Title: 1835-04-12 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-04-12 EDWARDSBURG M T--CASS CO--POSTMASTER EDWIN BRIDGES--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FREE FRANK TO ACTING GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY, STEVENS T MASON--BOTTOM--1834-12-01 M T--CASS CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ALEXANDER REDFIELD--LETTER TO ACTING MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR STEVENS T MASON--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-04-12
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-04-15 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-04-15 MOTTVILLE M T--SAINT JOSEPH CO--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER HART L STEWART--LETTER TO ACTING TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR STEVENS T MASON--SECOND POST OFFICE IN SAINT JOSEPH CO--BOTTOM--1831-04-12 NOTTAWAY M T--SAINT JOSEPH CO--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--EKU AND 1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--POSTMASTER HENRY VOWERS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PAGE 69 Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-04-15
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-06-17 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-06-17 LONDON M T(MONROE COUNTY)--POSTMASTER HENRY POST--ROUTE-LONDON-SALINE-DETROIT-MONROE-TOLEDO-LOWER SANDUSKY-CLEVELAND-BROADALBIN NEW YORK--BOTTOM--1835-02-16 WINFIELD(MONROE COUNTY)--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JOHN H MONTGOMERY--ROUTE-WINFIELD-RAISINVILLE-MONROE--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-06-17
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Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-07-06 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-07-06 DETROIT M T--FREE FRANK OF TRAVELING POSTMASTER J F SPIER OF NORTHVILLE NEW YORK--RECEIVED AT BUFFALO VIA STEAMBOAT--HAND STAMPED AND FORWARDED TO LIMA NEW YORK--BOTTOM--1836-08-02 DETROIT-MAILED BY PASSENGER ON STEAMBOAT THOMAS JEFFERSON ENROUTE ON LAKE ERIE TO CLEVELAND AND FORWARDED TO CAYAHOGA FALLS OHIO--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-07-06
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-07-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-07-09 TOLEDO M T--STEAMBOAT MARKING--EFFECTIVE 1825-05-01 STEAMBOAT LETTERS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE PL&R.TO BE RATED BASED ON DISTANCE FROM POINT OF PICK UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY. 2CENTS PAID TO CAPTAIN---BOTTOM--1836-07-23 KALAMAZOO M T--ROUTE-KALAMAZOO-MARSHALL-JACKSONOPOLIS-ANN ARBOR-PLYMOUTH-DETROIT-TOLEDO-(FORWARDED BY STEAMBOAT) TO BUFFALO---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-07-09
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Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-07-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-07-09 KIDZIE'S GROVE--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--(NAME CHANGED TO DEERFIELD)FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER ANTHONY MCKEE--BOTTOM--1829-09-12 BLISSFIELD M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND FREE FRANK OF HENRY BLISS--AHMS 525/54--(COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-07-09
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-08-06 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T /WISCONSIN/IOWA--DES MOINES CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER WILLIAM R ROSS--1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--BOTTOM--1836-04-07 BURLINGTON M T /WISCONSIN/IOWA--DES MOINES CO--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER ROSS TO GEORGE W JONES DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY(1835-1836)--1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-08-07 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-08-07--MILWAUKEE M T /WISCONSIN--POSTMASTER SOLOMON JUNEAU--ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED AS"MILWAUKIE" POSTMASTER JUNEAU AND POSSIBLY HIS ASSISTANTS, SPELLEDTHE TOWN NAME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE 16 MONTH PERIOD THAT MILWAUKEE WAS PART OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY. THIS SPELLING BECAME THE OFFICIAL SPELLING IN 1843.--BOTTOM--1836-02-12 MILWAKIE(THIS SPELLING)M T /WISCONSIN--POSTMASTER JUNEAU'S FREE FRANK GOING TO LUCIUS LYON SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY AT WASHINGTON CITY D C--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-07
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-08-15 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-08-15 TREMAINVILLE M T--TOLEDO STRIP--TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT MONROE--POSTMASTER SANFORD COLLINS--ROUTE-TREMAINVILLE-TOLEDO-MONROE---BOTTOM--1836-06-22 TREMAINSVILLE M T--TOLEDO STRIP--POSTMASTER SANFORD COLLINS--ROUTE-TREMAINVILLE-TOLEDO-LOWER SANDUSKY-CLEVELAND-CANTERBURY CONN---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-15
County:
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-10-13 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-10-13 WEBSTER M T--WASHTENAW CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER MOSES KINGSLEY--1 OF 2 RECORDED EXAMPLES--AHMS 754/380--BOTTOM--1835-05-08 OAKVILLE M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--WASHTENAW CO--POSTMASTER ICHABOD S NELSON--GENEALOGY 2---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-13
