Title: 1846-11-09 +SWARTZ CREEK MICH---GENESEE CO---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED CLAYTON, GENESEE CO, MICH---FROM CALEB H. HARDES AT CLAYTON TO JOSEPH W. HOWES (1850 CENSUS, B. CONN 1783, D. 1863, FATHER, J. HOWES, WIFE, MARTHA HOWES,SON, GEORGE HOWES,HIS WIFE, ALMIRA HOWES, CHILDREN, HENRY HOWES, ELIZA NEWTON) AT MONTPELIER, WASHINGTON CO, VERMONT REGARDING FAMILY, DEATH, CHURCH AND OF MISSING "...MY NATIVE STATE..."---MENTIONS, WILLIAM HARDES, MARTHA HARDES, THOMAS HARDES, MARY ANN HARDES, JOSEPH HARDES, BROTHER HENRY, BROTHER ABEL, THE DEATH OF LEONARD HAMILTON,---GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 4---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 506 $32 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1846-11-09
County: Gennessee
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1847-04-07 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE-----TO 1ST LIEUT. FRANK WOODBRIDGE 2nd ARTILLERY, BELONGING TO THE ARMY, VERA CRUZ, MEXICO------GENEALOGY-----SOLDIERS LETTER----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 215 $55 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-04-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-04-13 +SHIAWASSEE MICH----SHIAWASSEE CO-----V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS D.BUSH JN P.M.(DAVID BUSH JR SERVED AS POSTMASTER FROM 1841-57)----TO WILLIAM M. FENTON, FLINT, GENESSEE CO, MICH----FROM DAVID BUSH JR. ABOUT MORTGAGES-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 388 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-04-13
County: Shiwassee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Ann Arbor Hampden Cancels , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-05-04 +KEARSLEY MICH----GENESSEE CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 AND FREE/ NOAH H. HART/ P.M. LAPER MICH----TO HON. WILLIAM M. FENTON, FLINT, MICH----FROM NOAH H. HART REGARDING A COURT CASE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 325 $120 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-04
County: Genesee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-05-22 +LAPEER MICH-----LAPEER CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE/ NOAH H. HART P.M. LAPEER MICH-----FREE FRANK----TO HON WILLIAM M. FENTON, FLINT MICH----FROM NOAH H. HART REGARDING A LAWSUIT HE HAS AGAINST JOHN D. COLEMAN------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 282 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-05-22
County: Lapeer
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-06-30 FRANKLIN MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL----FREE FRANK OF B.D. WORTHINGTON P.M.-----TO WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, OAKLAND GAZETTE OFFICE, PONTIAC, MICH----"BY ARRANGEMENTS OF THE P.O. DEPARTMENT THE MAIL LEAVES FROM BIRMINGHAM AFTER THE CARS (RAILROAD) ARRIVE FROM PONTIAC, ON SATURDAY & WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK FROM FRANKLIN & SOUTHFIELD. YOU WILL, THEREFORE, CONFER A FAVOR ON YOUR SUBSCRIBERS AT THESE PLACES BY MAILING THE GAZETTE BEFORE THE MAIL LEAVES FOR DETROIT ON SATURDAYS. WHEN THEY WILL ARRIVE HERE ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION, AS THE JACKSONIAN NOW DOES. YOURS TRULY. B.D. EORTHING P.M."-----GENEALOGY-----RAIROADS----1PG----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-06-30
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-06-30 FRANKLIN MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--1 pg--FREE FRANK OF B.D. WORTHINGTON P.M.--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-06-30
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-07-29 +GENESEE MICH----GENESEE CO---V5------BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE FRANK/ OF C.N. BEECHER POSTMASTER---BEECHER SERVED AS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OF MOUNT MORRIS/GENESEE #1---FROM CHARLES N. BEECHER AT GENESEE TO A. PARKER ESQ. AT BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---GENEALOGY---1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 261 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-07-29
County: Gennessee , Oakland
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-07-29 +GENESEE MICH----GENESEE CO---V5---YEAR ESTIMATED------BLACK #MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE FRANK/ OF C.N. BEECHER POSTMASTER---BEECHER SERVED AS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OF MOUNT MORRIS/GENESEE #1---FROM CHARLES N. BEECHER AT GENESEE TO A. PARKER ESQ. AT BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 261 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-07-29
