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Title: 1803-06-01---DETROIT M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF FREDERICK BATES---EARLIEST RECORDED FEDERAL-PERIOD POSTMARK FROM DETROIT, INDIANA TERRITORY AS FIRST POST OFFICE IN WAYNE COUNTY----FREDERICK BATES-1777-1825--JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN 1805-8, TREASURER OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY 1805-6. IN 1795 HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST AND LEFT HOME FOR THE FRONTIER, DETROIT BEING HIS HOME, OFTEN VISITING MACKINAW AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. IN A FEW YEARS HE MADE A LITTLE CAPITAL, AND WENT INTO TRADE AS A STOREKEEPER IN DETROIT, STUDYING LAW IN SPARE HOURS. GENEALOGY--EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 54----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR------2 PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
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Date: 1803-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1803-06-01---DETROIT M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF FREDERICK BATES---EARLIEST RECORDED FEDERAL-PERIOD POSTMARK FROM DETROIT, INDIANA TERRITORY AS FIRST POST OFFICE IN WAYNE COUNTY----FREDERICK BATES-1777-1825--JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN 1805-8, TREASURER OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY 1805-6. IN 1795 HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST AND LEFT HOME FOR THE FRONTIER, DETROIT BEING HIS HOME, OFTEN VISITING MACKINAW AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. IN A FEW YEARS HE MADE A LITTLE CAPITAL, AND WENT INTO TRADE AS A STOREKEEPER IN DETROIT, STUDYING LAW IN SPARE HOURS. ---TO RICHARD BATES AT GOOCHLAND CLERK'S OFFICE NEAR RICHMOND VIRGINIA---ASKING TO HEAR FROM HIM---MENTIONS SALLY, MR. MILLER, MR. PLEASANTS, FLEMING, MRS. MILLER AND HER SISTER MRS. REAM HAVE DIED, WOODSON, DOCTOR CARTER, FREDERICK---"BROTHER CHARLES I SUPPOSE SPRINKLES NO INCENSE ON THE SHRINES OF POPULARITY"---GENEALOGY--EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 54 $4500----2PG----PRIVATELY OWNED - N Read More..
Year: 1803
Date: 1803-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1803-06-01---DETROIT M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF FREDERICK BATES---EARLIEST RECORDED FEDERAL-PERIOD POSTMARK FROM DETROIT, INDIANA TERRITORY AS FIRST POST OFFICE IN WAYNE COUNTY----FREDERICK BATES-1777-1825--JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN 1805-8, TREASURER OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY 1805-6. IN 1795 HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST AND LEFT HOME FOR THE FRONTIER, DETROIT BEING HIS HOME, OFTEN VISITING MACKINAW AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. IN A FEW YEARS HE MADE A LITTLE CAPITAL, AND WENT INTO TRADE AS A STOREKEEPER IN DETROIT, STUDYING LAW IN SPARE HOURS. GENEALOGY--EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 54----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR------2 PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
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Date: 1803-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1803-06-01 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--1803-06-01---DETROIT M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF FREDERICK BATES---EARLIEST RECORDED FEDERAL-PERIOD POSTMARK FROM DETROIT, INDIANA TERRITORY AS FIRST POST OFFICE IN WAYNE COUNTY----FREDERICK BATES-1777-1825--JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN 1805-8, TREASURER OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY 1805-6. IN 1795 HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST AND LEFT HOME FOR THE FRONTIER, DETROIT BEING HIS HOME, OFTEN VISITING MACKINAW AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. IN A FEW YEARS HE MADE A LITTLE CAPITAL, AND WENT INTO TRADE AS A STOREKEEPER IN DETROIT, STUDYING LAW IN SPARE HOURS. GENEALOGY--EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 54--------PRIVATELY OWNED $4500 Read More..
Year: 1803
Date: 1803-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1803-08-24 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP--1803-08-24 DETROIT INDIANA TERRITORY---ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF FRENCH-STYLE #MANUSCRIPT--POSTMASTER FREDERICK BATES---BOTTOM--DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT Read More..
