Title: 1836-08-11 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS WITH MS 18¾ ---FAMILY LETTER OF CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN AND FAMILY---GENEALOGY---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-11
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-08-11 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS WITH MS 18¾ ---FAMILY LETTER OF CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN AND FAMILY---GENEALOGY---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-11
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-08-11 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS WITH MS 18¾ ---FAMILY LETTER OF CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN AND FAMILY---GENEALOGY---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-08-11
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-08-11 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS WITH MS 18¾ ---TO SAMUEL WHITSLEY ESQ. AT ASHTABULA OHIO FROM CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK AT ADRIAN---FAMILY LETTER OF CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN AND FAMILY---BOARDED THE "THOMAS JEFFERSON" AT ASHTABULA AND RODE IT TO TOLEDO, WHERE THEY SAW DR. COLEMAN, WITH A STOP AT GRAND RIVER WHERE THEY'D HOPED TO VISIT BROTHER THOMAS BUT HE'D LEFT TO GO WEST; THEY RAN INTO ONE OF MR. PIERCE'S SONS THERE THAT HAD BOUGHT FATHER'S FARM OUT EAST; SABAN WENT HOME BEFORE THEM; THEY RODE THE NORTH AMERICA TO DETROIT; ELIZA AND BETSEY SEND THEIR LOVE; MENTIONS WILLIAM, MR. WARRINER, PHEBE AND REBECA, AND MR. HILLS---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF ERNIE/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 $95 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-11
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-08-12 ANN ARBOR M T --#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 514/429--REV WILLIAM PAGE---GENEALOGY---3PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-08-12-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---4PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-12-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-12-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-12-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-12-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-12
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )*****W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
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City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 4----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 5----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-13 VINCINNES IND. ( "I" )***W-----KNOX CO----RED 29MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO GRIGGS & WELD, MERCHANTS, BOSTON, MASS-----FROM J.D.HAYES, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------GENEALOGY----6PGS----PAGE 6----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-13
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-08-16 ANN ARBOR M.T.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--5pg--ADDRESSED TO JAMES C. ALLEN AT LIMA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEW YORK FROM HIS FATHER, JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR----JOHN ALLEN TO HIS SON JAMES C MCCUE---CONCERNING ELIZABETH'S LIVING SITUATION, "WHERE SHE WOULD BE PROTECTED ALIKE FROM INSULT AND SEDUCTION" ---MENTIONS MISS GILBERT, MR. AND MRS. FINMAN OF AVON, THOMAS, SARAH AND GRANDMOTHER, AND UNCLE TUMIN---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-16
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-08-17 LIMA M T--WASHTENAW CO--#MANUSCRIPT--FROM GEORGE REERS AT LIMA TO HIS FATHER HOWELL REERS AT WESTTOWN, ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK---NEWS OF FARM---MENTIONS JOHN, ELIZA, DEWITT P. HALLOCK, JAMES AND HIS WIFE, GEORGE TUTHILL, GEORGE HILL, MR. LAIN, IRA, LAVINA---FAMILY NEWS AND A DESCRIPTION OF A NEARBY MARSH---"THE DEW FALLS HERE BEFORE SUNSET AND BY DARK IT IS SO WET THAT I CAN TAKE A WASH BOWL AND GIVE IT SWING OVER THE OATS AND GATHER DEW ENOUGH TO WASH FACE AND HANDS"---"I HAVE NEVER SEEN BUT ONE INDIAN IN MICHIGAN. I SEEN HIM IN BUFFALO THOUGH THERE IS A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM IN INGHAM AND THERE WAS SEVEN HUNDRED WITHIN SEVEN MILES OF US"---GENEALOGY 2---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-17
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-20--- DETROIT M T ---AHMS LETTER 583/447 ---DATELINED FORT HOWARD//GREEN BAY //WISCONSIN TERR//THROUGH SAULT ST MARIE AND MACKINAC---REV. OREN C. THOMPSON---GENEALOGY---4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-20
