Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1815-12-09--DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---P M JAMES ABBOTT---BOTTOM---1817-03-29---DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT--- Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1816-05-18 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO MISS MARIA BALFOUS SPENCE, PORTSMOUTH, ROCKINGHAM CO, NEW HAMPSHIRE-----FROM HER FRIEND P. PELHAM (AN OFFICER IN THE FIFTH REGIMENT)----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 22 Read More..
Year: 1816
Date: 1816-05-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.*****W--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 1/2 RATE----TO MISS MARY STEAD C/O MRS GAZZAM AT PITTSBURGH PENN----FROM B STEAD AT DETROIT M T----SHE WILL HAVE TOM WRITE AS A SCHOOL EXERCISE; SHE WILL PAY FOR MARY'S TUITION; ADVISES HER TO TAKE DANCING LESSONS, DESPITE HER BASHFULNESS, TO PREPARE HER FOR SOCIETY AND HER FUTURE; ASKS HOW HER DRAWING AND NEEDLEWORK ARE PROGRESSING---"YOUR MOTHER WISHES YOU TO EXECUTE SOMETHING IN THAT WAY THAT MAY BE A FUTURE EVIDENCE THAT ALL YOUR TIME WAS NOT WASTED, YOU MUST WORK ON A BOUQUET OR AN HISTORICAL PIECE IF THE LATTER, DON'T TAKE FOR A COPY SOMETHING THAT IS SO HACKNEYED AS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY EVERY OTHER BOARDING SCHOOL MISS THESE TWENTY YEARS BUT SHOW YOUR OWN TASTE IN REFLECTING SOMETHING MOVING---MENTIONS JOHN, MRS. GAZZAN, MR. DORAN---GENEALOGY 2------4 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1816
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 3--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 4--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-28 DETROIT M T----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE USED IN SPITE OF THE FREE FRANK MARKING OF J.L. NUITT- LT COL 5TH INFANTRY, U S ARMY N.Y.----FROM J L NUITT RECOMMENDING MILITARY PROMOTIONS.---TO BRIG. GEN. JAMES MILLER U S ARMY N.Y.---COL. MCNEIL LEAVING TODAY FOR MACKINAC WHERE HE WILL COMMAND---GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 66 $350 Read More..
Year: 1816
Date: 1816-09-28
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1817-03-29 DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT--FROM P. LAWYER AT DETROIT TO AUGUSTUS PORTER AT MANCHESTER, NIAGARA COUNTY NEW YORK---REGARDING MEETING TO DISCUSS BUSINESS AND LAND DEEDS---MENTIONS CAPT. BEAU, COL. THOMAS, GENERAL PORTER, MR. DODEMEAD, AND MR. PEAU---4 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1817
Date: 1817-03-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1817-03-29 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-03-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1817-03-29 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-03-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1817-03-29 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 3--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-03-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1817-03-29 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 4--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-03-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1817-05-05 DETROIT M T-----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO ISAIAH & S TOWNSEND AT ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.---FROM JOHN R WILLIAMS, FIRST MAYOR OF DETROIT---REGARDING HOW MANY NAILS COULD BE SOLD, CONSIDERING THE SCARCITY OF LUMBER AND WANT OF MECHANICS---I HAVE NO OTHER NEWS TO COMMUNICATE EXCEPTING THE ASSURANCE WHICH WE HAVE, OF THE INTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. VISITING THIS COUNTRY DURING THE SUMMER---THIS VISIT BY PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE TOOK PLACE FOR A WEEK, BUT HE DID NOT VISIT HIS NAMESAKE COUNTY OF MONROE---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 67 $1200 - N Read More..
Year: 1817
Date: 1817-05-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1817-05-05 DETROIT M T-----RED *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO ISAIAH & S TOWNDSEND AT ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.---FROM JOHN R WILLIAMS, FIRST MAYOR OF DETROIT---I HAVE NO OTHER NEWS TO COMMUNICATE EXCEPTING THE ASSURANCE WHICH WE HAVE, OF THE INTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. VISITING THIS COUNTRY DURING THE SUMMER. THIS VISIT BY PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE TOOK PLACE FOR A WEEK, BUT HE DID NOT VISIT HIS NAMESAKE COUNTY OF MONROE----3 PGS---PAGE 3---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 67 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-05-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1817-05-05 DETROIT M T-----RED *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO ISAIAH & S TOWNDSEND AT ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.---FROM JOHN R WILLIAMS, FIRST MAYOR OF DETROIT---I HAVE NO OTHER NEWS TO COMMUNICATE EXCEPTING THE ASSURANCE WHICH WE HAVE, OF THE INTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. VISITING THIS COUNTRY DURING THE SUMMER. THIS VISIT BY PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE TOOK PLACE FOR A WEEK, BUT HE DID NOT VISIT HIS NAMESAKE COUNTY OF MONROE----3 PGS---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 67 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-05-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1817-05-05 DETROIT M T-----RED *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO ISAIAH & S TOWNDSEND AT ALBANY, ALBANY CO, N.Y.---FROM JOHN R WILLIAMS, FIRST MAYOR OF DETROIT---I HAVE NO OTHER NEWS TO COMMUNICATE EXCEPTING THE ASSURANCE WHICH WE HAVE, OF THE INTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. VISITING THIS COUNTRY DURING THE SUMMER. THIS VISIT BY PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE TOOK PLACE FOR A WEEK, BUT HE DID NOT VISIT HIS NAMESAKE COUNTY OF MONROE----3 PGS---PAGE 2---COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 67 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-05-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1817-05-31 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO---RED #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25-----TO WILLIAM BLAKE, CAMDEN, LINCOLN CO, MAINE---LETTER BETWEEN BROTHERS REGARDING LACK OF CORRESPONDENCE----GENEALOGY------IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 39----PRIVATELY OWNED----COURTESY OF HAYES I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 23 Read More..