County: , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-08-20 +FENTONVILLE MICH---GENESSEE CO---BLUE #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL * MS FREE/ R. LeROY P.M.----FREE FRANK----TO HON WILLIAM M. FENTON, FLINT, GENESSEE CO, MICH----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYED I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 243 $30 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-08-20
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-09-18 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BLUE 30MM CDS--1 pg--FREE FRANK OF T. A. FLOWER P.M.(SERVED AS 2ND POSTMASTER FROM 1844-1850)----TO W.H. THOMPSON ESQ., PONTIAC, MICH----GENEALOGY----1PG--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-09-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-09-21 ROYAL OAK MICH-OAKLAND CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--1 pg--FREE FRANK OF AUGUSTUS BREWSTER--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-09-21
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-09-21 ROYAL OAK MICH-OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--1 pg--FREE FRANK OF AUGUSTUS BREWSTER--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1847-09-21
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1847-09-29 ROMEO MICH---BLUE 30MM CDS AND PAID 10 CROSSED OUT-FREE FRANK--AHMS #1671--IN SUPPORT OF REV HARVEY HYDE-RECOMENDED BY RUGGLES AND BURTON--DATELINED COMMERCE AND PONTIAC---FROM HENRY SUGDEN, GEORGE SUGDEN, AND JOHN THOMPSON AT COMMERCE AND S.A. BENTON and REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES AT PONTIAC---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-09-29
County: Macomb , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1847-10-22 +FRANCISCOVILLE MICH----JACKSON CO-----V4----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE & MS H.A. FRANCISCO P.M.----TO MR BROOKS, AT MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAIL ROAD AT DETROIT MICH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 197 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-10-22
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-01-07 CLINTON MICH*****W---LENAWEE CO------RED 30MM CDS AND RED STAMPED FREE FRANK-----TO HON ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATE, WASHINGTON D.C.----FROM J.C. ADAM, CLINTON MICH-----THANKING FELCH FOR SENDING HIM SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE GENEALOGY OF IOWA AND COMM. OF PATENTS, AND SAYING THAT MORE SUCH WOULD BE WELCOME----WATERMARK------1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-01-07
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-01-07 CLINTON MICH*****W---LENAWEE CO------RED 30MM CDS AND RED STAMPED FREE FRANK-----TO HON ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATE, WASHINGTON D.C.----FROM J.C. ADAM, CLINTON MICH-----THANKING FELCH FOR SENDING HIM SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE GENEALOGY OF IOWA AND COMM. OF PATENTS, AND SAYING THAT MORE SUCH WOULD BE WELCOME----WATERMARK------1PG----PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-01-07
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-01-28 +ALMONT MICH----LAPEER CO-----BLUE CDS AND STAMPED FREE & MS JAMES H ANDREWS P.M.----FREE FRANK----TO HON. ALPHEUS FELCH U.S.S., WASHINGTON D.C.----FROM POSTMASTER JAMES H ANDREWS----GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2001 LOT 162 $63 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-01-28
County: Lapeer
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-02-26 +MACON MICH-----LENAWEE CO-----#MANUSCRIPT BLUE CANCEL & MS FREE, J PENNINGTON PM MACON MICH-----TO B HODGE AT BUFFALO, ERIE CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 359 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-02-26
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-02-28 MICHIGAN MICHIGAN---INGHAM CO--------INCLUDING A CENSUS OF ALL KNOWN MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN LETTERS---------BLACK CDS AND BLACK STAMPED FREE FRANK RATE (GOING TO A U.S. SENATOR)------TO ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATOR AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM HENRY M DODGE AT MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN--------MENTIONS GENERAL CASS, GOVERNOR WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, LIEUT. GOV. WILLIAM L GREENLEY, MR BINGHAM, AND MR STUART----------GENEALOGY 8--------------3 pgs------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-02-28
