Title: 1854-09-30 GENESEE MICH{1839-1857} NAME CHANGE-MOUNT MORRIS----V5-----GENESEE CO-----TO ENGLAND-------DATELINED GENESEE MICHIGAN SEPT 22--------TO MRS ANN BENSON(1841,51,61,71 ENGLAND CENSUS, B. 31 AUG 1802, D. 16 JAN 1875, SHOE BINDER, FATHER, JOHN WOODBURNE, SPOUSE, M. JOHN BENSON{BREWER}, CHILDREN, JAMES BENSON, SARAH BENSON, THOMAS BENSON, WILLIAM BENSON{SHOEMAKER}), MANCHESTER, ENGLAND---INCLUDES APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE BETWEEN JOHN BENSON AND ANN WOODBURNE-----WATERWAYS--------GENEALOGY------8PGS---PAGE 8------ERNIES COLLECTION $50 - N Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-09-30
County: Genesee
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1854-10-03 +DETROIT MICH----BLACK 5 CTS INTEGRATED CDS------& BLACK FANCY SCROLL STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP----TO AUDITOR GENERAL, LANSING MICH-----FROM ALFRED COMSTOCK------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1055 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-10-03
County: Ingham , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1855-10-15 LIVONIA MICH-----WAYNE CO----LETTER ONLY-----"DEAR COUSIN---I RECEIVED YOUR KIND LETTER ON MONDAY AND WOULD HAVW BEEN VERY GLAD TO HAVE MET YOU AT THE BOAT ON TUESDAY MORNING BUT SINCE I LEFT ST. CLAIR I HAVE BEEN SICK ALMOST THREE WEEKS AND MOTHER THOUGHT SHE COULD NOT VERY WELL SPARE ME SO SOON, BUT IF YOU THINK IT BEST FOR ME TO COME IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS I COULD THEN BE SPARED FROM HOME JUST AS WELL AS NOT, FATHER THINKS OF VISITING UNCLE VanREFERS THIS FALL AND SAYS I HAD NOT BETTER GO TO ST. CLAIR UNTIL AFTER THAT, I SHALL HAVE TO BRING MY LETTER......"-----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS & MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-10-15
County: Wayne
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1857-05-24 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO LEEDS ENGLAND VIA NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL----TO GEORGE WISE (1851 ENGLAND CENSUS, B.SKIPSEA, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND 1801, WIFE, ELIZABETH WISE), LEEDS, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND---TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----GENEALOGY--COVER ONLY--1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-05-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-05-24 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO LEEDS ENGLAND VIA NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL--COVER ONLY--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1857-05-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-12-05 MISHAWAKA IND.*****W----ST. JOSEPH CO--( OLD SPELLING "MISHAWAUKA" )---BLUE 30MM CDS----UNPAID 30 CENT PCM RATE---CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " AFRICA "----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY---VIA NEW YORK PACKET (12-09) THROUGH AACHEN ( 12-22), THROUGH STUTTGART (12-24 AND 12-25 )----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS------TRANS-ATLANTIC------1 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-12-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1858-03-25 +BRIDGEWATER MICH-----WASHTENAW CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 30 RATE----TO GERMANY----BLACK NEW YORK BR PKT/ 13 4; BLACK STUTTGART 15 APR 1858/ 41 N 2 AND BLACK WAIBLINGEN/ 16 4 58 BACKSTAMPS-------GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS-----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 163 $100 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-03-25
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , German Language Letters , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-06-10 +DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO----STEAMER NORTH STAR-OVAL LAKE SUPERIOR LINE NORTH STAR----TO MISS ANGIE M BINGHAM AT GRAND RAPIDS MICH---GENEALOGY-----TIED SCOTT 26---INDISTINCT ESTIMATED DATE----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 1160 $650 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-06-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Scott-10,11,25,26,26a , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-09-14 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----BLACK STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP "STEAMBOAT"-----& BLACK 3 PAID INTEGRATED CDS TIES SCOTT 26----TO MRS HENRY GILLMAN CARE OF H.R. JOHNSON, DETROIT MICH----WITH MS "I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER-H.G." ON BACK----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1046 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-09-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1859-03-09 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO WUIRTENBERG GERMANY VIA NEW YORK, ROTTWEIL, STUTGART, AND KACHEN------TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS--1 pg--COVER ONLY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1859
Date: 1859-03-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1859-03-09 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO WUIRTENBERG GERMANY VIA NEW YORK, ROTTWEIL, STUTGART, AND KACHEN--1 pg--COVER ONLY--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1859-03-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters to Foreign Destinations , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1859-09-28 DETROIT MICH*****W----DATE ESTIMATED--WAYNE CO.--STEAMBOAT---SCOTT 26--BLACK 32MM INTEGRETED 3 PAID CDS--TO MRS. W.H. HEARDING, A LAKE SURVEYOR----CARE OF H.H. SANGER, DETROIT MICH----COVER ONLY--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
Year: 1859
Date: 1859-09-28
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1860-10-13 DETROIT MICH----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS TIES 3 CENT SCOTT U5 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY----& BLACK FANCY SCROLL STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP-----TO MISS ELLEN M. GRAVES, CARE OF CHARLES DUCHARME, DETROIT MICH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1056 Read More..
