Title: 1823-10-16 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1823-10-16--DRUMMOND ISLAND--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FOLLOWING THE U.S.REOCCUPATION OF DETROIT(1813-09-29) DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT MICHILIMACKINAC(MACKINAC ISLAND) WITHDREW TO DRUMMOND ISLAND IN LATE 1813. BOUNDARY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND CANADA UNDETERMINED UNTIL 1827 WHEN DRUMMOND ISLAND WAS CONFIRMED U S TERRITORY BY A JOINT SURVEY TEAM. THE BRITISH GARRISON WITHDREW TO ST JOSEPH ISLAND IN CANADA IN NOVEMBER 1828.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , War of 1812
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."---MENTIONS CAPTAIN BRADLEY-----GENEALOGY------2PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."------GENEALOGY------2PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."------GENEALOGY------2PGS----PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT ST. JOSEPH M. T., THEN TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA FROM CHARLY NOBLE AT FRENCHTOWN M.T. ---HE GAVE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO COL. HUNT; THE SCHOONER "GENERAL JACKSON" HAD LANDED AT DETROIT, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFLOAD THE FREIGHT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL; HE RECOMMENDS KEEPING THE FLOUR SHIPPED ON THE SCHOONER AT DETROIT BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED HIGH COST IN THE FUTURE, AND THE DIFFICULTIES FORWARDING IT; HE AND MRS. NOBLE SEND THEIR WISHES TO MRS. MCCOY---MENTIONS MR. METTY, PRICES OF FLOUR AND SALT---GENEALOGY--- 4 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1824-01-08 +SAGUINA BAY M T-----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS ON SERVICE/ H. BAINBRIDGE/LIET. 3d Infty. & 25 RATE PLUS DETROIT Mic. T. RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK----DATELINED "PORT OF SAGUINA, JAN 8TH 1824-----TO LIEUT. R. LOWNDES, A.D. CAMP, HdQrs C. DEPT., GOVERNORS ISLAND, N.Y.------(REPORTED IN THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPAEDIA CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER--"SAGUINA BAY IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL THOSE WHICH INDENT MICHIGAN. THIS IS AN IMMENSE OPENING FROM LAKE HURON, OF UPWARDS OF 70 MILES IN LENGTH, AND GRADUALLY NARROWING FROM 35 MILES IN WIDTH, TO A SMALL RIVER OF THE SAME NAME, WHOSE SOURCES ARE ON THE INTERIOR TABLE LAND; THE GENERAL RANGE OF SAGUINA BAY IS FROM N.E. TO S.W. BORDERED BY EXCELLENT LAND.")------IN LETTER SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE STATING "I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT MYSELF IN COMMAND OF THIS POST, AND SHALL IN OBEDIENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MAJOR BAKER, AFFORD EVERY AID CONSISTENTLY WITH THE MEANS PLACED AT MY DISPOSAL TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OBJECT GOVERNMENT HAS CONTEMPLATED. TWO ENGAGES ON EXPRESS FROM MACKINAC, WHICH PLACE THEY LEFT ON THE 18TH OF LAST MONTH, HAVE THIS MORNING RECEIVED THE SEVERAL PACKAGES FOR THE UPPER POSTS, AND ARE NOW ON THEIR DEPARTURE..."-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 92 $220 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-01-08
County: Saginaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-04-01 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS& RED MS 25 CROSSED OUT----BLACK BOXED LIVERPOOL/ SHIP LETTER & RED /26 MY 26/1824 BISHOP MARK & MS INLAND PORTAGE PAID, NEW YORK ON FRONT----TO REVEREND ANTHONY HAMILTON A.M., NO 24 AMHERST, LANCASTER SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND-----GENEALOGY----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 28 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-04-15 DETROIT M T---RED OVAL CDS---#MANUSCRIPT SHIP---FROM WILLIAM B. ASTOR AT NEW YORK TO ROBERT STUART AGENT AMERICAN FUR COMPANY AT MICHILIMACKINAC---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1824-04-15 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---MANUSCRIPT SHIP---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER ---PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. HENRY STANTON AT DETROIT--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY----REGARDING A SHIPMENT OF UNITED STATES CLOTHING FROM PHILADELPHIA, LISTING THE ITEMS AND QUANTITIES, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO SAULT DE STE. MARIE AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY; ALSO BLANKETS MARKED FOR GAYAND, MACKINAC, AND GREEN BAY, WHICH HE BELIEVES WERE INTENDED TO ARRIVE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF NAVIGATION THE PREVIOUS FALL---GENEALOGY----3PGS--------COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1826-02-03 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---SHIP LETTER RATE--TO LONDON VIA LIVERPOOL---TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS---1 PAGE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-02-03
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1826-02-03 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---SHIP LETTER---PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1826-02-03
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1826-05-13 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1826-05-13 MACKINAC M T--MACKINAC WATERWAY ROUTING-MACKINAC-SAGINAW-PRIVATE CONTRACTOR#278-SAGINAW-PONTIAC---BOTTOM--MACKINAC M T--BY SHIP 2 CENT RATE--POSTMASTER JAMES COOK--ROUTE-GREEN BAY(VIA STEAMBOAT)2 CENTS+25 RATE=27 CENTS--MACKINAC-DETROIT-CLEVELAND-PHILADELPHIA PA--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1826-07-07 MACKINAC MICH------MACKINAC CO-----TO REV. GEORGES WELLER, PHILADELPHIA PENN------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-07-07