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-02-28 MICHIGAN MICH---INGHAM CO------BLACK CDS AND BLACK STAMPED FREE FRANK RATE (GOING TO A U.S. SENATOR)------TO ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATOR AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM HENRY M DODGE AT MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN--------MENTIONS GENERAL CASS, GOVERNOR WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, LIEUT. GOV. WILLIAM L GREENLEY, MR BINGHAM, AND MR STUART----------GENEALOGY 8--------------3 pgs-----PAGE 2------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-02-28
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-02-28 MICHIGAN MICH---INGHAM CO------BLACK CDS AND BLACK STAMPED FREE FRANK RATE (GOING TO A U.S. SENATOR)------TO ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATOR AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM HENRY M DODGE AT MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN--------MENTIONS GENERAL CASS, GOVERNOR WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, LIEUT. GOV. WILLIAM L GREENLEY, MR BINGHAM, AND MR STUART----------GENEALOGY 8--------------3 pgs-----PAGE 3----COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-02-28
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-02-28 MICHIGAN MICH---INGHAM CO------BLACK CDS AND BLACK STAMPED FREE FRANK RATE (GOING TO A U.S. SENATOR)------TO ALPHEUS FELCH, U.S. SENATOR AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM HENRY M DODGE AT MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN--------MENTIONS GENERAL CASS, GOVERNOR WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, LIEUT. GOV. WILLIAM L GREENLEY, MR BINGHAM, AND MR STUART----------GENEALOGY 8--------------3 pgs-----PAGE 1-COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-02-28
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-04-26 +WAYLAND MICH---ALLEGAN CO---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE GERORGE W BARNES P.M. (GEORGE W. BARNES SERVED AS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OF WAYLAND 1844-52)----FREE FRANK---TO AUDITOR GENERAL, LANSING, CAPITAL OF MICHIGAN, MICH-----FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON BARNES (1850 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1807, D. MAY 1852, FATHER, COL. ISAAC BARNES [B. CONN 1778, D. 1848, FATHER, ISAAC BARNES, MOTHER, LUCY BARNES { B. CONN 1751, D. 1819, FATHER, AMOS BRONSON, MOTHER ANNE BRONSON, OTHER CHILD, DEMAS BARNES}] MOTHER, MARTHA BARNES, WIFE KEZIAH A BARNES, CHILDREN, ISAAC BARNES, MARTHA BARNES, FRANK BARNES, EUGENE F BARNES) ABOUT A DEED----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES 2013 LOT 535 $60 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-04-26
County: Allegan , Ingham , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-05-07 +WASHINGTON D.C.---CDS AND MS FREE FRANK OF LEWIS CASS SIGNATURE---TO GEORGIA GOVERNOR COBB-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2001 LOT 001 $150 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-07
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-05-11 NEWPORT MICH-------#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM WILLIAM WHITE AT NEWPORT TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING---GENEALOGY-----2PGS-----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR P-ID-26791 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-11
County: Ingham , Monroe , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-05-11 NEWPORT MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-05-11
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-05-11 NEWPORT MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-11
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-06-17 DETROIT MICH--RED 30MM CDS AND RED FREE--1 pg--TO WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE FROM HIS WIFE--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-17
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-06-23 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS FREE LEWIS CASS AUTOGRAPH-----FREE FRANK----TO FRANCES MARKOW, DEPT. OF STATE, WASHINGTON D.C.------FROM LEWIS CASS AT DETROIT MICH, MAJOR GENERAL IN WAR OF 1812, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN 1813-31, SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN 1848, UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT 1848-----GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 4 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , War of 1812
Associated Pages: 0