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-08-22 YPSILANTI M T ---BLACK CDS---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL---GFP--BX1--#24-----DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1836-08-18---PLANS TO BUY LAND IN INDIANA FELL THROUGH; UNITED STATES BANK NOTES WERE 2 AND 1/2 PERCENT DISCOUNT AT FORT WAYNE; THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HAS ISSUED A CIRCULAR FORBIDDING THE RECEIPT OF ANY THING FOR LANDS BUT GOLD AND SILVER, EXCEPT THE PURCHASER IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE LAND IS SOLD. A RESIDENT OF THE STATE CAN PURCHASE 390 ACRES WITH BANK NOTES AS USUAL, NO MORE. WITH GOLD AND SILVER, A PERSON CAN BUY AS MUCH LAND AS THEY CAN FIND MONEY FOR"---MENTIONS ROBERT, SAWYER'S LAWSUIT, SAWMILL NEWS, SAMUEL GEDDES AND FAMILY, PAUL, JAMES, JAMES GEDDES SON OF JAMES GEDDES OF LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY PA., HIS UNCLE SAMUEL, MARIA, AND UNCLE JAMES---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY 2---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-08-22 NILES M.T.***W---BERRIEN CO---BLACK CDS AND BLACK MS 18 3/4 RATE---TO E F BARKER AT GREENWICH, HURON CO, OHIO-----FROM DAVID W BRIGGS AT NILES MICH---DATELINED HOWARD (ACTUALLY HOWARDVILLE, CASS CO, MICH--PLATTED AND RECORDED IN 1835, NAMED FOR A MISS HOWARD OF DETROIT. LOCATED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ALONE..RENAMED BARRON LAKE WHEN THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD CAME THROUGH HERE AND NAMED ITS STATION BARRON LAKE.-WALTER ROMIG)----STATING IN PART "...I HAVE BEEN WEST OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI AND EXPLORED IT ON BOTH SIDES AND FIND IT TO BE THE BEST PART OF THE WORLD THAT I EVER SAW, OR ANY OTHER MAN. I BELIEVE HOWEVER I LIKE THE WEST SIDE THE BEST TAKEN IT IN GENERAL, IT HAS THE BEST WATER, & TIMBER, IT IS A LIME STONE FOUNDATION ON BOTH SIDES...THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS ONE OF THE FINEST RIVERS THAT I EVER SAW, IT IS A RAPID CURRENT, CLEAR WATER AND A FINE SHORE FOR FISHING-----GENEALOGY 2---PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-08-22 NILES M.T.*****W---BERRIEN CO---BLACK CDS AND BLACK MS 18 3/4 RATE---TO E F BARKER AT GREENWICH, HURON CO, OHIO-----FROM DAVID W BRIGGS AT NILES MICH---DATELINED HOWARD (ACTUALLY HOWARDVILLE, CASS CO, MICH--PLATTED AND RECORDED IN 1835, NAMED FOR A MISS HOWARD OF DETROIT. LOCATED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ALONE..RENAMED BARRON LAKE WHEN THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD CAME THROUGH HERE AND NAMED ITS STATION BARRON LAKE.-WALTER ROMIG)----STATING IN PART "...I HAVE BEEN WEST OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI AND EXPLORED IT ON BOTH SIDES AND FIND IT TO BE THE BEST PART OF THE WORLD THAT I EVER SAW, OR ANY OTHER MAN. I BELIEVE HOWEVER I LIKE THE WEST SIDE THE BEST TAKEN IT IN GENERAL, IT HAS THE BEST WATER, & TIMBER, IT IS A LIME STONE FOUNDATION ON BOTH SIDES...THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS ONE OF THE FINEST RIVERS THAT I EVER SAW, IT IS A RAPID CURRENT, CLEAR WATER AND A FINE SHORE FOR FISHING-----GENEALOGY 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien , Cass , , , , , ,
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-08-22-- NILES MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-08-22-- NILES MICH----CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---PAGE 1----GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-08-22-- NILES MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-08-22-- NILES MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-08-22-- NILES MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--CDS---BX 1 FOLDER 1---FROM V L BRADFORD TO JAMES BRADFORD JR---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-08-22
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-08-22 +GELOSTER M T---KALAMAZOO CO---V7---RED #MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE---FREE FRANK---DATELINED RICHLAND, KALAMAZOO CO, M T---FROM JOSEPH MILLER TO WILLIAM HOLABIRD ESQ AT WINCHESTER, LITCHFIELD CO, CT ABOUT THE SALE OF LANDS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 54 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-08-22
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-08-22 +GELOSTER M T---KALAMAZOO CO---V7---RED #MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE---FREE FRANK---DATELINED RICHLAND, KALAMAZOO CO, M T---FROM JOSEPH MILLER TO WILLIAM HOLABIRD ESQ AT WINCHESTER, LITCHFIELD CO, CT ABOUT THE SALE OF LANDS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 54 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-08-22
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3