Ernies Michigan

Title: 1857-08-28 LANSING MICH--PAGE 3 AND 4-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-08-28
County: Berrien , Ingham
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1857-09-09 EAST SAGANAW---BLACK CDS & ARC PAID 10 IN CIRCLE & RED OVAL UNITED STATES 6 D RATING & AMHERSTBERG AND WINDSOR TRANSIT MARKINGS AND KINGSVILLE RECEIVED MARKINGS ON REVERSE-------TO ALIE McDONNEL, KINGSVILLE, GOSFIELD CO, CANADA WEST---GENEALOGY----1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-09-09
County: Saginaw
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Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-09-09 EAST SAGANAW---CDS---TO CANADA WEST---POSTMARKS ON BACK OF LETTER---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-09-09
County: Saginaw
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-11-20 LAPEER MICH--LAPEER CO.--GREEN 33MM CDS AND GREEN STAMPED FREE--3pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-11-20
County: Lapeer
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1857-11-20 LAPEER MICH--LAPEER CO.--GREEN 33MM CDS AND GREEN STAMPED FREE--3pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
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Date: 1857-11-20
County: Lapeer
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Category: MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1857-11-20 LAPEER MICH--LAPEER CO.--GREEN 33MM CDS AND GREEN STAMPED FREE--3pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
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Date: 1857-11-20
County: Lapeer
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Category: MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1857-11-20 LAPEER MICH--LAPEER CO.--GREEN 33MM CDS AND GREEN STAMPED FREE--3pg--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
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Date: 1857-11-20
County: Lapeer
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Category: MI Free Franks , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1857-11-29 WIOTA MICH---ISABELLA CO---V7---FIRST YEAR OF POST OFFICE---#MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 3 RATE---TO HENRY FROST, BOSTON, MASS----COVER ONLY---ISABELLA COUNTY---EX-ERNIE'S COLLECTION---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-11-29
County: Isabella
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1857-11-29 WIOTA MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---ISABELLA CO---COVER ONLY---EX-ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-11-29
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1857-12-05 MISHAWAKA IND.*****W----ST. JOSEPH CO--( OLD SPELLING "MISHAWAUKA" )---BLUE 30MM CDS----UNPAID 30 CENT PCM RATE---CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " AFRICA "----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY---VIA NEW YORK PACKET (12-09) THROUGH AACHEN ( 12-22), THROUGH STUTTGART (12-24 AND 12-25 )----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS------TRANS-ATLANTIC------1 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-12-05
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-12-05 MISHAWAKA IND.***W----ST. JOSEPH CO--( OLD SPELLING "MISHAWAUKA" )---BLUE 30MM CDS----UNPAID 30 CENT PCM RATE---CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " AFRICA "----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY---VIA NEW YORK PACKET (12-09) THROUGH AACHEN ( 12-22), THROUGH STUTTGART (12-24 AND 12-25 )----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS------TRANS-ATLANTIC------1 pg---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
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Date: 1857-12-05
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-12-28 +HILLSDALE MICH---HILLSDALE CO----DROP LETTER RATE---BLUE STAMPED PAID IN CIRCLE----TO MISS MARY E TYLER, HILLSDALE MICH (SCHOOL CATALOG 1859 HILLSDALE COLLEGE)----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 292 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-12-28
County: Hillsdale
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-03-25 +BRIDGEWATER MICH-----WASHTENAW CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 30 RATE----TO GERMANY----BLACK NEW YORK BR PKT/ 13 4; BLACK STUTTGART 15 APR 1858/ 41 N 2 AND BLACK WAIBLINGEN/ 16 4 58 BACKSTAMPS-------GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS-----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 163 $100 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-03-25
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , German Language Letters , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-04-07 BRADLEY MICH---PPP GregPics3----ALLEGAN CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS PAID 3 RATE----TO ALANSON MILLS AT TWINSBURGH OHIO---COVER ONLY--NO CONTENTS--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-04-07
County: Allegan
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-04-27 CHARLEVOIX MICH---V2---EMMET CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--BLACK MS FREE J.S.DIXON P.M.--3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-04-27
