Title: 1854-01-15 +NORTH WEST MINE MICH-----HOUGHTON CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 3 IN CIRCLE RATE-----TO MISS ELIZA R HEATON AT HAMILTON, LOUDOUN CO, VIRGINIA-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 1152 $140 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-01-15
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-02-13 +EAGLE HARBOR MICH{1861-1959-DPO-V2}----HOUGHTON CO----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3 RATE------TO MISS ESTHER M CONNELL AT LOCH BERLIN, WAYNE CO, N.Y.---NORTH MICH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 262 $87---AND A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-02-13
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-02-13 +EAGLE HARBOR MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE----HOUGHTON CO----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3 RATE------TO MISS ESTHER M CONNELL AT LOCH BERLIN, WAYNE CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 262 $87 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1854-02-13
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-03-16 +NORTH WEST MINE, MICH----HOUGHTON CO, BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 3 IN CIRCLE & MS PAID 3 RATE-----TO MISS ELIZA R HEATON AT HAMILTON, LOUDOUN CO, VIRGINIA----LETTER MENTIONING MINES, STOCKS, ETC.------GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 1151 $225 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-03-16
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-04-03 HOUGHTON MICH----HOUGHTON CO----YEAR ESTIMATED FROM OTHER LETTERS----BLACK RIMLESS CDS & MS PAID 3 CENTS RATE---TO JACOB C STONER AT MANOR POST OFFICE, LANCASTER CO, PENN----DATELINED ISLE ROYAL---FROM PETER LORENE RELATING THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE MAILS, MENTION OF WAGES AT $37.65 PER MONTH----WE HAVE NOTHING BUT FLOUR, SALT, PORK MOLASSES, AND COFFEE, THE WINTER IS LONG AND VERY COLD THE INDIANS IS FROZEN TO DEATH ON THE LAKES-----NATIVE AMERICANS----WEATHER---GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 507 $800 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-04-03
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-10-13 +EAGLE HARBOR MICH{1861-1959-DPO-V2}-----HOUGHTON CO----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3 RATE---TO MISS ESTHER M CONNELL AT LOCH BERLIN, WAYNE CO, N.Y.------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 263 $115 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-10-13
County: Keweenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-10-26 +MARQUETTE MICH-----MARQUETTE CO----V8-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL ON 3 CENT SCOTT U1 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY----TO REV J. A. FOSTER, VERMILLION, OSWEGO CO, N.Y.----THE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK APPEARS TO BE IN THE HAND OF POSTMASTER PETER WHITE- WELL KNOWN FOR HIS FLAMBOYANT WRITING STYLE-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 597 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-10-26
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-12-15 HOUGHTON MICH---DATELINED ISLE ROYAL---CDS---HOUGHTON COUNTY---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1854-12-15
County:
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1854-12-15 HOUGHTON MICH--HOUGHTON CO.--DATELINED ISLE ROYAL---BLACK CDS & MS PAID 3 CENTS RATE---FROM P. LOREM AT ISLE ROYAL, KEWEENAW COUNTY TO JACOB S. MANN AT MANOR POST OFFICE, LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-12-15
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1854-12-15 HOUGHTON MICH---DATELINED ISLE ROYAL---CDS---HOUGHTON COUNTY---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1854-12-15
County:
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1854-12-15 HOUGHTON MICH---DATELINED ISLE ROYAL---CDS---HOUGHTON COUNTY---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1854-12-15
County:
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1855-02-01 FORT WILKINS MICH------BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS 6 RATE----HOUGHTON COUNTY-----TO MRS [ELIZABETH THERESA FISHER BAIRD] HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD JR.(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. DUBLIN, COUNTY DUBLIN, IRELAND 16 MAY 1800, D. 30 APR 1875, LAWYER, SERVED AS QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR,FIRST ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY, FATHER HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD, MOTHER, ANN BAIRD{B.1768, LIVED WITH THEM IN 1850}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH THERESA FISHER BAIRD MACKINAC CO. 12 AUG 1824, CHILDREN, EMILLIE VIRGINIA BAIRD, MARY ELIZABETH BAIRD, ELIZA A BAIRD BAKER, LOUISE SOPHIA BAIRD FAVILL, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, CAROLINE IRR{B.NEW YORK 1841}, DESINA DEMONIA{B.BELGIUM 1848})----GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-02-01
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1855-08-15 +FLORIDA MICH-----HILLSDALE CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3-----TO MRS A. BINGHAM AT SAULT ST MARIE, CHIPPEWA CO, MICH----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 194 Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-08-15
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1856-03-03 +GRAND TRAVERSE MICH---GRAND TRAVERSE CO---V8---DATE VERIFIED--GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY---BROWN CDS WITH MATCHING ARCED PAID/3 IN CIRCLE---FROM GEORGE GARRISON AT GRAND TRAVERSE BAY TO STEPHEN SWEET AT WEST TROY NEW YORK WITH THE NOTE "WE HAVE NO MORE PAPER" AT THE CLOSING---GENEALOGY---1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 276 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1856-03-03
County:
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1857-01-24 +ESCONAWBA(1), MICH-----DELTA CO----V3----BLACK 31MM CDS & PEN CANCEL ON 3 CENT SCOTT U5 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY-----TO MRS ELIZABETH A. AEVY, HAMDEN, MAINE----FROM HANNAH D. RICHARDSON (US 1860 CENSUS, B. MAINE 1834, SIBLINGS, LORANZO RICHARDSON, OLIVER S RICHARDSON, SUSAN RICHARDSON) TO HER COUSIN---FAMILY, HUSBANDS WORK AS A MILLWRIGHT & MORE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 767 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-01-24
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1859-10-29 +GREENLAND MICH-----ONTONAGON CO, MICH----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 3 RATE-----ON AN EMBOSSED LADIES ENVELOPE----TO MISS M.C. GIBSON, OMENA, GRAND TRAVERSE CO, MICH----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 226 Read More..