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
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Title: 1835-10-19 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-10-19 GREEN BAY #2 M T /WISCONSIN--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--LETTER SENT FROM MACKINAC ISLAND M T (VERY LIGHT OCTOBER 19 CDS CANCEL UPPER LEFT) BY HENRY R SCHOOLCRAFT, NOTED GEOLOGIST,EXPLORER,AUTHOR ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND INDIAN AGENT AT SAULT STE MARIE(1822-1841). LETTER WAS CARRIED BY CLOSED POUCH MAIL BY STEAMBOAT FROM MACKINAC TO GREEN BAY. PER DIRECTIVE FROM THE ADDRESSEE, POSTMASTER DICKINSON FORWARDED THE LETTER TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAMBOAT ON OCTOBER 26 FOR MORE RAPID TRANSIT TO MILWAUKEE. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE GREEN BAY SHIP MARKING.--EFFECTIVE 1825-05-01 STEAMBOAT LETTERS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE PL&R. TO BE RATED BASED ON DISTANCE FROM POINT OF PICK UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY. NO ADDITIONAL STEAMBOAT FEE WAS TO BE ADDED-COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-19
County:
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-10-28 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-10-28 DIXBORO M T--POSTMASTER WILLIAM CLEMENTS--BOTTOM--1836-05-04 DIXBORO M T--POSTMASTER WILLIAM CLEMENTS--1 CENT DROP LETTER RATE--CARRIED THE REST OF THE WAY BY A FAMILY FRIEND--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-28
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-11-07 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-11-07 JONESVILLE M T--HILLSDALE CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER JAMES OLDS--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT IN HILLSDALE COUNTY. POSTMASTER OLDS DROPPED THE TERRITORIAL DESIGNATION FROM THE POSTMARK RELATIVELY EARLY. 1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-07
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-11-10 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-11-10 SALINE M T--POSTMASTER ORANGE RISDON--BOTTOM--1828-12-31--LODI M T--POSTMASTER ORRIN HOWE--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-10
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP-1836-01-18 TOLEDO M T--OHIO STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP CHANGED TO MICHIGAN TERRITORY(MT)DESIGNATION APPEARED IN NOVEMBER 1835 PRESUMABLY DUE TO PRESSURE ON POSTMASTER COMSTOCK BY POSTMASTER GENERAL AMOS KENDALL---BOTTOM--1836-04-18 TOLEDO OHIO(REALLY M T)--POSTMASTER POTTER DISCONTINUED THE STRAIGHTLINE TOLEDO M T IN JANUARY 1836 AND BRIEFLY RETURNED TO MANUSCRIPT TOLEDO OHIO IN MARCH AND APRIL 1836 WHEN CDS WITH OHIO DESIGNATION BEGAN REGULAR USE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-18
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-27 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-01-27 FORT SNELLING M T /WISCONSIN--DUBUQUE CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ALEXANDER S MIREE--FORT SNELLING WAS COMPLETED IN 1825 AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. FIRST POST OFFICE IN THE FUTURE STATE OF MINNESOTA--1 OF 4 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-27
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-02-22 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-02-22 LYON M T(NAME CHANGED TO KENSINGTON--OAKLAND CO--POSTMASTER THOMAS CURTIS--BOTTOM--1835-10-02 ORION M T(NAME CHANGED TO OAKLAND#2--OAKLAND CO--FREE FRANK--POSTMASTER JESSEE DECKER--RATE TO POSTMASTER CORRECTED TO FREE BY POSTMASTER AT DETROIT(NOTED BY CDS)--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-02-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-03-01 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--1836-03-01 SAULT DE STE MARIE M T--CDS CANCEL--MAP SHOWS OVERLAND ROUTE FROM SAULT STE MARIE TO DETROIT. IN WINTER,THE MAIL WAS CARRIED BY DOG SLED AND CANOE ACROSS THE STRAITS DEPENDING ON THE ICE CONDITIONS.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-03-01
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-03-02 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-03-02 WHITFORD M T--TOLEDO STRIP--(NAME CHANGED TO SYLVANIA)--TO LUCIUS LYON IN CONGRESS WASHINGTON CITY DC--POSTMASTER WHITE WAS LOYAL TO MICHIGAN TERRITORY AS WERE THE INHABITANTS OF WHITFORD THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE HARRIS LINE--HE CONTINUED TO USE THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY DESIGNATION AND THE MICHIGAN STATE ABBREVIATION ON HIS POSTMARKED LETTERS AS LATE AS DECEMBER 10,1836---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-03-02
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-03-19 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-03-19 PLYMOUTH M T--AHMS 1435/415--POSTMASTER JONATHAN DAVIS--ROUTE-PLYMOUTH-DETROIT-MONROE-TOLEDO-LOWER SANDUSKY-CLEVELAND-NEW-YORK--BOTTOM--1834-07-10 NANKIN M T-(NAME CHANGED FROM LIMA 1830-04-02)AHMS 349/324-POSTMASTER HENRY WELLS-ROUTE-NANKIN-DETROIT-MONROE-TOLEDO-LOWER SANDUSKY-CLEVELAND-NEW YORK--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-03-19
County:
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-02 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-04-02 DESMOND M T--SAINT CLAIR CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--NAME CHANGED TO PORT HURON 1837-05-04--POSTMASTER DANIEL B HARRINGTON--FREE FRANK TO SENATOR LUCIUS LYON AT WASHINGTON CITY D C--BOTTOM 1835-11-23 CHINA M T--SAINT CLAIR CO--POSTMASTER JOHN CLARKE--FREE FRANK OF TRAVELING POSTMASTER JOHN KELSEY--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-02
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-07 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-04-07 WHITESVILLE M T--LAPEER CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER MINER Y TURRILL--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT IN LAPEER CO. ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS--BOTTOM--1837-01-10 LAPEER M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER OLIVER B HART--ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-07
County: Lapeer
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-04-09 CLINTON M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER EDWIN SMITH--AHMS #161--BOTTOM--1837-01-18 CLINTON M T--CDS CANCEL--POSTMASTER EDWIN SMITH--CDS FIRST APPEARED IN JANUARY 1836---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-09
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-11 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-04-11 NAPOLEON M T--MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK--POSTMASTER SAMUEL QUIGLEY--BOTTOM--1835-07-28 SWAINSVILLE M T--JACKSON CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER CALVIN H SWAIN--NAME CHANGED TO BROOKLYN 1836-10-25--EKU AND 1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-11
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-25 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-04-25 MANHATTAN M T--TOLEDO STRIP--POSTMASTER DANIEL CHASE--ROUTE-MANHATTAN-TOLEDO-MAUMEE-CINCINATI(FORWARDED)MIDDLETOWN OHIO---BOTTOM--1836-04-26 MANHATTAN M T--FREE FRANK OF DANIEL CHASE--TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT MONROE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-25
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-05-08 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-05-08 FORT DES MOINES M T /WISCONSIN/IOWA--LEE CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER CHARLES CARTER GOING TO GEORGE W JONES, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY(1835-1836)--FORT DES MOINES WAS BUILT IN 1834 AND OCCUPIED BY THE MILITARY UNTIL 1837 WHEN THE GARRISON WAS MOVED TO FORT LEAVENWORTH.--1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-05-08
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-05-11 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-05-11 PIERCEVILLE M T--WASHTENAW CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED SYLVAN--AHMS #235/--POSTMASTER ALFRED C HOLT--BOTTOM--1836-05-25 SCIO M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER MATHEW F GREGORY--EKU--1 OF 2 KNOWN EXAMPLES--AHMS 196/427--REV WILLIAM PAGE--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-05-11
County:
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Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
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Title: 1836-05-26 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-05-26 MILWAUKEE M T /WISCONSIN--MILWAUKEE CO--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL SHOWING THE OFFICIAL CORRECT SPELLING OF "MILWAUKEE"--BOTTOM--1836-05-29 RACINE M T /WISCONSIN--RACINE CO--POSTMASTER BUSHNELL B CARY--WISCONSIN TERRITORY WAS CUT FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS 1836-04-20, EFFECTIVE 1836-07-04. FOLLOWING THE APRIL 20 DATE, THE POSTMASTERS OF GIBRALTER, RACINE AND PERHAPS OTHER TOWNS BEGAN USING THE W.T. DESIGNATION.--ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-05-26
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-06-08 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-06-08 TOLEDO OHIO(REALLY M T)--TOLEDO CDS WITH OHIO DESIGNATION FIRST RECORDED USE IN SEPTEMBER 1835 BUT NOT RECORDED AGAIN UNTIL A SINGLE USE ON FEBRUARY 20,1836 AND NOT AGAIN UNTIL REGULAR USE BEGAIN IN JUNE 1836.THE CDS BLATANTLY INDICATED OHIO CONTROL AND ERRATIC USE NO DOUBT RELATED TO THE WARNING TO POSTMASTER POTTER FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL---BOTTOM--1836-10-24 TOLEDO OHIO(REALLY M T)--TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT MONROE--FREE FRANK OF EMERY POTTER--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-06-08
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
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Title: 1836-06-10 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-06-10 UNADILLA M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ELNATHAN NOBLE--SECOND POST OFFICE IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY--ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--1836-11-20 HOWELL M T--LIVINGSTON CO--POSTMASTER FLAVIUS J B CRANE--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--LETTER ORIGIN NEAR OAK GROVE(NO POST OFFICE) HANDED TO MAIL CONTRACTOR EN-ROUTE AS WAY LETTER(1 OF 2 KNOWN MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL WAY LETTERS) FOR ADDITIONAL 1 CENT FEE PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR AND ADDED TO POSTAGE DUE ON DELIVERY.HOWELL WAS THE COUNTY SEAT FOR LIVINGSTON CO AND THE POST OFFICE WAS IN THE EAGLE TAVERN. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-06-10
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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