Title: 1836-01-06 DEXTER M T ---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED WEBSTER---AHMS LETTER--1092/386---REV. CHARLES G. CLARKE---BX 1-VOL 1----DATELINED WEBSTER M T Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1836-01-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-06--- DEXTER M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1092/386--PAGE 1---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1----DATELINED WEBSTER M T---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-06--- DEXTER M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1092/386--PAGE 2---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1----DATELINED WEBSTER M T---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
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Title: 1836-01-06--- DEXTER M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1092/386--PAGE 3---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1----DATELINED WEBSTER M T---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-07 ANN ARBOR M T ---AHMS LETTER--1087/423---PAGE 4---AHMS-BX 1-VOL 1----COURTESY OF BENTELY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-07
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-01-07 ANN ARBOR M T --#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER--1087/423---REV. WILLIAM PAGE---BHL---AHMS-BX 1-VOL 1---REV WILLIAM PAGE---GENEALOGY---3PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-07
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-01-07 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT----LETTER--1087/423 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-07
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-11 SALINE M T --#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1112/416---REV. JOHN G. KANOUSE---BHL---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1 ---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-11
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
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Title: 1836-01-11 SALINE M T --MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1112/416---PAGE 1---BHL---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-11
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
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Title: 1836-01-11 +GELOSTER M T-----KALAMAZOO CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO WILLIAM S HOLABIRD AT WINSTED, LITCHFIELD CO, CT----FROM HIS SON JOSEPH MILLER JR---REGARDING LAND SPECULATION, WANT OF MONEY TO INVEST, POLITICS ETC. INCLUDING "...AT THE PRESENT TIME OUR COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY OVERRUN WITH SPECULATORS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE U.S.- FROM N.Y., PHILADELPHIA, NORFOLK VA, & LEXINGTON KY AS WELL AS FROM OUR N.E. CITIES. LAND SECTIONS AVERAGE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ACRES PER DAY- LAST MONTH THE RECEIPTS AT THE RECEIVER'S OFFICE EXCEEDED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR LAND $1.25 PER ACRE. SO MUCH FOR FIRST PURCHASERS- BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST MONEY. THOSE WHO PURCHASE SECOND HANDED-ARE THE FORTUNE MAKERS- FOR INSTANCE A-BUYS A LOT (80 ACRES WE CALL A LOT) OF GOVERNMENT-GIVES HIS $100.00- SELLS IN A MONTH PERHAPS LESS FOR $ 200- OR SOMETIMES $500- & IF VERY VALUABLE AS A LOCATION, MILL SITE, OR THE LIKE, EVEN A THOUSAND IS SOMETIMES PAID BUT RARE.- THEY GENERALLY EXPECT TO DOUBLE WHEN THE FIRST PURCHASER SELLS.- THE SECOND PURCHASER WILL PUT ON HIS PRICE AT ONCE $10 PER ACRE-BY THE SALE ONCE, THE SECOND PURCHASER HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PANIC-WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED.----AND IT IS VERY SELDOM THAT HE KEEPS HIS LAND LONG,--A YOUNG MAN COMING IN HERE WITH TEN DOLLARS IN HIS POCKET OUGHT IF HE UNDERSTANDS HOW, TO BE WORTH IN 5 YRS SEVERAL THOUSAND. IF A MAN CAN'T LIVE HERE AND MAKE MONEY HE OUGHT TO DIE AT ONCE...THE GREAT RAIL ROAD FROM DETROIT TO THE MOUTH ST. JOSEPH RIVER IS NOW PROGRESS & IT WILL BE COMPLETED WITHOUT DELAY...THE GREAT TURNPIKE FROM BRONSON TO THE RAPIDS OF GRAND RIVER...." AND MUCH MORE---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 20 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-11
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-12 ANN ARBOR M.T.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--2pg---TO JOHN ALLEN AT ALLEN, VAN BUREN COUNTY M T FROM S. DENTON AT ANN ARBOR---MENTIONS WM. MAYNARD---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-01-12 ANN ARBOR M.T.--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--2pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-01-12 ANN ARBOR M.T.--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--2pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-01-17 FORT SNELLING M T----DUPLICATE. DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT----WHILE IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY, LATER TO WISCONSIN THEN MINN----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 58---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-17