Year: 1860
Date: 1860-10-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1860-10-14 DETROIT MICH----WARDS LINE STEAMERS STEAMER FORESTER----& BLACK INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS & GRID TIES SCOTT 26-----TO ELIZE BURLINGHAM AT ERIE CO N.Y.-----THE STEAMER FORESTER WAS BUILT IN NEWPORT, MICHIGAN IN 1854 AND OPERATED FROM DETROIT AS HER HOME PORT TO PORTS ON LAKE SUPERIOR UNTIL 1867 WHEN SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARGE-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1153 Read More..
Year: 1860
Date: 1860-10-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Scott-10,11,25,26,26a , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1861-06-01 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED LAKE SUPERIOR STEAMER IRON CITY, LUSSEY & MCBRIDE, AGENTS AT CLEVELAND OHIO---& FANCY SCROLL STEAMER-----TO MRS EDWIN N ELY AT OLIVET, EATON CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF ALLEN UP-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 585 Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-02-15 DETROIT MICH*****W----WAYNE CO---BLACK 21 CENT CDS AMERICAN PACKET TO WHATFORD, HARTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND WITH WATFORD ROUTING & MANUSCRIPT "1/"-----TO WILLIAM B. RANKIN (1851 ENGLAND CENSUS, B. BOCKING,ESSEX, ENGLAND 1800, D. 1876, WIFE, JANE N RANKIN,CHILDREN, REBECCA RANKIN, ALFRED RANKIN, JANE RANKIN, JOHN PRICE, LOUISA RANKIN, ELIZABETH RANKIN, EMILY RANKIN, HUGH RANKIN, ALICE RANKIN), ABBOTTS LANGLEY,LANGLEY HOUSE, WHATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND-, ABBOTTS LANGLEY, LANGLEY HOUSE, WHATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND----GENEALOGY---FOREIGN DESTINATIONS---TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COVER ONLY---NO CONTENTS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-02-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-06-04 +STEAMER METEOR / E. RIVER CDS TIES SCOTT 65------TO HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, EAGLE RIVER, LAKE SUPERIOR------GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1051 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-06-04
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-10-05 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO JOHN MICHAEL SCHMIDT (1850 CENSUS, BADEN-WURTTERNBERG, GERMANY 1802, D. 1866, WIFE, CHRISTINA MARGARETHA SCHMIDT, CHILDREN, ELIZABETH SCHMIDT, JOHN SCHMIDT),OHIO----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS------GENEALOGY---1 pg--COVER ONLY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-10-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1863-10-05 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO OHIO--1 pg--COVER ONLY--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1863-10-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-06-30 +STEAMER PEWABIC/JUNE 30 1864/ DETROIT CDS----TO M. FOLEY BROTHERS CO., EAGLE HARBOR----ON AUGUST 9, 1865 THE STEAMER PEWABIC COLLIDED WITH THE STEAMER METEOR SENDING THE PEWABIC TO THE BOTTOM OF LAKE HURON. AN ESTIMATED 125 LIVES WERE LOST IN THE DISASTER-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1057 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-06-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1864-08-13 +HOUGHTON MICH----STEAMER ILLINOIS/ PORTAGE CDS TIES SCOTT 65-----TO HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, HOUGHTON, LAKE SUPERIOR---THEN BLACK STAMPED FORWARDED MS 3 TO KEWEENAW BAY-----THE STEAMER ILLINOIS WAS THE FIRST TO PASS THROUGH THE LOCKS AT SAULT STE. MARIE MARKING THE OPENING OF UNOBSTRUCTED SHIPPING BETWEEN LAKES SUPERIOR AND HURON ON JUNE 22, 1855------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1049 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-08-13