Year: 1817
Date: 1817-05-31
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1817-05-31 DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 39----PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year:
Date: 1817-05-31
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1817-08-02 DETROIT M T----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----YEAR ESTIMATED----TO HON. BENJAMIN PRICE AT HILLSBOROUGH, HILLSBORO CO, N.H.---FROM HIS DAUGHTER MRS McNEIL AT MACKINAC------HOW LONG WE SHALL REMAIN AT THIS FORT IS UNCERTAIN, WE SHALL PROBABLY GO TO FORT GRATIOT OR DETROIT WHEN WE LEAVE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 68 $450 Read More..
Year: 1817
Date: 1817-08-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1818-08-09 DETROIT M T--DATELINED LETTER VIA SCHOONER GENERAL JACKSON---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO N Y 1818-08-16---RATED FREE TO POSTMASTER. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE---TO TRUMBALL CANY POST MASTER AT BATAVIA NEW YORK FROM SHUBAEL CANAUT AT DETROIT---REGARDING THE SCHOONER GENERAL JACKSON---"SHOULD YOU BE INCLINED TO SEND YOUR WHISKEY THIS WAY WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU PUT IT ON BOARD"---MENTIONS MARK AND CONANT, MR. B., MR. SMITH, TOWNSEND AN COIT OF BUFFALO---GENEALOGY---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1818
Date: 1818-08-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1818-08-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--1818-08-09 DETROIT M T---DATELINED LETTER VIA SCHOONER GENERAL JACKSON---ENTERED MAIL AT BUFFALO N Y---RATED FREE TO POSTMASTER. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE Read More..
Year: 1818
Date: 1818-08-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1818-12-05 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS PAID 25 RATE--DATELINED GROSSE ISLE MICH--FROM M. MANTON AT GROSSE ISLE TO SABRINA MANTON AT HAMPTON, N.H.---SHE HEARD FROM SABRINA'S UNCLE JOHN, CAPT. GOODING SAW HIM WHILE ON A VISIT TO PORTLAND; SENDS HER LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO THE FAMILY---GENEALOGY 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 69 $250---3 pgs--PAGE 3----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1818-12-05
County:
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1818-12-05 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS PAID 25 RATE--DATELINED GROSSE ISLE MICH--FROM M. MANTON AT GROSSE ISLE TO SABRINA MANTON AT HAMPTON, N.H.---SHE HEARD FROM SABRINA'S UNCLE JOHN, CAPT. GOODING SAW HIM WHILE ON A VISIT TO PORTLAND; SENDS HER LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO THE FAMILY---GENEALOGY 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 69 $250---3 pgs--PAGE 2----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1818-12-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1818-12-05 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS PAID 25 RATE--DATELINED GROSSE ISLE MICH--FROM M. MANTON AT GROSSE ISLE TO SABRINA MANTON AT HAMPTON, N.H.---SHE HEARD FROM SABRINA'S UNCLE JOHN, CAPT. GOODING SAW HIM WHILE ON A VISIT TO PORTLAND; SENDS HER LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO THE FAMILY---GENEALOGY 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 69 $250---3 pgs--PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1818-12-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1818-12-05 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS PAID 25 RATE--DATELINED GROSSE ISLE MICH--FROM M. MANTON AT GROSSE ISLE TO SABRINA MANTON AT HAMPTON, N.H.---SHE HEARD FROM SABRINA'S UNCLE JOHN, CAPT. GOODING SAW HIM WHILE ON A VISIT TO PORTLAND; SENDS HER LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO THE FAMILY---GENEALOGY 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 69 $250---3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1818
Date: 1818-12-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1819-04-03 DETROIT M T-----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO SABRINA MARTIN AT HAMPTON, ROCKINGHAM CO, N.H.----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 70 $250 Read More..
Year: 1819
Date: 1819-04-03
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1820-04-15 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1820-04-15---DETROIT M T--LETTER MISS-SENT TO DETROIT FOR UNKNOWN REASON, PERHAPS RELATED TO TOWN NAME IN FRENCH. FORWARDED TO RIVIERE AU RAISIN (RIVER RAISIN;NAME CHANGED TO FRENCHTOWN IN 1815). FRANCOIS NAVARRE FOUNDED RAISIN RIVER IN 1780---BOTTOM---1821-05-12---DETROIT M T---OVAL POSTMARK Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0