Ernies Michigan

Title: 1849-06-12 LEXINGTON MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM W. HUBBARD AT LEXINGTON TO R.B. HUBBARD AT SANDUSKY CITY OHIO---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-06-12
County: Sanilac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-06-12 LEXINGTON MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-06-12
County: Sanilac
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-06-12 LEXINGTON MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-06-12
County: Sanilac
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-06-22 MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA*****W----LAPORTE CO-----BLACK 30MM CDS & MS 5 RATE---TO THOMAS H. SHARPE (1850 CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. KENTUCKY 1808, D. 1893, CASHIER AT BANK, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH C. WILSON SHARPE 1837, CHILDREN, EBENEZAR SHARPE, MARY S SHARPE, ISABELA MERRILL SHARPE, SOPIA M SHARPE, ELIZA LIDA SHARPE, ANN HANNA SHARPE), INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA---FINANCIAL-----GENEALOGY 8----COVER ONLY-----ERNIES COLLECTION $15 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-06-22
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-02 WHITE PIGEON MICH---RED CDS---AHMS LETTER 727/---MISSIONARY REPORT OF REV. WILLIAM FULLER--- ---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-02 WHITE PIGEON MICH---RED CDS---AHMS LETTER 727/ ---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-02 WHITE PIGEON MICH---RED CDS---AHMS LETTER 727/ ---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-02 WHITE PIGEON MICH---RED CDS---AHMS LETTER 727/ ---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-02 ANN ARBOR MICH--DATE ESTIMATED--RED 31MM CDS AND RED STAMPED PAID AND FANCY 10---TO HELEN M TURNER CLOCKVILLE NEW YORK---COVER ONLY--GENEALOGY----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-09 LAFAYETTE IND. ( In )*****W------TIPPECANOE CO-----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO THOMAS H. SHARPE, CASHIER, STATE BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA-----FROM CYRUS BALL, CASHIER, BRANCH STATE BANK OF INDIANA, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA---FINANCIAL----GENEALOGY----1pg----ERNIES COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-09
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-07-09 LAFAYETTE IND. ( In )*****W------TIPPECANOE CO-----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO THOMAS H. SHARPE, CASHIER, STATE BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA-----FROM CYRUS BALL, CASHIER, BRANCH STATE BANK OF INDIANA, LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----1pg---PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-09
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-07-10 PLAINWELL MICH----ALLEGAN CO-----BLACK *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED GUN PLAINS, ALLEGAN CO, MICH, JULY 9TH, 1849-----TO EDWIN R. REYNOLDS, ALBION, ORLEANS CO, N.Y.----FROM HENRY CRITTENDEN, QUINCY, MICH---REGARDING SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE HIS LAND PUT NEEDS A "PAY DAY" ON IT---PRICE OF NEARBY LAND---MENTIONS MR. McKEE, PARMETER-----GENEALOGY---3PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45844 - N Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-10
County: Allegan
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Covers , Manuscripts , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
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Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---#MANUSCRIPT----UNUSUAL RATE 10 + 2=12------FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---MENTIONS JOHN, ISABELLA, HIS CHILDREN MARY, WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE; GRANDMOTHER, UNCLE ABRAHAM AND AUNT JENNETT, AUNT MARGARET, UNCLE LEVI, AND UNCLE ANDREW---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-14 +CHUBBS CORNERS MICH----LIVINGSTON CO---V9----BLACK#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO GEORGE LaFERVER (1860 CENSUS, B. PENN 1805, FARMER, WIFE, ANN E LAFEVER {B. NEW YORK 1815}, CHILDREN, ALMIRA LAFEVER, HARRIET LAFEVER, CATHERINE LAFEVER, ALFRED LAFEVER, GEORGINA LAFEVER, NELLIE LAFEVER, FRANK LAFEVER), (FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FAMILY GO TO https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/o/Michael-A-Smoke/GENE21-0109.html ) AT GIDLEYS STATION, JACKSON CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 238 $220---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 187 $210 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-14
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-14 +CHUBBS CORNERS MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE----LIVINGSTON CO---V9----BLACK#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO GEORGE LaFERVER AT GIDLEYS STATION, JACKSON CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 238 $220---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 187 $210 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-14
County: Jackson , Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM REV. P.F. JONES AT GALESBURGH TO J.M. BROOKS, SUPR. M.C.R.R. AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 1---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
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Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 3---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-21 ANN ARBOR MICH--RED CDS & RED STAMPED LARGE FANCY 10 RATE----TO WILLIAM SLADE, P.M., KELLOGGSVILLE, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY----PRIVATELY OWNED-----MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-21
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-23 ANN ARBOR MICH---PPP---WRONG PAGES VIEWED----RED CDS(M/) AND RED STAMPED PAID AND FANCY 10 RATE---TO REV. JOHN M. LARKS, BROOKLYN, N.Y. FROM REV. A GRAVES AT ANN ARBOR THANKING HIM FOR THE GENEROSITY TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY----2PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-24 PORT HURON MICH-------CDS---FROM WILLIAM WRIGHT AT PORT HURON TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-24
County: Ingham , Saint Clair , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

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