Title: 1848-09-16 ALLEGAN C.H. MICH--BLACK 31MM CDS AND BLACK STAMPED PAID 5 RATE-------FROM OSMAND SMITH AR ALLEGAN MICH TO JOHN J ADAMS AT LANSING MICH----------PAGE 1--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-09-16
County: Allegan
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-09-18 +HILLSDALE MICH----HILLSDALE CO----RED CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE----TO REV MILTON BADGER & REV CHARLES HALL AT AHMS, N.Y-----FROM REV ROSWELL PARKER, DATELINED CUTLERS CORNERS, HILLSDALE CO, MICH----GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 499 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-18
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-09-18 JONESVILLE MICH---HILLSDALE CO---BLUE CDS & STAMPED 5 IN CIRCLE RATE----TO AMELIA BENEDICT AT DETROIT MICH----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-18
County: Hillsdale , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-09-19 +MILFORD MICH----OAKLAND CO----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID & PAID 5 RATE-----TO HON JOHN J. ADAMS, LANSING, MICH----FROM A.B. ADAMS AT MILFORD ABOUT TAXES----GENEALOGY----EBACH/WHITFORD 2003 LOT 656---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 375 $22----1PG---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-19
County: Ingham , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-09-20 MARSHALL MICH-----CALHOUN CO---BLUE 32MM CDS & STAMPED "V IN BOX" RATE-----TO JOHN J. ADAM, AUDITOR GENERAL, LANSING, MICH-----FROM J. WRIGHT GORDON (GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN 1841)----GENEALOGY----1PG---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-09-20
County: Calhoun , Ingham
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-09-20 MARSHALL MICH-----CALHOUN CO---BLUE 32MM CDS & STAMPED "V IN BOX" RATE-----TO JOHN J. ADAM, AUDITOR GENERAL, LANSING, MICH-----FROM J. WRIGHT GORDON (GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN 1841)----GENEALOGY----1PG-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-20
County: Calhoun , Ingham , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-09-23 ADRIAN MI---LENAWEE CO----TO FRANK---FROM H.D. CONDICT----GENEALOGY---4PGS----PAGE 4----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-23
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-09-23 ADRIAN MI---LENAWEE CO----TO FRANK---FROM H.D. CONDICT----GENEALOGY---4PGS----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-23
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-09-23 ADRIAN MI---LENAWEE CO----TO FRANK---FROM H.D. CONDICT----GENEALOGY---4PGS----PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-23
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-09-23 ADRIAN MI---LENAWEE CO----TO FRANK---FROM H.D. CONDICT----GENEALOGY---4PGS----PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-23
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-09-25 +ARGENTINE MICH-----GENESSEE CO-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE I. WIXOM P.M. (POSTMASTER FROM 1847-49)----FREE FRANK----TO WILLIAM FENTON, FLINT, GENESSEE CO, MICH-----LETTER SIGNED ON BEHALF OF ISAAC WIXOM BY HIS SON W.W. WIXOM----ABOUT MEETING HIM IN FLINT----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 78 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-25
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-09-30 GRAND RAPIDS MICH----KENT CO----ORANGE CDS & STAMPED PAID & STAMPED 10 RATE---FROM S.F. BUTLER AT GRAND RAPIDS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ADAM AT LANSING MICH---GENEALOGY---2PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $50 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-30
County: Ingham , Kent , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-09-30 GRAND RAPIDS MICH---FROM S.F. BUTLER AT GRAND RAPIDS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ADAM AT LANSING MICH---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $50 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-30
County: Ingham , Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-09-30 GRAND RAPIDS MICH---FROM S.F. BUTLER AT GRAND RAPIDS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ADAM AT LANSING MICH---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $50 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-30