Year: 1803
Date: 1803-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1803-08-24 DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---INDIANA TERRITORIAL USE---IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 35---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1803
Date: 1803-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1805-02-10 +DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--GENEALOGY 9---FROM MATT. ERNEST AT DETROIT TO JOHN WILKINS JR. AT PITTSBURGH---DISCUSSING PAYMENTS--STEWART'S AGAINST CHAPMAN, MESSRS. ABBOTT, FRANCIS SHORAN, CHRISTOPHER BROWN; FAMILY NEWS OF KITTY AND WILBUR---GENEALOGY---1 pg---HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 19 $800---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-02-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1805-02-10 +DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--GENEALOGY 9---FROM MATT. ERNEST AT DETROIT TO JOHN WILKINS JR. AT PITTSBURGH---DISCUSSING PAYMENTS--STEWART'S AGAINST CHAPMAN, MESSRS. ABBOTT, FRANCIS SHORAN, CHRISTOPHER BROWN; FAMILY NEWS OF KITTY AND WILBUR---GENEALOGY---1 pg---PAGE 1---HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 19 $800---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-02-10
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1805-05-23 DETROIT INDIANA TERRITORY---#MANUSCRIPT RED CANCEL & RED MS FREE F BATES P.M.-----TO FR. BATES AT PITTSBURGH, P.A.-----FROM FREDERICK BATES AT DETROIT-----CONCERNING THE POLITICS TAKING PLACE WHEN MICHIGAN TERRITORY WAS CREATED. GOV. WILLIAM HULL ARRIVED JULY 1, 1805 IN COMPANY WITH SECRETARY GRISWOLD. JUDGE WOODWARD HAD ARRIVED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. JUDGE BATES WAS ALREADY IN RESIDENCE. HULL HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN HIS OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ON JULY 1, 1805 HE ADMINISTERED THE OATH TO THE TWO JUDGES AND THE TERRITORY SECRETARY. MICHIGAN TERRITORY FORMALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE ON JULY 1, 1805. FOLLOWING A STATEMENT REGARDING MR JEFFERSON, BATES WRITES---BUT HULL LIVES ON A PARALLEL OF LATITUDE------MENTIONS HENRY BALDWIN, WILKINSON, DODERMEED, ERNEST---GENEALOGY 5---3 PGS----COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 55 $3500 - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-05-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL TO HER SISTER WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE-------GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56----3 PGS--PAGE 3--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL TO HER SISTER WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE-------GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56---3 PGS--PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL TO HER SISTER WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE-------GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56----3 PGS--PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--EARLIEST DETROIT MICHIGAN TERRITORY LETTER--DOCKETING AT MECHANIC HALL BROADWAY NEW YORK--LETTER OF ANN HULL AT DETROIT TO HER SISTER ELIZA MCLELLEN AT PORTLAND, CARE OF ISAAC MCLELLEN---WITH MENTION OF HER FATHER INCLUDING--I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY OF LATE OCCASIONED BY VERY PERILOUS SITUATIONS OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE IN WHILE ON THE LAKE, THANK GOD I HAVE HEARD OF THERE SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT ERIE----MENTIONS MR. WHIPPLE, REBECCA, MR. CLARK, ABRAHAM---"IT MAY BE USEFUL IN A PECUNIARY POINT OF VIEW, BUT A PERSON WHO HAS FORMED AN ATTACHMENT FOR SOCIETY MUST FEEL A MST DISMAL VOID IN THIS PLACE, HAD I THE CHOICE OF A PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN MY POWER THIS PLACE WOULD BE THE LAST, THIS OBSERVATION ARISES MERELY FROM THE SOCIETY, THE COUNTRY HAS MANY NATURAL CHARMS"---GENEALOGY---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 56 $1850----3 PGS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--- #MANUSCRIPT--ORIGINALLY MAILED FROM NEW YORK ON 1805-08-24---DATELINED 1805-08-22----TO ALEXANDER THOMPSON C/O CAPT. EARNEST AT DETROIT----THEN FORWARDED FROM DETROIT M T BACK TO NEW YORK WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 CENT CHARGE= TOTAL 50 CENTS---FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN THOMPSON----MENTIONS THE DESTRUCTION OD DETROIT, AND HE IS GLAD ALL OF THEIR GOODS WERE NOT THERE---JOSHEY ARRIVED AT SAVANNAH---GENEALOGY 2----2PG----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1805
Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--- *MANUSCRIPT--ORIGINALLY MAILED FROM NEW YORK ON 1805-08-24---DATELINED 1805-08-22----TO ALEXANDER THOMPSON C/O CAPT. EARNEST AT DETROIT----THEN FORWARDED FROM DETROIT M T BACK TO NEW YORK WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 CENT CHARGE= TOTAL 50 CENTS---FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN THOMPSON----GENEALOGY 2----2PG----TOP OF PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1805-11-14 DETROIT M T--- *MANUSCRIPT--ORIGINALLY MAILED FROM NEW YORK ON 1805-08-24---DATELINED 1805-08-22----TO ALEXANDER THOMPSON C/O CAPT. EARNEST AT DETROIT----THEN FORWARDED FROM DETROIT M T BACK TO NEW YORK WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 CENT CHARGE= TOTAL 50 CENTS---FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN THOMPSON----GENEALOGY 2----2PG---BOTTOM OF PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1805-11-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1806-10-05 DETROIT M T---XMANUSCRIPT--IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 37---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-10-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1806-11-20 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1806-11-20---DETROIT---FIRST FEDERAL-PERIOD STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP USED IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY---USED FOR 3 TO 4 MONTHS BUT FOUND UNSATISFACTORY--1 OF 2 RECORDED EXAMPLES---BOTTOM---DETROIT M T--1807-05-02---#MANUSCRIPT AND STAMPED FREE---TO HENRY DEARBORN Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-11-20
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1807-05-02 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK--LT.HENRY B BREVOORT---TO HENRY DEARBORN WHILE HE WAS SECRETARY OF WAR AT WASHINGTON CITY---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY 2--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-05-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1807-05-09 DETROIT M.T. WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS FREE--TO HENRY DEARBORN AT WASHINGTON CITY WHILE SECRETARY OF WAR--COVER ONLY--DOCKETING NOTES THE LETTER IS FROM DANIEL BAKER RELATIVE TO EMPLOYING AN ARMOURER AT $30 MONTH---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-05-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1807-08-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1807-08-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1807-08-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE--FROM WILLIAM HULL AT DETROIT TO FREDERICK BATES, SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY OF UPPER LOUISIANA AT ST.LOUIS---ENCLOSING A LETTER TO FREDERICK BATES---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1807
Date: 1807-08-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1808-08-27 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 25 RATE--TO FREDERIC BATES AT ST. LOUIS FROM STANLEY GRISWOLD AT DETROIT---DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE HANDBILLS; MENTIONS THE MEASURES OF MESSRS. HULL AND WOODWARD; WILL BE LEAVING THE TERRITORY AND HAS SETTLED WITH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ALL OWED TO THE U.S. AS COLLECTOR; THE PROPERTY HE HELD HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO JAMES ABBOTT; NEWS OF THE FAMILY; HE WILL BE SAILING TO NEW CONNECTICUT IN THE STATE OF OHIO---HIS ELDEST SON LEFT TO JOIN THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, STATE OF NEW YORK, AS A CADET IN THE REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY; MRS. GRISWOLD AND HIS YOUNGEST SON ARE VISITING FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND---GENEALOGY----2 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1808
Date: 1808-08-27