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-17 FORT SNELLING M T--DUBUQUE CO--TO WISCONSIN THEN TO MINN.---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED FORT SNELLING UPPER MISSISSIPPI--TO G.C. LYFORD, FIRM OF MCINTIRE LYFORD AND CO., AT BOSTON MASS. FROM ---LETTER FROM A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE: "I AM NOW MORE CONTENTED WITH THE SWORD THAN I WAS WITH THE YARDSTICK"---DESCRIBES FORT SNELLING - THE WALLS OF THE FORT ARE "OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO RESIST ANY MEANS INDIANS USE IN WAR - AS THE SAVAGES HAVE NOT LEARNED THE MORE REFINED AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER OF TAKING THE LIVES OF THEIR FELLOW CREATURES AND THE 'PALE FACES'"--AND MORE COMPARISONS OF WHITE MEN AND THE HABITS OF INDIANS---PRIVATELY OWNED---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-17
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-19 BROWNSTOWN M T --#MANUSCRIPT----AHMS LETTER--1191/459 ---REV ALBERT WORTHINGTON---WHITFORD 2003 EBACH AUCTION LOT# 43---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-19
County: Wayne
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-19--- BROWNSTOWN M T --MANUSCRIPT----AHMS LETTER--1191/459 ---PAGE 1---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-19
County: Wayne
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-19--- BROWNSTOWN M T --MANUSCRIPT----AHMS LETTER--1191/459 ---PAGE 2---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-19
County: Wayne
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-19--- BROWNSTOWN M T --MANUSCRIPT----AHMS LETTER--1191/459 ---PAGE 3---AHMS--BX 1-VOL 1---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-19
County: Wayne
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 5---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---#MANUSCRIPT--FROM NATHAN ADAMS AT ARMADA M T TO B.F. ADAMS AT MANSFIELD OHIO---REFERENCING TOLEDO WAR STATING IN PART "YOU WONDERED IN YOURS OF SEPT 16 AT MY NOT MENTIONING NOR UNDERGOING NO FEAR OF SUCH A BLOODY WAR AS WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE LITTLE HALF STARVED TERRITORY (AS YOU ALMOST STYLED IT) AND THE VERY MUCH SPOKEN OF RENOWNED OHIO. I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE MY EASIEST WHEN THE NEWS CAME OF THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO TO GUARD THE COURT AT TOLEDO WITH AN ARMY OF 12,000 MEN WITH HIMSELF AT THE HEAD. THIS WAS ENOUGH TO SCARE A WOODS BOY OUT OF HIS WITS WHEN JUST BEFORE THIS THREAT GOV LUCAS SENT 3 COMMISSIONERS WITH A VERY RESPECTABLE GUARD OF VETERANS ARMED AND EQUIPPED ACCORDING TO HIS LIKEING THEN GENERAL BROWN COMEING UP TO ENQUIRE THEIR INTENTIONS OF THUS ABUSING THE GOOD NATURE OF MICHIGAN THREATENED TO DESTROY HIS LITTLE BAND WHICH HE HAD LEFT AT A PROPER DISTANCE, THE GEN THEN RETURNED AND VERY DELIBERATELY ADVANCED WITH HIS HANDFUL OF MEN AND MADE PRISONERS OF THOSE REBELS WHO DID NOT TAKE THEIR HEELS. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPORTED THOSE WHO MADE THEIR ESCAPE NEVER LOOKED BACK TILL ACROSS THE MAUMEE. 12,000 SUCH TROOPS WITH OLD VETERAN LUCAS (AS YOU STYLE HIM) WOULD LOOK WELL SCUDDLING BEFORE ABOUT 2,000 TERRITORIAL TROOPS..."---ALSO A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN OF ROMEO---MENTIONS MORGAN CALVIN, CHANCY GREEN, ANN, LUCY AND HER CHILDREN CLEORA, PHEBE PAULINA, HARRIET LOISA AND MARY ELIZABETH; ALBERT, ASA D. MILLS AD HIS FATHER-IN-LAW TIMOTHY BANISTER, GRANSIR, AUNT SALLY AND UNCLE SILAS ---PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES I/WHITFORD 2013 LOT 4 $650--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 3---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 6---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 7---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 8---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 9---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 4---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1836-01-20 ARMADA M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---PAGE 7---MANUSCRIPT--FROM NATHAN ADAMS AT ARMADA M T TO B.F. ADAMS AT MANSFIELD OHIO---REFERENCING TOLEDO WAR STATING IN PART "YOU WONDERED IN YOURS OF SEPT 16 AT MY NOT MENTIONING NOR UNDERGOING NO FEAR OF SUCH A BLOODY WAR AS WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE LITTLE HALF STARVED TERRITORY (AS YOU ALMOST STYLED IT) AND THE VERY MUCH SPOKEN OF RENOWNED OHIO. I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE MY EASIEST WHEN THE NEWS CAME OF THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO TO GUARD THE COURT AT TOLEDO WITH AN ARMY OF 12,000 MEN WITH HIMSELF AT THE HEAD. THIS WAS ENOUGH TO SCARE A WOODS BOY OUT OF HIS WITS WHEN JUST BEFORE THIS THREAT GOV LUCAS SENT 3 COMMISSIONERS WITH A VERY RESPECTABLE GUARD OF VETERANS ARMED AND EQUIPPED ACCORDING TO HIS LIKEING THEN GENERAL BROWN COMEING UP TO ENQUIRE THEIR INTENTIONS OF THUS ABUSING THE GOOD NATURE OF MICHIGAN THREATENED TO DESTROY HIS LITTLE BAND WHICH HE HAD LEFT AT A PROPER DISTANCE, THE GEN THEN RETURNED AND VERY DELIBERATELY ADVANCED WITH HIS HANDFUL OF MEN AND MADE PRISONERS OF THOSE REBELS WHO DID NOT TAKE THEIR HEELS. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPORTED THOSE WHO MADE THEIR ESCAPE NEVER LOOKED BACK TILL ACROSS THE MAUMEE. 12,000 SUCH TROOPS WITH OLD VETERAN LUCAS (AS YOU STYLE HIM) WOULD LOOK WELL SCUDDLING BEFORE ABOUT 2,000 TERRITORIAL TROOPS..."---ALSO A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN OF ROMEO---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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