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-04-14 +DETROIT MICH----DCDS & TARGET TIES SCOTT 65-----STEAMER METEOR MAY 14 1865/ DETROIT BLACK CDS----TO REV JAMES L. WRIGHT, HADDAM, MIDDLESEX CO, CONN----ON AUGUST 9, 1865 THE STEAMER PEWABIC COLLIDED WITH THE STEAMER METEOR SENDING THE PEWABIC TO THE BOTTOM OF LAKE HURON-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1050 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-04-14
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-04-29 +COPPER HARBOR MICH-----KEWEENAW CO----V5----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS & TARGET TIES SCOTT 65-----IMPRINT ENVELOPE OF U.S. LAKE SURVEY----OFFICIAL BUSINESS----TO ASST. HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, CAMP MISERY RIVER, VIA ONTONAGON, LAKE SUPERIOR-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 743 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-04-29
County: Keweenaw
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-07-17 +DETROIT MICH----BLACK HANDSTAMP STEAMBOAT SCROLL & MS PER COMET---YEAR ESTIMATED-----& BLACK CDS/ JUL 17/12 & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65-----TO ASSISTANT HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. SURVEY, CARE OF W.P. RAMSEY, WASHINGTON HARBOR, WISCONSIN-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1048 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-07-17
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-08-01 +DETROIT MICH---YEAR ESTIMATED---BLACK HANDSTAMP OVAL STEAMBOAT DUE 2 CENTS & BLACK DETROIT CDS & TARGET TIES SCOTT 65----TO MRS HENRY GILLMAN, BOX 1603, DETROIT MICH----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1047 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-08-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1866-09-05 BLUMFIELD MICH***----SAGINAW CO.---V4----BLACK *MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK AND MANUSCRIPT DUE 15 CTS-----TO GERMANY "PR. STEAMER/ GERMANIA"----WITH NEW YORK BR PKT / 23 RATE / SEPT 11 HANDSTAMP ON FRONT ALONG WITH BLUE MANUSCRIPT "13 8/10" SURCHARGE WITH 3 ROUTING HANDSTAMPS ON BACK------------GENEALOGY----1PG---PAGE 1----TRANS-ATLANTIC WATERWAYS-----WHITFORD/ 2017/ HAYES AUCTION LOT 486 $60-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1866-09-05
County: Saginaw
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1866-09-05 BLUMFIELD MICH******W{1856-1901}---DPO----SAGINAW CO.---V4----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK AND MANUSCRIPT DUE 15 CTS-----TO GERMANY "PR. STEAMER/ GERMANIA"----WITH NEW YORK BR PKT / 23 RATE / SEPT 11 HANDSTAMP ON FRONT ALONG WITH BLUE MANUSCRIPT "13 8/10" SURCHARGE WITH 3 ROUTING HANDSTAMPS ON BACK------------GENEALOGY----1PG----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS-----WHITFORD/ 2017/ HAYES AUCTION LOT 486 $60-----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1866
Date: 1866-09-05