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT TO THE HONORABLE PETER B. PORTER IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON---MR ERWIN HAS FORWARDED A NUMBER OF CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. WHISTLOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER AFFAIRS AT CHICAGO WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE CAUSE OF CAPT. WHISTLORS REMOVAL.--DANIEL BAKER WISHES YOUR INFLUENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT COMMAND FOR HIM---YOUR BROTHER WOULD BE PLEASED WITH SUCH A COMMANDING OFFICER AT THAT FORT---HE WISHES THEIR MIGHT BE ONE COMPANY OF HIS REGIMENT STATIONED THERE AND ONE AT MACKINAC---IF YOU CAN PREVAIL ON THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACCEPT THE PLAN IT WILL BE PLEASING TO THE CAPT. AS WELL AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COMMAND--GENEALOGY 7---SIGNED WILKINSON, EWING, HICKENASE, W DOUGAL, LT. SMITH----2PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT TO THE HONORABLE PETER B. PORTER IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON---MR ERWIN HAS FORWARDED A NUMBER OF CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. WHISTLOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER AFFAIRS AT CHICAGO WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE CAUSE OF CAPT. WHISTLORS REMOVAL.--DANIEL BAKER WISHES YOUR INFLUENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT COMMAND FOR HIM---YOUR BROTHER WOULD BE PLEASED WITH SUCH A COMMANDING OFFICER AT THAT FORT---HE WISHES THEIR MIGHT BE ONE COMPANY OF HIS REGIMENT STATIONED THERE AND ONE AT MACKINAC---IF YOU CAN PREVAIL ON THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACCEPT THE PLAN IT WILL BE PLEASING TO THE CAPT. AS WELL AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COMMAND--GENEALOGY 7---SIGNED WILKINSON, EWING, HICKENASE, W DOUGAL, LT. SMITH----2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM DAVID BEARD AT DETROIT TO THE HONORABLE PETER B. PORTER IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON---MR ERWIN HAS FORWARDED A NUMBER OF CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. WHISTLOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER AFFAIRS AT CHICAGO WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE CAUSE OF CAPT. WHISTLORS REMOVAL.--DANIEL BAKER WISHES YOUR INFLUENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT COMMAND FOR HIM---YOUR BROTHER WOULD BE PLEASED WITH SUCH A COMMANDING OFFICER AT THAT FORT---HE WISHES THEIR MIGHT BE ONE COMPANY OF HIS REGIMENT STATIONED THERE AND ONE AT MACKINAC---IF YOU CAN PREVAIL ON THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACCEPT THE PLAN IT WILL BE PLEASING TO THE CAPT. AS WELL AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COMMAND--GENEALOGY 7---SIGNED WILKINSON, EWING, HICKENASE, W DOUGAL, LT. SMITH----2PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK--TO PETER PORTER AT CONGRESS--WASHINGTON---FROM DAVID BEARD-DETROIT--BY SOME COMMUNICATIONS LATELY RECEIVED AT THIS PLACE WE PERCEIVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ESTABLISH A GARRISON AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. I BELIEVE THAT A PORT AND CUSTOM HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER ON GREEN BAY WOULD BE OF USE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLECTING DUTIES ON VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS THAT ARE SMUGGLED IN THERE YEARLY BY THE BRITISH MERCHANTS I ALSO BELIEVE A FACTORY AT THAT PLACE WOULD DO MORE THAN MACKINAC AND CHICAGO TOGETHER. ..AND HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED HIGH UP THE MISSISSIPPI BY AN EASIER ROUTE THAN THE OTHER....GENEALOGY---1 PG--PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 18---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $500 - N Read More..
Year: 1810
Date: 1810-03-23
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1810-11-16 DETROIT M T----RED *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25-----TO MRS ISAAC McLELLAN AT MAIDSTOWN, ESSEX CO, VERMONT---FROM HER SISTER MARIA HULL AT DETROIT----PAPA HAS DECIDED TO VISIT HIS FRIENDS IN THE STATES THE NEXT SEASON, SHOULD HE RECEIVE HIS APPOINTMENT FOR THIS GOVERNMENT ANOTHER THREE YEARS- THAT WILL BE DECIDED IN MARCH AND SHALL MOST CERTAINLY GO IF HE IS APPOINTED. PAPA ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH AND SPIRITS--HE HAS PURCHASED A FARM 3 MILES FROM OUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE--FROM THAT HE GETS ALL THE PRODUCE FOR THE FAMILY AT A MUCH CHEAPER RATE THAN BY PURCHASING THOSE THINGS ARE VERY DEAR IN THIS COUNTRY--BESIDES IT BEING AN AMUSEMENT AND VERY MUCH PROMOTING HIS HEALTH--YOU KNOW THAT HE IS VERY FOND OF FARMING, AND THINKS THE LIFE OF A FARMER THE HAPPIEST IN THE WORLD--HE GOT HIS FARM VERY CHEAP--INDEED FOR ALMOST NOTHING----GENEALOGY---3 PGS--PAGE 1---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 63 Read More..
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Date: 1810-11-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

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