Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T---BOTTOM PAGE 2---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--PAGE 3---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
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Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

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: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. H. STANTON--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY-----GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. -CHAPMAN AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY----2 PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. CHAPMAN AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY----2 PGS---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----PAGE 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----PAGE 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15- $1250 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----PAGE 1----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15 $1250 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-10-11 ANN ARBOR MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--OFFICIAL RECEIPT FOR JOHN ALLEN PURCHASE OF ANN ARBOR LAND Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1824-10-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-10-26 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1824-10-26 TECUMSEH M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AHMS 748/139---FIRST POST OFFICE (EKU) AND COUNTY SEAT OF LENAWEE COUNTY--BOTTOM--1836-01-02 TECUMSEH M T--CDS CANCEL FIRST APPEARED IN 1833--POSTMASTER DANIEL PITTMAN--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-10-26
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

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: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN, COR. SEC. OF THE U.D.M.S. CITY OF NEW YORK---AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155-----PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 1-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155---PAGE 3-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-01-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---GENEALOGY 4---TOP--1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER AND FOUNDER JOHN ALLEN--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY--AREA CONTAINED MANY NATURAL GROVES OR ARBORS AND NAMED FOR THE WIVES OF THE FOUNDERS,ANN ALLEN AND MARY ANN RUMSEY--BOTTOM--1828-01-30 ANN ARBOR M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER JOHN ALLEN--AHMS 762/39--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--PAGE 1---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE---PAGE 2---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE---PAGE 3---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---PPP5---MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE---PAGE 4---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20---TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER FIRST PAGE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T ---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20---TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER SECOND PAGE-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T--PPP #7 picture doesn’t work --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT---GENEALOGY 2---FROM JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS AUNT JANE TRIMBLE (U.S GRAVE INDEX, B. AUGUSTA CO. VIRGINIA 1755,D. 1839,FATHER, JAMES ALLEN, CHILD, CYRUS W TRIMBLE) AT HILLSBOROUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO--"THE COUNTRY MODERATELY UNEVEN, OUR RIVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I EVER BEHELD, AND ABOUNDING WITH THE MOST VALUABLE FISH"---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---GENEALOGY---CENSUS--6 PGS---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 ----OPENS WITH "MY MORE THAN MOTHER" AND CONTINUES "WHAT A STATE OF WRETCHEDNESS ANN AND MYSELF HAVE EVER LIVED IN BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTERFERENCE" (REFERENCING JANE TRIMBLE'S HELP IN CONVINCING THE MCCUE FAMILY TO LET ANN GO TO MICHIGAN WITH JOHN ALLEN - COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)---"BUT AS TO MY HAVING THE MOST DISTANT IDEA OF DEFRAUDING ANY ONE, OF THEIR JUST RIGHTS I DENY IT WITH UPLIFTED HANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOST SEARCHING GOD - AND WAS IT NOT MY DEAR AUNT, THAT I HAVE THIS MOST COMFORTABLE ASSURANCE IN MY HEART THE ONE WHO SEEST AND KNOWEST ALL THINGS AND KNOWEST THE INTENTIONS OF HIS CREATURES AND JUDGEST NOT AS MAN JUDGED, I COULD NOT BEAR UP UNDER THE LOSS OF REPUTATION AND EVERY THING THAT A SOCIAL BEING SETS A VALUE ON...I ALSO FEEL CONFIDENT (BY THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE) THAT THE DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT, IN WHICH I SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT I ONLY DETAINED FROM THEM A FEW PENCE TO ENABLE ME TO PAY THEM THE POUNDS"--- "IT IS NOW TWELVE MONTHS SINCE I SETTLED HERE, WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN INHABITANT WITHIN TEN MILES - HOW DIFFERENT IS THE SCENE NOW, IN THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FAMILIES MANY OF WHOM ARE OF THE FIRST RESPECTABILITY, ROADS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, MILLS OF EVERY KIND STARTED, TRADESMEN PUTTING THEIR SHOPS IN OPERATION FOR THE FLOOD OF EMIGRATION THAT IS EXPECTED NEXT SUMMER, FARMERS BUSILY ENGAGED IN FENCING FARMS WHICH NATURE HAS PROVIDED ALREADY CLEARED FOR THEM - IN SHORT IT ALREADY WEARS THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD SETTLED COUNTRY EXCEPT THE WANT OF HOUSES AND BARNS"----DESCRIBES THE LAND AND THEIR HOME---MENTIONS FATHER, MOTHER, ELIZA AND SARAH ANN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---JOHN ALLEN TO JANE TRIMBLE--PAGE 1---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 7