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1858-04-27 CHARLEVOIX MICH--EMMET CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--BLACK MS FREE J.S.DIXON P.M.--3 pgs--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1858-04-27
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1858-04-27 CHARLEVOIX MICH--EMMET CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--BLACK MS FREE J.S.DIXON P.M.--3 pgs--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1858-04-27
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1858-04-27 CHARLEVOIX MICH--EMMET CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--BLACK MS FREE J.S.DIXON P.M.--3 pgs--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1858-04-27
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Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1858-05-22 +PORT HURON----SAINT CLAIR CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 10 & U STATES FRAMED ARC ON FACE & RED ST THOMAS & BLACK PORT SARNIA ON BACK-----TO LUTHER E WARD AT BAYHAM, ELGIN CO, CANADA WEST-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ALLEN UP-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 583 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-05-22
County: Saint Clair
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Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1858-05-24 MISHAWAKA IND***W-----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----OLD SPELLING- MISHAWAUKA------BLACK 31MM CDS----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY AT UNPAID 60 CENT FOR 2 X 30 CTS PCM RATE CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " PERSIA " FROM NEW YORK CITY ----LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN GERMAN WITH NOTARY SEAL OF ALLOM SISON OF SAINT JOSEPH CO.,IND.----AND SEAL OF THE WURTENBERG CONSULATE OF CINCINATI, OHIO------5 pgs----GERMAN HERITAGE IN LETTERS-----PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-05-24
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1858-05-24 MISHAWAKA IND***W-----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----OLD SPELLING- MISHAWAUKA------BLACK 31MM CDS----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY AT UNPAID 60 CENT FOR 2 X 30 CTS PCM RATE CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " PERSIA " FROM NEW YORK CITY ----LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN GERMAN WITH NOTARY SEAL OF ALLOM SISON OF SAINT JOSEPH CO.,IND.----AND SEAL OF THE WURTENBERG CONSULATE OF CINCINATI, OHIO------5 pgs---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
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Date: 1858-05-24
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Stamps , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1858-05-24 MISHAWAKA IND***W-----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----OLD SPELLING- MISHAWAUKA------BLACK 31MM CDS----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY AT UNPAID 60 CENT FOR 2 X 30 CTS PCM RATE CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " PERSIA " FROM NEW YORK CITY ----LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN GERMAN WITH NOTARY SEAL OF ALLOM SISON OF SAINT JOSEPH CO.,IND.----AND SEAL OF THE WURTENBERG CONSULATE OF CINCINATI, OHIO------5 pgs---PAGE 3---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
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Date: 1858-05-24
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Stamps , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1858-05-24 MISHAWAKA IND***W-----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----OLD SPELLING- MISHAWAUKA------BLACK 31MM CDS----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY AT UNPAID 60 CENT FOR 2 X 30 CTS PCM RATE CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " PERSIA " FROM NEW YORK CITY ----LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN GERMAN WITH NOTARY SEAL OF ALLOM SISON OF SAINT JOSEPH CO.,IND.----AND SEAL OF THE WURTENBERG CONSULATE OF CINCINATI, OHIO------5 pgs---PAGE 4---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
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Date: 1858-05-24
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Stamps , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1858-05-24 MISHAWAKA IND***W-----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----OLD SPELLING- MISHAWAUKA------BLACK 31MM CDS----TO WURTTENBERG GERMANY AT UNPAID 60 CENT FOR 2 X 30 CTS PCM RATE CARRIED ON CUNARD'S " PERSIA " FROM NEW YORK CITY ----LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN GERMAN WITH NOTARY SEAL OF ALLOM SISON OF SAINT JOSEPH CO.,IND.----AND SEAL OF THE WURTENBERG CONSULATE OF CINCINATI, OHIO------5 pgs---PAGE 5---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $100 Read More..
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Date: 1858-05-24
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Stamps , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH---PPP WAYNE--- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County: Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County: Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County: Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County: Kent
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

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