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: 1821-05-31 +DETROIT M T----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & MS 25 RATE---COVER ONLY--FROM REV JOHN MONTEITH----TO REV L.L. WOODHULL---CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN BIBLE SOCIETY WITH THANKS FOR RECEIPT OF THE DONATION TO THAT SOCIETY. PROGRESS MADE IN SUPPLYING MACKINAW AND GREEN BAY WITH THE SCRIPTURES----GENEALOGY---COVER AND DOCKETING NOTES ONLY----PRIVATELY OWNED ERNIE'S COLLECTION $350 Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-31
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-05-31 +DETROIT M T----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & MS 25 RATE---COVER ONLY--FROM REV JOHN MONTEITH----TO REV L.L. WOODHULL---CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN BIBLE SOCIETY WITH THANKS FOR RECEIPT OF THE DONATION TO THAT SOCIETY. PROGRESS MADE IN SUPPLYING MACKINAW AND GREEN BAY WITH THE SCRIPTURES----GENEALOGY---COVER AND DOCKETING NOTES ONLY----PRIVATELY OWNED ERNIE'S COLLECTION $350 Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-31
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-12-29 DETROIT M T---RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK AND RED FREE---FROM LEWIS CASS, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, AT DETROIT TO WILLIAM LEE ESQ, 2ND AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY AT WASHINGTON, REGARDING ADVANCES OF MR. BOYD, THE INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC; [ COLONEL GEORGE BOYD{ 1779-1846} RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT OF INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC DECEMBER 17, 1818, FATHER, ARCHIBALD BOYD, MOTHER ANN BOYD, SPOUSE, HARRIET BOYD, CHILDREN, ARCHIBALD BOYD, JOSHIA JOHNSON BOYD, LT. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BOYD, THOMAS ALEXANDER BOYD, GEORGE BOYD JR., LT. JAMES MADISIN BOYD, ROBERT DUNDASS BOYD, CATHERINE ANN HAMILTON, WILLIAM HENRY CRAWFORD BOYD], ALSO MENTIONS MR. BARGER---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 25 $165 - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-12-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1823-04-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1823-04-18 FORT CRAWFORD(PRAIRIE DU CHENE)M T /WISCONSIN--HELD TILL SPRING--CDS 1823-04-18--DATELINED 1823-01-14--FORT CRAWFORD WAS BUILT IN 1816 ON THE SITE OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE POST OFFICE FOR THE FORT PRIOR TO 1823-12-06(OPENING OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN POST OFFICE) WAS ST LOUIS VIA MILITARY COURIER OR RIVERBOAT.--EARLIEST KNOWN POSTMARKED LETTER FROM WISCONSIN AS MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN PRIVATE HANDS.--BOTTOM--1827-10-21 FORT CRAWFORD M T--LETTER HANDED DIRECTLY TO CAPTAIN OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT AND COVERED MAIL AT ST LOUIS ON 1827-11-15 FOR FORWARDING TO WASHINGTON CITY--ONLY KNOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT LETTER FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-04-18
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-10-16 DRUMMOND ISLAND M T--#MANUSCRIPT--ON SERVICE--SHIP TO AMHERSTBURG AND THEN YORK--DOUBLE SHEET RATE(11P+2) FOR 200-300 MILES (9P+2P)--BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT DRUMMOND 1815-1828---TO JOHN H. DUNN ESQ. RECEIVER GENERAL AT YORK FROM W. ANDERSON COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AT DRUMMOND ISLAND---REPORTING THAT HE HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER, MR. HANDS AT SANDWICH, FOR HIS FUNDS--GENEALOGY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

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: 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: 1824-04-15 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: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.*****W--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. CHAPMAN(HE WAS VILLAGE WARDEN-PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF MACKINAC IN 1846 AND 1849) AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---GIVING GENERAL NEWS OF HIS LIFE---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---"IT IS VERY DOUBTFUL WHETHER I SHALL EVER VISIT MY NATIVE PLACE AGAIN AS I AM GETTING ENCUMBERED WITH A LARGE FAMILY AND THE NATURE OF MY BUSINESS IS SUCH THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO LEAVE IT"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY----2 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1825-01-05 +GREEN BAY M T----BROWN CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO NATHAN H. LORING ESQ., LEBANON, LEBANON CO, PENN----DOCKETING NOTES FROM LT. H.H. LORING, FORT HOWARD, JAN. 1, 1825------GENEALOGY 2----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 58 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC--FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO MORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC---TO COL. R. JONES ADJT. GEN. AT WASHINGTON CITY D.C. FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE---ALSO SAYS "FOR MR. WILLIAMS"----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO FORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC--FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO MORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC---TO COL. R. JONES ADJT. GEN. AT WASHINGTON CITY D.C. FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE---ALSO SAYS "FOR MR. WILLIAMS"----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO FORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC--FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO MORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1826-05-13 +MACKINAC M T--FREE FRANK--DATELINED 1826-05-04 FORT MACKINAC--FROM LOUIS S. JOHNSON AT FORT MACKINAC---SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT THROUGH YOUR OFFICE MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASST. COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE----TO COL. R. JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.---ALSO ORIGINAL POST GOING TO MORT MACKINAC DATED MAY 4, 1826---GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-05-13
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

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: 1826-07-01 +MACKINAC M T----MACKINAC CO----RED CDS & STAMPED SLANT FREE & MS ON PUBLIC SERVICE----TO COL. R. JONES, ADJUTANT GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, WASHINGTON-----FROM C.A. WAITE DATELINED FORT MACKINAW------READING "SIR, I HAVE THE HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT APPOINTING ME AS ASSISTANT QUARTER MASTER IN THE SERVICE..."----GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 69 $110 Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-07-01
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , 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: 1826-08-11 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1826-08-11 GREEN BAY#1--BROWN CO--M T/WISCONSIN--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ROBERT IRVING JR--FIRST POST OFFICE IN THE FUTURE STATE OF WISCONSIN ESTABLISHED IN BROWN CO NEAR THE SITE OF FORT HOWARD WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1816.THE MAP SHOWS THE COUNTIES,PRIMARY POSTAL ROUTES AND TERRITORIAL POST OFFICES FOR THE WISCONSIN AREA OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY.ADDITIONAL COUNTY CHANGES WERE MADE THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THIS MAP. DUBUQUES MINES(FUTURE STATE OF IOWA AND FORT SNELLING(FUTURE STATE OF MINNESOTA) ARE ALSO SHOWN.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-08-11
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
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 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---PAGE 3----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T---PAGE 2----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T--PAGE 1----FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

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 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