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-03-21 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED OVAL CDS CANCEL--GENEALOGY 6----FROM JAMES ABBOTT, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN WAYNE COUNTY TO ISAAC D. BARNARD, SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AT HARRISBURGH---CONCERNING THE DEPOSITION OF JONATHAN F. STRATTON OF WASHTENAW COUNTY, THAT HE HAD BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH JOHN RUPLEY SINCE 1812 AND KNEW OF HIS CIRCUMSTANCES AS A VOLUNTEER AS A SEAMAN ON THE SCHOONER TIGRIS, OR SOME OTHER VESSEL BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE TIME OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY'S VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE, AND THAT RUPLEY NOW RESIDES IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BUCKLIN IN WAYNE COUNTY ---2 pg--COURTESY OF MICHIGAN 4 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-03-21
County: Washtenaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----DATELINED MICHILIMACKINAC---FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---"I HAVE BEEN BUSILY ENGAGED FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS PAST IN SURVEYING THE ISLAND OF BOIS BLANC (WHICH BEING TRANSLATED IS WHITE-WOOD, ALIAS BASSWOOD ISLAND) ABOUT THREE MILES DISTANT FROM THIS ISLAND OF MACKINAC WHERE I NOW WRITE. I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY SURVEY/ WHICH BY THE BYE HAS BEEN A VERY UNPROFITABLE ONE" ---"YOU PERHAPS HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS AN ACCOUNT OF SOME MURDERS COMMITTED BY THE INDIANS AT PRAIRIE DES CHIENS AND ALSO HIGHER UP THE MISSISSIPPI. THE POTAWATAMIE AND WINEBAGO TRIBES OF INDIANS HAVE BEEN JUST ON THE POINT OF BREAKING OUT INTO OPEN HOSTILITIES WITH THE WHITES AND THE PEOPLE RESIDING NEAR AND IN THEIR COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GREATLY ALARMED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, BUT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FORTUNATE PRESENCE OF GOV. CASS AT THIS JUNCTURE, WHO IS NOW IN THE COUNTRY HOLDING A TREATY WITH THE WINEBAGOES, WILL PREVENT ACTS OF FURTHER HOSTILITY OR AT LEAST PREVENT A GENERAL WAR"---MENTIONS CHARLOTTE, PAMELA AND HER FAMILY, LAVINA, MARY, ESTHER, GEORGE, LEICESTER AND EDWARD, ORSON, MAJ. ALEX THOMPSON COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE GARRISON AT MICHILIMACKINAC---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---PAGE 1---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---PAGE 2---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---PAGE 3---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-08-10---MACKINAC M T--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--LUCIUS LYON TO SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---DATELINED MICHILIMACKINAC M T---FRIDAY 1827-08-10---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ---PAGE 1--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ---PAGE 1--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ----PAGE 2--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ----PAGE 2--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ---PAGE 3--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS LETTER 909/36 ---PAGE 3--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --*****MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--FROM REV ISAAC McILVAINE (1850,60,80 US CENSUS, B. IRELAND 1799-02-05, D. NEW JERSEY 1883-06-30, SPOUSE, M. MARY ANN HARRISON McILVAINE 1829-05-12{1800-1867}, CHILDREN, MARY BLATCHFORD McILVAINE{1830-}, LYDIA HARRISON McILVAINE{1833-}, MARTHA REBECCA McILVAINE{1855-}, JOHN McILVAINE)---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK---TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE----"I REACHED BUFFALOE JUST AS THE STORM HAD SUBSIDED, AS THE NEWS OF SHIPWRECKS WAS ARRIVING- STEAM BOATS HAD NOT VENTURED OUT FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS, BUT THE MORNING AFTER MY ARRIVAL, HAVING COLLECTED MY BAGGAGE, THE RISING SUN WITNESSED US GLIDING GENTLY ON THE SMOOTH WATERS OF THE LAKE........AFTER A DELIGHTFUL PASSAGE OF TWO DAYS WE REACHED DETROIT....I SAILED IN A SMALL VESSEL FOR MONROE. AND AFTER AN UNPLEASANT AND RATHER DANGEROUS PASSAGE OF ABOUT 30 HOURS, CAME TO THE RIVER RAISIN....THERE NATURE SAT UNTUTORED - THE SWAN IN COMPANIES ENGAGED THEMSELVES ALONG THE SHORE -THE WILD DUCK IN IMMENSE NUMBERS FLEW AROUND....MONROE IS A VILLAGE OF ABOUT 300 INHABITANTS, SOME FRENCH, SOME WORTHLESS AND WANDERING, AND SOME EXCELLENT PEOPLE. THE RIVER HERE HAS A LITTLE FALL- THE BANKS ARE GENTLY ASCENDING- THE SITUATION AS ALTOGETHER BEAUTIFUL-HOUSES ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE BUT MOST ON THE SOUTH SIDE"----MENTIONS DR BEECHER AND FATHER CLEMENS---REPORT OF LABORS AND HELPING PEOPLE RESOLVE DISPUTES---"THE METHODISTS HAVE TRIED MUCH TO FORM A SOCIETY HERE BUT CANNOT"---"I NOW ASK PERMISSION OF THE COMMITTEE TO GO TO NEW YORK THIS SPRING TO VISIT PIOUS PARENTS WHOM I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR TEN YEARS, AND WHOM, IF I DO NOT GO SOON I MAY NEVER SEE"----STEAMSHIPS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $150 - N Read More..
Year: 1928
Date: 1828-03-24
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7