Title: 1838-06-12 GRASS LAKE MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 342/569---REV. JOHN M. ELLIS-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-12
County:
Jackson
City:
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Title: 1838-06-12 GRASS LAKE MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--342/569---REV. JOHN M. ELLIS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1838-06-12
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Jackson
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American Home Missionary Society
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, Michigan Stampless Letters
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Title: 1838-06-12 GRASS LAKE MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--342/569---REV. JOHN M. ELLIS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1838-06-12
County:
Jackson
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Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
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, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
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Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-06-12 +BELLVUE MICH----EATON CO---V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO LUKE J. BOND AT DUMMERSTON, WINDHAM CO, VERMONT----FROM FROM FANNY &SAMUEL BOND TO HIS BROTHER DATELINED BELLVUE, JUNE THE 11TH-1838-----"...THIS PLACE IS 12 MILES FROM A ---- WEST 24 FROM A RAILROAD NORTH THIS TOWN IS NOT INCORPORATED YET THIS IS TOWN ONE RANGE FIVE WEST. WHEN I CAME IN HERE I FOUND BUT FIVE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AT THIS TIME I FIND 10 OR MORE....I HAD 160 ACRES OF LAND HERE..." PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE INCLUDING CROPS PLANTED, BUSINESS, MONEY, FAMILY AND "...HAD A RATHER HARD JOURNEY BUT GOT ALONG AS WELL AS I COULD EXPECT. WE WAS 22 HOURS COMING TO ALBANY 6 DAYS TO BUFFALO 2 TO TOLEDO ABOUT 60 MILES FROM DETROIT. WE CAME FROM TOLEDO BY LAND WE HAD ONE VERY ROUGH DAY ON THE LAKE MYSELF AND CHILDREN ALL SEA SICK AND MOST ALL THE PASSENGERS..."---AG/ECON----PIONEER LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 94 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-12
County:
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Railroads
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-06-16 NEW HARMONY IND.*****W----POSEY CO.----RED 34MM CDS & MS 10 RATE-----TO A.G. SLOO, WHITEHALL, OWEN CO, INDIANA, NEAR VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA----FROM GEORGE W.S. WHITE, DATELINED OAKLAND, SPENCER CO, INDIANA-----FAMILY DISAGEEMENT ON THE DIVISION OF INHERITANCE----MENTIONS JULIET, MARY LEECH, ELIZA HEALTH IS NOT GOOD, CHILDREN WELL------GENEALOGY-------4pg----ERNIES COLLECTION $22 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-16
County:
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
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Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-06-24 MONROE MICH (Mic.T. USED AFTER STATEHOOD)----CDS AND MS 6 RATE----FROM ALPHEUS FELCH AND HIRAM STONE AT MONROE MICH TO DANIEL SWIFT AT MANHATTAN OHIO, ABOUT LUTHER H KAIN AND ALONZO CURTIS---GENEALOGY 5----1 pg------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-24
County:
Monroe
City:
Monroe
Category:
MI Covers
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, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1838-06-24 SHERMAN MICH----#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 299/574---FROM REV. MATTHEW FOX AT SHERMAN---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-24
County:
Saint Joseph
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
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Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-01 WHITE PIGEON MICH--CDS AND MS 25--AHMS LETTER 279/600--FROM AND SIGNED BY THE ELDERS, LUTHER STILES AND JAMES SMITH AT COLDWATER, AND REV. P.W. WARRINER AT WHITE PIGEON---DATELINED COLDWATER 6/7/1838 AND WHITE PIGEON 6/30/1838--MENTIONS CHARLES W GINNEY--THEY HAVE 53 MEMBERS, 31 MALES & 22 FEMALES----GENEALOGY 5----WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 918---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-01
