDOW OF COL.JOHN WHIPPLE OF DETROIT, COL. JONATHON ANDREWS, MR. KNAGGS, DOCTOR BROWN----5 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-11-22
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1823-03-21 DETROIT M.T.--RED OVAL CDS--TO ADJ. GENERAL NOURSE AT WASHINGTON FROM CAPT. R. LANBURGER, 2ND REG. AT DETROIT---REQUESTING A FURLOUGH TO NEW YORK FOR LT. SHEEL; ALSO MENTIONS COL. HINDMAN AND GEN. BOWEN---GENEALOGY---3 pgs--COURTESY OF MICHIGAN 4 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-03-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1823-04-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1823-04-18 FORT CRAWFORD(PRAIRIE DU CHENE)M T /WISCONSIN--HELD TILL SPRING--CDS 1823-04-18--DATELINED 1823-01-14--FORT CRAWFORD WAS BUILT IN 1816 ON THE SITE OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE POST OFFICE FOR THE FORT PRIOR TO 1823-12-06(OPENING OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN POST OFFICE) WAS ST LOUIS VIA MILITARY COURIER OR RIVERBOAT.--EARLIEST KNOWN POSTMARKED LETTER FROM WISCONSIN AS MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN PRIVATE HANDS.--BOTTOM--1827-10-21 FORT CRAWFORD M T--LETTER HANDED DIRECTLY TO CAPTAIN OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT AND COVERED MAIL AT ST LOUIS ON 1827-11-15 FOR FORWARDING TO WASHINGTON CITY--ONLY KNOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT LETTER FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-04-18
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-05-11 DETROIT M T----OVAL CDS----FREE FRANK OF TRAVELING POSTMASTER THOMAS NOBLE---IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 41---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-05-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-07-18 DETROIT M T---STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO---ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--FROM F.G. HOPKINS AT DETROIT TO CAROLINE PORTER AT NORTH HADLEY MASS.---DATELINE ON BOARD THE STEAM BOAT "LAKE SUPERIOR", LAKE ERIE---APOLOGIZES FOR NOT CALLING ON HER, DESCRIBES HIS TRAVELS AND A VISIT TO A MISSION SCHOOL AT MAUMEE, OHIO AND SAYS OF THE INDIANS "I WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CHILDREN WHO LOSE MUCH OF THEIR SAVAGE APPEARANCE WHEN DRESSED IN A CIVILIZED HABIT"---"I SPENT SOME TIME IN DETROIT, THIS IS A PLACE ALMOST WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO WICKEDNESS"----MENTIONS MR. AND MRS. CUSHMAN---6 PAGES---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1823-07-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--1823-07-18 DETROIT M T--VIA STEAMBOAT(MARKED B FOR BOAT)MAILED BY A PASSENGER ONBOARD THE STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR ON LAKE ERIE. FOLLOWING THE WRECK OF THE WALK-ON-THE-WATER 1820-10-31---THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND PLACED IN THE NEW STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR WHICH MADE HER FIRST TRIP FROM DETROIT TO BUFFALO ON 1822-04-13. Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-09-26 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO---RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & BROWN MS FREE/ JAMES ABBOTT/POSTMASTER (SERVED FROM JULY 11, 1806 TO APRIL 10, 1831)-----TO RAMSAY CROOKS, CARE OF SAMUEL ABBOTT, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 27 $110 Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-09-26
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-10-16 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1823-10-16--DRUMMOND ISLAND--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FOLLOWING THE U.S.REOCCUPATION OF DETROIT(1813-09-29) DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT MICHILIMACKINAC(MACKINAC ISLAND) WITHDREW TO DRUMMOND ISLAND IN LATE 1813. BOUNDARY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND CANADA UNDETERMINED UNTIL 1827 WHEN DRUMMOND ISLAND WAS CONFIRMED U S TERRITORY BY A JOINT SURVEY TEAM. THE BRITISH GARRISON WITHDREW TO ST JOSEPH ISLAND IN CANADA IN NOVEMBER 1828.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , War of 1812
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-10-16 DRUMMOND ISLAND M T--#MANUSCRIPT--ON SERVICE--SHIP TO AMHERSTBURG AND THEN YORK--DOUBLE SHEET RATE(11P+2) FOR 200-300 MILES (9P+2P)--BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT DRUMMOND 1815-1828---TO JOHN H. DUNN ESQ. RECEIVER GENERAL AT YORK FROM W. ANDERSON COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AT DRUMMOND ISLAND---REPORTING THAT HE HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER, MR. HANDS AT SANDWICH, FOR HIS FUNDS--GENEALOGY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

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."---MENTIONS CAPTAIN BRADLEY-----GENEALOGY------2PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
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: 1824-01-08 +SAGUINA BAY M T-----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS ON SERVICE/ H. BAINBRIDGE/LIET. 3d Infty. & 25 RATE PLUS DETROIT Mic. T. RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK----DATELINED "PORT OF SAGUINA, JAN 8TH 1824-----TO LIEUT. R. LOWNDES, A.D. CAMP, HdQrs C. DEPT., GOVERNORS ISLAND, N.Y.------(REPORTED IN THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPAEDIA CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER--"SAGUINA BAY IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL THOSE WHICH INDENT MICHIGAN. THIS IS AN IMMENSE OPENING FROM LAKE HURON, OF UPWARDS OF 70 MILES IN LENGTH, AND GRADUALLY NARROWING FROM 35 MILES IN WIDTH, TO A SMALL RIVER OF THE SAME NAME, WHOSE SOURCES ARE ON THE INTERIOR TABLE LAND; THE GENERAL RANGE OF SAGUINA BAY IS FROM N.E. TO S.W. BORDERED BY EXCELLENT LAND.")------IN LETTER SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE STATING "I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT MYSELF IN COMMAND OF THIS POST, AND SHALL IN OBEDIENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MAJOR BAKER, AFFORD EVERY AID CONSISTENTLY WITH THE MEANS PLACED AT MY DISPOSAL TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OBJECT GOVERNMENT HAS CONTEMPLATED. TWO ENGAGES ON EXPRESS FROM MACKINAC, WHICH PLACE THEY LEFT ON THE 18TH OF LAST MONTH, HAVE THIS MORNING RECEIVED THE SEVERAL PACKAGES FOR THE UPPER POSTS, AND ARE NOW ON THEIR DEPARTURE..."-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 92 $220 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-01-08
County: Saginaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-03-11 +FRENCH TOWN M T-----MONROE CO-----RED FANCY #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & LARGE BLACK 12 RATE---------TO THE CLERK OF WOOD COMMON PLEAS, PERRYSBURGH, OHIO, TO THE CARE OF JOHN E. HUNT MAGSRY--ON FORT MEIGS & MARCH 13 TH 1824 FORWARDED TO PERRYSBURG/ FROM MAUMEE-----DOCKETING NOTING "THE DEPOSITION OF JOHN ANDERSON, TAKEN AT THE OFFICE OF CHARLES NOBLE ESQUIRE (HE NOT ACTING AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE) AT TWELVE OF THE O'CLOCK NOON, ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED & TWENTY FOUR; & THEN SEALED UP BY ME, PETER P. FERRY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, COUNTY OF MONROE IN THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN" ---IN ANOTHER HAND IS WRITTEN "AT THE REQUEST OF J.S.GAGE & SILAS LEE COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES THE ENCLOSED DEPOSITION WAS OPENED JULY 16TH 1825, T.N. McKNIGHT, CLK S.C. P. TERR."------GENEALOGY 8------COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 19 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-03-11
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

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