County: Ingham , Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-10-03 ANN ARBOR MICH*****W----WASHTENAW CO------RED 32 MM CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND LARGE 5 RATE------TO J C BAILEY AT THE AUDITOR GENERALS OFFICE AT LANSING, INGHAM CO, MICH FROM R S WILSON AT ANN ARBOR MICH ABOUT HIS TAXES------GENEALOGY------1 PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-10-03
County: Ingham , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-10-03 ANN ARBOR MICH***W----WASHTENAW CO------RED 32 MM CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND LARGE 5 RATE------TO J C BAILEY AT THE AUDITOR GENERALS OFFICE AT LANSING, INGHAM CO, MICH FROM R S WILSON AT ANN ARBOR MICH ABOUT HIS TAXES------GENEALOGY------1 PG--PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-10-03
County: Ingham , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-10-11 +ANN ARBOR MICH----WASHTENAW CO----RED CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 RATE & MS PAID----TO MANNING & STILL, PONTIAC, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----FROM G.D. HILL----ABOUT DRAFT & MORTGAGE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 136 $25 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-10-11
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-10-19 LANSING MICH---RED CDS WITH MATCHING X---FROM C.P. SPRAGUE AT LANSING TO HIS BROTHER DALSTON SPRAGUE AT CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK ABOUT SCHOOL AND OTHER MATTERS---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-10-19
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-10-19 LANSING MICH---RED CDS WITH MATCHING X---FROM C.P. SPRAGUE AT LANSING TO HIS BROTHER DALSTON SPRAGUE AT CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK ABOUT SCHOOL AND OTHER MATTERS---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-10-19
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-10-19 LANSING MICH---RED CDS WITH MATCHING X---FROM C.P. SPRAGUE AT LANSING TO HIS BROTHER DALSTON SPRAGUE AT CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK ABOUT SCHOOL AND OTHER MATTERS---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-10-19
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-11-10 DETROIT MICH*****W--ORANGE 30MM CDS AND ORANGE STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE-----GENEALOGY 2----FROM G S LESTER AT DETROIT TO R B HUBBARD AT SANDUSKY OHIO---REGARDING THE SHIPMENT OF LUMBER AND THE COST OF GOODSAND CROPS---MENTIONS W.H., CAPT. PRAT, B.F. LUCE, AND CAPT. DIBBLE---2 pgs--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-11-10 DETROIT MICH--ORANGE 30MM CDS AND ORANGE STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE-------GENEALOGY 2----FROM G S LESTER AT DETROIT TO R B HUBBARD AT SANDUSKY OHIO------2 pgs--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-11-10 DETROIT MICH--ORANGE 30MM CDS AND ORANGE STAMPED 5 IN OVAL RATE--------GENEALOGY 2----FROM G S LESTER AT DETROIT TO R B HUBBARD AT SANDUSKY OHIO-------2 pgs--PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-11-10 +MOSCOW MICH----HILLSDALE CO------#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 CROSSED OUT & MS AND STAMPED FREE TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT ANN ARBOR MICH, THE FORWARDED TO WASHINGTON D.C. WITH RED ANN ARBOR MICH CDS NOV 20TH----FROM CHARLES GRISWOLD----GENEALOGY 2-----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 177 $48 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-10
County: Hillsdale , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-11-11 DETROIT MICH***-----WAYNE CO-----RED CDS & STAMPED PAID & 5 IN OVAL-----TO G.B. COOPER, LANSING, INGHAM CO, MICH----FROM M. SCHDEPPACHER----REGARDING AN ORDER FOR A 3 MONTH LICENSE---SEND REPLY TO JACOB SILBERMAN----1PG----ERNIES COLLECTION $7 - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1848-11-11 DETROIT MICH***-----WAYNE CO-----RED CDS & STAMPED PAID & 5 IN OVAL-----TO G.B. COOPER, LANSING, INGHAM CO, MICH----FROM M. SCHDEPPACHER----REGARDING AN ORDER FOR A 3 MONTH LICENSE---SEND REPLY TO JACOB SILBERMAN----1PG---PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $7 - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1848-11-13 SCHOOLCRAFT MICH---RED CDS---TO H.N. MCALLISTER AT BELLEFONTE CENTRE CO. PA. FROM CORNELIUS DALE AND DANIEL STRUBLE AT SCHOOLCRAFT---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-13
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3