County:
Branch
,
Saint Joseph
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Coldwater
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
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, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1838-07-01 +WHITE PIGEON MICH-----SAINT JOSEPH CO----BLACK CDS AND RED MS 25--AHMS LETTER 279/600--FROM AND SIGNED BY THE ELDERS, LUTHER STILES AND JAMES SMITH AT COLDWATER, AND REV. P.W. WARRINER AT WHITE PIGEON---DATELINED COLDWATER 6/7/1838 AND WHITE PIGEON 6/30/1838--MENTIONS CHARLES W GINNEY--THEY HAVE 53 MEMBERS, 31 MALES & 22 FEMALES----WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 918------4 PGS----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-01
County:
Saint Joseph
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-01 +GALESBURGH MICH---KALAMAZOO CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO MISS MARIAM SHEPARDS, GREAT BEND, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.--CARE OF JAMES HALL-MARIUM'S MATERNAL UNCLE---THANKS TO JIM GOOLD----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 259 $20 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-01
County:
Kalamazoo
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-02 RIDGEWAY MICH----LENAWEE CO-----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE FRANK OF OLIVER MILLER P.M.----TO WILLIAM L RIGGS, MONROE, MONROE CO, MICH---REGARDING THE SUIT AGAINST J. WHEELER---GENEALOGY-----2PGS------COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-02
County:
Lenawee
,
Monroe
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Monroe
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
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, Michigan Stampless Letters
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, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1838-07-03 MOUNT CLEMENS MICH--CDS--AHMS LETTER--295/588---REV. R.S. CRAMPTON -- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-03
County:
Macomb
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
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Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH*****W---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH TO HIS WIFE MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, NAOMI, UNCLE DEWITT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---"WEALTHA LEFT THIS MORNING...WHAT A TIME SHE HAD OF IT HERE - JUDGE HAND WAS ALL DEVOTION - DINED WITH HER AND GAVE HER HIS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION - BORED HER TO DEATH"---"UNCLE DEWITT PROPOSED A CONUNDRUM 'WHY IS MISS BACKUS THE MOST SERVICEABLE OF OUR LADIES'? DO YOU GIVE IT UP? BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS ON HAND!" ---"JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE BOTH LOOK IN A DESPERATE WAY ONLY WORSE - SHAMEFUL IS IT NOT THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT ON SOME COUPLES - SHE REALLY DOES NOT LOOK FIT TO BE SEEN ON THE STREETS"---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-05
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
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Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1838-07-05 DETROIT MICH--DUPLICATE---DUPLICATE---DATELINED DETROIT SATURDAY (1838-06-30)---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO (1838-07-05 THURSDAY) BLUE OVAL AND STEAMBOAT SCROLL-----FROM WILLIAM BACKUS AT DETROIT MICH---TO MRS EMILY MONTGOMERY BACKUS AT ROCHESTER NEW YORK FROM HER HUSBAND CARE OF H MONTGOMERY----MENTIONS WEALTHA, JUDGE HAND, AUNT NANNY, UNCLE MERRIT, MISS BACKUS, JOHN STRONG AND HIS WIFE, MRS. NORTON STRONG, MRS. MORRISON, MILLY, MRS. BAILEY, AND UNCLE TOLSMAN---GENEALOGY----LOVE LETTER----4 pgs--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS - N Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-05
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Love Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1838-07-09 CONSTANTINE MICH --- BLUE CDS 30MM ---TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT TOLEDO OHIO FROM JOHN C. FORY AT CONSTANTINE---REGARDING THE SALE OF PROPERTY UNLESS THE MONEY IS PAID IN FUNDS EQUAL TO "NEW YORK SAFETY FUND"--- NORMAN HARVEY IS AGENT FOR JUDGE MEEK, MENTIONS CHARLES HOWLAND, ---2 PGS---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-09
