Ernies Michigan

Title: 1830-03-07 TECUMSEH M T --DUPLICATE-DUPLICATE--RED MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 1132/92--REV A.DARWIN--PAGE 1 --Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
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Date: 1830-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-07 TECUMSEH M T --DUPLICATE-DUPLICATE--RED MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 1132/92--REV A.DARWIN--PAGE 2 --Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
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Date: 1830-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-07 TECUMSEH M T --DUPLICATE-DUPLICATE--RED MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 1132/92--REV A.DARWIN--PAGE 3 --Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-07 +TECUMSEH M T --RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE--AHMS LETTER 1132/92----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS DD AT AHMS----REPORT OF REV ALANSON DARWIN-----IT IS WITH PLEASURE I AM ENABLED BY THE BLESSING OF GOD, TO STATE TO YOU THAT AT PRESENT, MY MISSION IS IN A GOOD DEGREE PROSPEROUS.AT THIS PLACE THOUGH THERE IS NO REVIVAL, YET THERE IS AN INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE MEANS OF GRACE. OUR MEETINGS ARE MORE FULL. I HAVE HAD EVENING MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SETTLEMENT WHICH IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED. A FEW WEEKS SINCE I PROPOSED A COURSE OF SERMONS ON TEMPERANCE; BUT BEFORE I HAD GOT HALF THROUGH, THE WORK OF REFORM BEGAN IN EARNEST. MANY HAD ENTIRELY RENOUNCED THE USE OF ARDENT SPIRITS. ONE TAVERN HAS RELINQUISHED THE SALE OF THEM. THE INTRODUCTION OF SPIRITS IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE HAS BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ABANDONED.-----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION LOT# 167 $90--WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT# 122 $65--GENEALOGY---5 PGS--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION $90 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-03-07 +TECUMSEH M T --RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE--AHMS LETTER 1132/92----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS DD AT AHMS----REPORT OF REV ALANSON DARWIN-----IT IS WITH PLEASURE I AM ENABLED BY THE BLESSING OF GOD, TO STATE TO YOU THAT AT PRESENT, MY MISSION IS IN A GOOD DEGREE PROSPEROUS.AT THIS PLACE THOUGH THERE IS NO REVIVAL, YET THERE IS AN INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE MEANS OF GRACE. OUR MEETINGS ARE MORE FULL. I HAVE HAD EVENING MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SETTLEMENT WHICH IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED. A FEW WEEKS SINCE I PROPOSED A COURSE OF SERMONS ON TEMPERANCE; BUT BEFORE I HAD GOT HALF THROUGH, THE WORK OF REFORM BEGAN IN EARNEST. MANY HAD ENTIRELY RENOUNCED THE USE OF ARDENT SPIRITS. ONE TAVERN HAS RELINQUISHED THE SALE OF THEM. THE INTRODUCTION OF SPIRITS IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE HAS BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ABANDONED.-----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION LOT# 167 $90--WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT# 122 $65--GENEALOGY---5 PGS---PAGE 4----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ERNIES COLLECTION $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---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-#5---GENEALOGY---TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO MICHIGAN, NOW IN YPSILANTI, ANN ARBOR AND DEXTER TWP.--- "IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THE PEOPLE IN THE TIMBER LANDS ARE NOT AS RESPECTABLE AS THE PEOPLE IN THE OPENINGS. THOUGH WE WISH WELL TO THE CAUSE WE HAVE NEITHER OF US JOINED THE SOCIETY NOT REQUIRING REFORM IN THAT PARTICULAR. WE WILL CHEERFULLY ASST THEM IN RAISING THEIR BUILDINGS AND SUPPORT THEM BY WORDS AND ACTIONS BUT DO NOT INTEND TO ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT OF IT WITH THE ZEAL WE SUPPORT OR ADVOCATE ANTI-MASONRY---TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES HAVE DONE SOME GOOD ALREADY, AND WILL PROBABLY DO MUCH MORE GOOD AS THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE LAND ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETIES---MORE DISCUSSION OF TEMPERANCE AND BARN RAISING---DISCUSSION OF ROAD TAX---TEMPERATURE LOWS AND AVERAGES FOR THE WINTER---"THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN IS A VERY LIBERAL AND CONDESCENDING MAN THOUGH A FREEMASON---MORE DISCUSSION OF FREEMASONS AND ELECTIONS---"THE SUPERVISORS HAVE FIXED THE VALUE OF WILD LAND AT THREE DOLLARS AN ACRE...IMPROVED LAND IS FIXED AT FIVE DOLLARS AN ACRE---DISCUSSION OF TAXES ON LAND---MENTIONS MR. OWENS, ROBERT, MARIA, JAMES CLARK, WALTER, ADAM GRITTINGER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MR. SIMPSON'S PAPER SUPPORTED AND EDITED BY DEXTER AND ALLEN ----WEATHER----GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---PAGE 2---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---PAGE 1---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---PAGE 3---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1830-03-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---PAGE 3---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---PAGE 4---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS--PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS--PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-04-17 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1274/113----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---INCLUDING A SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---"THE PLAINS WHERE I PREACH ALTERNATELY ARE..(FROM PONTIAC), WASHINGTON 9+12 MILES, ROCHESTER 9 MILES, MUNSONS SETTLEMENT 8 MILES, & WING LAKE 8 MILES...THERE IS MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED. MOUNT CLEMENS, THE COUNTY SEAT OF MACOMB COUNTY & OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN HITHERTO UNOCCUPIED BY MINISTERS OF OUR PERSUASION. IF MORE MISSIONARIES ARE SENT, I THINK THE FIELD MAY BE EXTENDED ADVANTAGEOUSLY. IF DEVOTED MEN, MEN WHO ARE MOVED TO THE WORK BY THEIR LOVE TO SOULS, ARE SENT HERE, THEY WILL FIND ENOUGH TO DO. THE PEOPLE HERE TREAT MINISTERS WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT & A FAITHFUL LABORER NEED NOT FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WILL LET HIM BE IN WANT OF A COMFORTABLE MAINTENANCE.BROTHER WELLS & HASTINGS WILL COMMUNICATE ADVICE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE STATIONS BEST FOR ME TO OCCUPY, SHOULD YOU SEND OTHERS, & THINK PROPER ALSO TO APPOINT ME. I HAVE WRITTEN MY REPORT FOR THE YEAR, AS I AM INSTRUCTED, AND HAVE DIRECTED IT TO REV MR. GOULD OF SOUTHAMPTON. THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE IN OUR COUNTY IS PROSPERING BEYOND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. THERE IS PROBABLY NOT HALF THE LIQUID POISON DRANK, THAT WAS DRANK A YEAR AGO.---BROTHER PRINCE INFORMS ME, THAT YOU SPEAK OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE IN THIS TERRITORY. HE HAS TOLD YOU, I SUPPOSE, HOW HE & THE PEOPLE AT FARMINGTON STAND AFFECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER. HE, I THINK, CAN BE NO LONGER USEFUL THERE. THEY ARE DESIRING TO HAVE SOME ONE SETTLE WITH THEM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A SUITABLE PLACE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU MENTIONED TO HIM. ---GENEALOGY--3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 87 $50 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES WITH SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES WITH SMALL HAND DRAWN MAP OF ROADS LEADING OUT OF PONTIAC---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-04-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25---AHMS LETTER 1274/113---REV ISAAC RUGGLES---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-04-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

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