County: Saginaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1866-10-01 MORENCI MICH--LENAWEE CO----TO SWITZERLAND----TO ABRAHAM PIEREN, FRUTIGEN SWITZERLAND------MORENCI TO NEW YORK, THEN SOUTHAMPTON, AACHEN, BASEL, FRUUITGEN--COVER DATESTAMPED IN MORENCI 1 OCT 1866. TRANSATLANTIC BY NGL STEAMER "NEW YORK", DEP. NEW YORK 6 OCT, ARRIVED SOUTHAMPTON 20 OCT. IN PRUSSION CLOSED MAIL VIA AACHEN TO SWITZERLAND. MARKINGS: MORENCI DATESTAMP 1 OCT PREPAYMENT WITH 30 CENT AND 3 CENT ADHESIVE STAMPS. NEW YORK EXCHANGE OFFICE FAINT HANDSTAMP NO. 45, OCT AND ACCOUNTING MARK 12 NO. 292. FRAMED AACHEN 21 10 FRANCO AND MS RATE MARKINGS 12 IN BLUE CRAYON AND 6 IN RED. FRUITGEN RECEIVER 22 OCT ON REVERSE. RATE: PRUSSION CLOSED MAIL RATE TO SWITZERLAND FOR SINGLE UNDER 1/2 OZ. LETTER 33 CENTS PREPAID. U.S. TO PRUSSIA 12 CENTS, AACHEN MARKED 2 SIBERGROSHEN PAID FOR TRANSPORT TO SWITZERLAND. BASEL MARKED 6 KREUZEN PAID FOR TRANSIT TO SECOND CRAYON.-----WATERWAYS----TRANSATLANTIC----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED----MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1866
Date: 1866-10-01
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1866-10-06 ANTRIM CITY MICH {1862-1882} DPO---V6---ANTRIM CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--SCOTT 65 NO GRILL-------" I EXPECT TO GO ON A PLEASURE EXCURSION ON A PROPELLER CALLED THE "SUNNYSIDE" WE SHALL BE GONE ABOUT THREE DAYS HERE IF THE YOUNG LADIES WISH TO TAKE A RIDE WE GO OFF IN THE MORNING COME BACK AT NIGHT. I EXPECTED TO GO TO CHICAGO BUT GOT DELAYED SO I GUESS I SHALL NOT GO THIS FALL. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE RAILROAD, THERE IS NO RAILROAD VERY NEAR. IT IS A GOOD WAYS TO RAILROAD, IN THE SUMMER TIME WE GO BY WATER, IN THE WINTER WE GO BY STAGE TO THE RAILROAD. WE HAVE THE STAGE HERE TWICE A WEEK. THERE IS LARGE VESSELS AND SCHOONERS HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY FROM DETROIT, CHICAGO, OR BUFFALO, ALSO THERE IS A NUMBER OF LARGE BOATS OWNED HERE BESIDES A GOOD MANY OTHER LITTLE ONES."----------------4 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1866
Date: 1866-10-06
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Railroads , MI Waterways , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1866-10-06 ANTRIM CITY MICH---V6---ANTRIM CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--SCOTT 65 NO GRILL-------" I EXPECT TO GO ON A PLEASURE EXCURSION ON A PROPELLER CALLED THE "SUNNYSIDE" WE SHALL BE GONE ABOUT THREE DAYS HERE IF THE YOUNG LADIES WISH TO TAKE A RIDE WE GO OFF IN THE MORNING COME BACK AT NIGHT. I EXPECTED TO GO TO CHICAGO BUT GOT DELAYED SO I GUESS I SHALL NOT GO THIS FALL. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE RAILROAD, THERE IS NO RAILROAD VERY NEAR. IT IS A GOOD WAYS TO RAILROAD, IN THE SUMMER TIME WE GO BY WATER, IN THE WINTER WE GO BY STAGE TO THE RAILROAD. WE HAVE THE STAGE HERE TWICE A WEEK. THERE IS LARGE VESSELS AND SCHOONERS HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY FROM DETROIT, CHICAGO, OR BUFFALO, ALSO THERE IS A NUMBER OF LARGE BOATS OWNED HERE BESIDES A GOOD MANY OTHER LITTLE ONES."----------------4 pgs--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1866-10-06
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Manuscripts , Railroads , MI Waterways , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4