County:
Saint Joseph
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
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Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-09 CONSTANTINE MICH---PPP SAME AS BEFORE --- BLUE CDS 30MM ---TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT TOLEDO OHIO FROM JOHN C. FORY AT CONSTANTINE---REGARDING THE SALE OF PROPERTY UNLESS THE MONEY IS PAID IN FUNDS EQUAL TO "NEW YORK SAFETY FUND"--- NORMAN HARVEY IS AGENT FOR JUDGE MEEK, MENTIONS CHARLES HOWLAND, ---2 PGS---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-09
County:
Saint Joseph
City:
Category:
MI Covers
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Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-13---LYONS MICH---RED CDS & BLACK MS 25 RATE---FROM ESTHER TABOR AT LYONS TO LUCRETIA LYON AT SHELBURN VERMONT---MISSED SENDING A LETTER BY MESSRS. HALL AND OLMSTEAD; DESCRIPTION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION; "THIS COUNTRY ABOUNDS IN STRAWBERRIES AND INDEED BERRIES OF ALL KINDS, CRANBERRIES WE CAN HAVE AS MANY AS WE WILL BUY OF THE INDIANS"; LUCINDA, MARTHA, MARY, LEONOR AND COUSIN ANN AND ESTHER VISIT ON THE PRAIRIE WHILE PICKING STRAWBERRIES; SHE HOPES TWO SADDLES CAN BE SENT, CONSIGNED TO THE CARE OF MR. OLMSTEAD---MENTIONS GEORGE, DAVID, JUDGE TRUMAN LYONS, LUCIUS, PAMELA, JAMES----3 PGS---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-13
County:
Ionia
City:
Category:
MI Covers
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, Michigan Stampless Letters
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Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1838-07-16 QUINCY MICH--BRANCH CO--#MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 25 RATE--DATELINED BUTLER--FROM T.W. WHORTER AT BUTLER-----TO A.H. COLLIER AT BATH, STEUBEN COUNTY, WISCONSIN TERRITORY---DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITIES AND PRICES FOR BUYING LAND; MAP OF HIS LAND, PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND DESCRIPTION OF TYPES OF TREES---MENTIONS ANO RIZ AND RICH---QUOTES POPE:" MEN MUST BE READ AS WELL AS BOOKS, AN A PERSON NEVER HAS AS GOOD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ MEN AS WHEN TRAVELLING"---7 PGS---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N---P-ID-26895 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-16
County:
Branch
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
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, Privately Owned
, Horticulture/ Fruit
Associated Pages: 7
Title: 1838-07-19---DETROIT MICH----*AHMS LETTER 808/477---REV. HENRY ROOT-- COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-19
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
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Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1838-07-20 COLON MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---RAILROADS---FROM W.F. BOWMAN AT COLON TO R.N. RICE AT DETROIT---2 PGS---REGARDING THE SALE OF SCYTHES AND MONEY OWED---MENTIONS A.H. NEWBOULER---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-20
County:
Saint Joseph
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Railroads
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1838-07-21 YPSILANTI MICH----CDS----AHMS LETTER--370/560---REV. OLIVER HILL---DATELINED STONEY CREEK MICH ---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-21
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1838-07-21--- YPSILANTI MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS----AHMS LETTER--370/560---DATELINED STONEY CREEK MICH---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-21
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-21--- YPSILANTI MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS----AHMS LETTER--370/560---DATELINED STONEY CREEK MICH---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-21
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Ypsilanti
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-22--- DETROIT MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS----AHMS LETTER--378/ 566---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-22
