Ernies Michigan

Title: 1824-04-01 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS& RED MS 25 CROSSED OUT----BLACK BOXED LIVERPOOL/ SHIP LETTER & RED /26 MY 26/1824 BISHOP MARK & MS INLAND PORTAGE PAID, NEW YORK ON FRONT----TO REVEREND ANTHONY HAMILTON A.M., NO 24 AMHERST, LANCASTER SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND-----GENEALOGY----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 28 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-04-15 DETROIT M T---RED OVAL CDS---#MANUSCRIPT SHIP---FROM WILLIAM B. ASTOR AT NEW YORK TO ROBERT STUART AGENT AMERICAN FUR COMPANY AT MICHILIMACKINAC---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

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: 1824-05-12 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: 1824-07-25 +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: 1824-08-11 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: 1824-10-26 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1824-10-26 TECUMSEH M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AHMS 748/139---FIRST POST OFFICE (EKU) AND COUNTY SEAT OF LENAWEE COUNTY--BOTTOM--1836-01-02 TECUMSEH M T--CDS CANCEL FIRST APPEARED IN 1833--POSTMASTER DANIEL PITTMAN--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-10-26
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 WASHTENAW COUNTY POSTMASTERS------FROM U.S. APPOINTMENTS U.S. POSTMASTERS------ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1825-01-05 +GREEN BAY M T----BROWN CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO NATHAN H. LORING ESQ., LEBANON, LEBANON CO, PENN----DOCKETING NOTES FROM LT. H.H. LORING, FORT HOWARD, JAN. 1, 1825------GENEALOGY 2----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 58 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

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 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---GENEALOGY 4---TOP--1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER AND FOUNDER JOHN ALLEN--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY--AREA CONTAINED MANY NATURAL GROVES OR ARBORS AND NAMED FOR THE WIVES OF THE FOUNDERS,ANN ALLEN AND MARY ANN RUMSEY--BOTTOM--1828-01-30 ANN ARBOR M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER JOHN ALLEN--AHMS 762/39--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

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: 1825-03-05 +GREEN BAY M T----BROWN CO, WISCONSIN----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 50 RATE----TO REV GEORGE BOYD, PHILADELPHIA, PA-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 60 $310 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-03-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

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---MENTIONS BROTHER SCHUMAN AND BROTHER MOORE AT DETROIT------TO REV MATTHIAS BRUEN, CITY OF NEW YORK -----GENEALOGY---4PGS------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 - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-03-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1825-03-18--- PONTIAC M.T. --DUPLICATE. DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---REV. ISAAC RUGGLES---*AHMS LETTER 2/7---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-03-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-03-18 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 2/7 --REV ISAAC W.RUGGLES---IN FOX SCHMALZRIEDT 1957 AUCTION LOT 121 PRICE $16.50---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-03-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-06-24 +MONROE M T----MONROE CO---RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO DAVID MERWIN, NORTHHAMPTON, MONTGOMERY CO, N.Y.----FROM JOSEPH FARMINGTON---BEING A NOTICE OF A DEATH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 76 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-06-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-07-17 +DETROIT MIC T. TO POSTMASTER JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR M.T. FROM E P HASTINGS --POSTMASTER AT DETROIT--GENEALOGY 2--COVER ONLY--PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-07-17
County: Washtenaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor , Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-08-22 PONTIAC M T---ppp PAGE 1 PROBLEM Pics/family &ahms1-46---TO REV. M. BRUEN AT NEW YORK FROM REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---FROM EPHRAIM BRINGE, CLERK---REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF CHURCH AT PONTIAC---AHMS 2/3---MR. JOHN P. HAVENS---3 PGS---"THE SCATTERED SHEEP OF GOD'S HERITAGE HAVE BEEM GATHERED INTO THE FOLD---THE WANDERING RECLAIMED---THE WEAK STRENGTHENED---AND SOME INSTANCES OF HOPEFUL CONVENTION HAVE TAKEN PLACE"---FROM THE CHARLES G. HAVENS FAMILY PAPERS---http://www.havensfund.org------Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1825-08-22 PONTIAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF CHURCH AT PONTIAC---AHMS LETTER 2/3-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-08-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-08-22 PONTIAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF CHURCH AT PONTIAC---AHMS LETTER 2/3-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-08-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--OAKLAND CO--AHMS LETTER 1/4--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN AT NEW YORK---AHMS 1/4--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---BROTHER FONTIS IS LABORING AT THE RIVER RAISIN AND BROTHER WELLS AT DETROIT; ALSO MENTIONS REV. MR. HIGGINS AND MR. CRAWFORD---3 PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-11-18 DETROIT M.T.--BROWN DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND BROWN STAMPED FREE--FROM MAJ. HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER AT DETROIT TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS S. JESUP, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL AT WASHINGTON---ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE RECEIPT OF A REMITTANCE FOR FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-11-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1825-12-25 DETROIT M T --LETTER 498/??----OUTSIDE THE MAIL Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-12-25
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1826-01-04 GREEN BAY M T---#MANUSCRIPT--BROWN CO---ADDRESSED TO DOCTOR WILLIAM R. POWER AT LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN CO. PENNSYLVANIA---FORWARDED TO WILLIAMSPORT FEB. 28---MARKED "SHOULD THE DOCTOR BE ABSENT FROM LEWISTOWN THE POST MASTER IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO HIM WITHOUT DELAY"---FROM REV. N. NASH AT GREEN BAY---DESCRIBES WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING SINCE HE ARRIVED AND HIS MISSION---MENTIONS MR. ELLIS AND MR. WILLIAMS; MR. KELLOGG OF LEWISTOWN; REV. R.F. CADLE OF DETROIT; AND MRS. FERRY[AMANDA FERRY, MRS REVEREND WILLIAM FERRY] AT MACKINAW---"BUT AS A GENERAL THING THE STANDARD OF MORALS HERE IS VERY LOW. THE FRENCH ROMANS COME TO HEAR ME OCCASIONALLY, AND I HAVE COMMENCED PREACHING TO THE NATIVES BY AN INTERPRETER. BUT WHAT SHALL STOP THE TIDE OF RUIN, WHEN OUT OF A WHOLE NATION OF PEOPLE THERE CANNOT BE FOUND ONE ADULT OF EITHER SEX WHO IS PROOF AGAINST THE ALLUREMENTS OF INTEMPERANCE."---HE IS PREPARING A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS "INDIAN FRIENDS" AND URGES HIS FRIENDS TO COME HELP HIM---4 PAGES---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-01-04
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT--DATELINED PONTIAC 1/17/1826---AHMS LETTER 5/ ----TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN AT NEW YORK FROM REV ISAAC RUGGLES--REQUESTING THAT THE SOCIETY SEND REV CRAWFORD TO BE THE MINISTER AT FARMINGTON----GENEALOGY 2----TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT PAGE 52--WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 25--1 PG---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED---WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION--LOT 37 Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

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