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-22--- DETROIT MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS----AHMS LETTER--378/ 566---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-22
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-22--- DETROIT MICH---CDS----*AHMS LETTER--378/566---REV. CHARLES HALL---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-22
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 6----TO REV. N. STACY AT ANN ARBOR FROM REV. A.H. CURTIS AT NOVI---DATELINED NOVI MICH----REV A.H.CURTIS REQUESTING REV N STACY TO EXCHANGE PLACES WITH HIM----MENTIONS DYER RAMSDELL AT NORTHVILLE, MRS MOSIER, ELDER WEAVER OF THE BAPTIST ORDER, BROTHER WILLIAMS, AND JUDGE BARTS WAS CHOSEN DEACON---ELDER W.B. CONVERT, A MAN OF INFECT-ABILITY WHO RECEIVE IMMERSION THROUGH THE ICE LAST WINTER, PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED AFTER MEETING THAT--I HAD PREACHED THE TRUTH OF GOD----ANOTHER GENTLEMAN & HIS WIFE SENT FOR ME THE NEXT DAY--HE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF CONVINCED, WHILE HIS WIFE DESIRED A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT------EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 723----4 PGS--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-24
County:
Wayne
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-24 +MUSKEGON MICH----OTTAWA CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO GEORGE FINN, BELLEVILLE, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.-----FROM ANN & J.H.KNICKERBACOR TO BROTHER AND UNCLE WRITING IN PART "...WE HAVE PREGNANT CALLS FROM THE INDIANS WHO ARE VERY NUMEROUS HERE BUT PERFECTLY FRIENDLY AND INOFFENSIVE BUT THEIR FILTHY APPEARANCE AND THERE TOTAL IGNORANCE OF OUR LANGUAGE RENDERS THEM RATHER UNWELCOME VISITORS."---PLUS WRITES OF HARD TIMES, MILLS IN OPERATION PLUS MUCH MORE IN THIS FRONTIER LETTER-----GENEALOGY-----NATIVE AMERICANS----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 319 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-24
County:
Ottawa
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1838-07-27 SOUTHFIELD MICH----#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--369/605---REV. ALBERT WORTHINGTON---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-27
County:
Oakland
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM SALLY A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---JOHN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JULIA AND HENRY; HARRY HAS THE MORTGAGE OF HER HOUSE; SHE PLANS TO SET UP A MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING BUSINESS; JOHN THINKS HE CAN GET SARAH JANE OR MISS BRYAN TO HELP; JULIA MAY COME OUT NEXT SPRING; WRITES OF HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE NEARBY AND HER DECISION TO STAY IN MICHIGAN; JOHN AND LETTS HAVE HER WHEAT HARVEST; SHE HAD A LETTER FROM MARY, HER DAUGHTER'S NAME IS JULIA AUGUSTA; SHE HAS NOT HEARD FROM JACOB SINCE LAST WINTER; HER CHILDREN, SARAH ANN AND MARGARET GO TO SCHOOL; ASKS HOW THEIR CHILDREN AND CHARLOTTE HAVE DONE IN THEIR STUDIES; SHE WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR OF RACHEL WOOD'S MARRIAGE; ASKS TO HAVE SOME ITEMS SENT BACK WHEN JOHN VISITS; PLANS TO ASK MR. WOOD TO GET A SET OF GRAVESTONES FOR ISAIAH'S GRAVE; DAVID HAS BEEN THROUGH HER LATE HUSBAND'S CLOTHES; DAVID'S FAMILY IS WELL AND TELL MR. WOOD THEY CALL THEIR SON JOHN; ASK MRS. WOOD TO SEND SOME DRIED FRUIT FOR DAVID---"I WAS RATHER SURPRISED THAT RACHEL WOODS SHOULD MARRY AS SHE IS IN HER 50TH YEAR, BUT MORE SO IN THE CHOICE SHE MADE OF A COMPANION; HE WAS ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN HER FOR HIS FIRST WIFE BUT THEN SHE REJECTED HIM WITH DISDAIN. QUERY HOW MUCH BETTER IS HE NOW WITH SEVEN CHILDREN THAN HE WAS THEN WITHOUT ANY? BUT I SEE THEN THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE. I HOPE THOSE ELDERLY MISSES THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE MORE NOBLE MINDED, AND NOT BE SO ANXIOUS FOR A FAMILY AS TO OBTAIN ONE THAT WAY."---8 PGS---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-31
County:
Calhoun
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8