Year: 1859
Date: 1859-10-29
County: Ontonagon
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1861-01-14 MINNESOTA MINE MICH-----ONTONAGON CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED---DPO--BLACK 37MM CDS TIES SCOTT U3 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY------TO MRS A H WILKINSON AT PONTIAC, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY---NORTH MICH------COVER ONLY---1 pg--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-01-14
County: Oakland
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1861-02-01 MINNESOTA MINE MICH ONTONAGON CO---DATE ESTIMATED---DPO--BLACK 37MM CDS TIES SCOTT U3 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY---SCOTT U 10 RED BUFF----TO MRS E M A WILKINSON AT PONTIAC, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-------COVER ONLY---1 pg---COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-02-01
County: Oakland
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1862-05-23 +CEDAR FORKS MICH----DELTA CO-----V6---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65----TO FREDRICK CURRIES, NORTH POTSDAM, ST. LAWRENCE CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY-----NORTH MICH---COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 511 Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-05-23
County: Delta
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1862-09-08 +NATIONAL MICH----ONTONAGON CO----V7----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS & CIRCLE GRID ON SCOTT 65-----TO REV JAMES L WRIGHT, HADDAM, MIDDLESEX CO, CONN-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1042 Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-09-08
County: Ontonagon
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-06-14 +COPPER HARBOR MICH-----KEWEENAW CO----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 10 RATE-----AND A BLACK DETROIT MICH JUNE 17 INTEGRATED 10 CDS-----TO DAVID MUNRO AT EMBRIO, CANADA WEST----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 248 $190 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-06-14
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-08-19 +C HARBOR MICH----KEWEENAW CO---V5----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3 RATE & MS VIA CHICAGO----TO MARY JOSS, MONMOUTH, WARREN CO, ILLINOIS----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 204 $65 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-08-19
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-08-25 +NEGAUNEE MICH-----MARQUETTE CO-----BLUE CDS & SCOTT 65-----CIVIL WAR----RED & BLUE EAGLE AND SHIELD------TO U.P. JAMES AT 167 WALNUT STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 931 $75 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-08-25
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1863-10-04 +NATIONAL MICH----ONTONAGON CO-----DCDS & FANCY KILLER ON SCOTT 65 ON RED AND BLUE PATRIOTIC ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE OF YOUNG GIRL PROVIDING AID TO SOLDIER, BATTLE SCENE ABOVE----WALCOTT-868 ---TO ANTON TRIBLE AT DETROIT MICH----GENEALOGY------CIVIL WAR------COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF ALLEN UP-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 365 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-10-04
County: Ontonagon
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned , Civil war
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1864-06-30 +STEAMER PEWABIC/JUNE 30 1864/ DETROIT CDS----TO M. FOLEY BROTHERS CO., EAGLE HARBOR----ON AUGUST 9, 1865 THE STEAMER PEWABIC COLLIDED WITH THE STEAMER METEOR SENDING THE PEWABIC TO THE BOTTOM OF LAKE HURON. AN ESTIMATED 125 LIVES WERE LOST IN THE DISASTER-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1057 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-06-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1864-08-13 +HOUGHTON MICH----STEAMER ILLINOIS/ PORTAGE CDS TIES SCOTT 65-----TO HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, HOUGHTON, LAKE SUPERIOR---THEN BLACK STAMPED FORWARDED MS 3 TO KEWEENAW BAY-----THE STEAMER ILLINOIS WAS THE FIRST TO PASS THROUGH THE LOCKS AT SAULT STE. MARIE MARKING THE OPENING OF UNOBSTRUCTED SHIPPING BETWEEN LAKES SUPERIOR AND HURON ON JUNE 22, 1855------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1049 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-08-13
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1864-08-30 +KEWANON BAY MICH----HOUGHTON CO----V7----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65-----TO MRS HENRY GILLMAN, BOX 93, DETROIT MICH (PART OF THE HENRY GILLMAN CORRESPONDENCE)-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 575 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-08-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-04-14 +DETROIT MICH----DCDS & TARGET TIES SCOTT 65-----STEAMER METEOR MAY 14 1865/ DETROIT BLACK CDS----TO REV JAMES L. WRIGHT, HADDAM, MIDDLESEX CO, CONN----ON AUGUST 9, 1865 THE STEAMER PEWABIC COLLIDED WITH THE STEAMER METEOR SENDING THE PEWABIC TO THE BOTTOM OF LAKE HURON-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1050 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-04-14
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-04-29 +COPPER HARBOR MICH-----KEWEENAW CO----V5----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS & TARGET TIES SCOTT 65-----IMPRINT ENVELOPE OF U.S. LAKE SURVEY----OFFICIAL BUSINESS----TO ASST. HENRY GILLMAN, U.S. LAKE SURVEY, CAMP MISERY RIVER, VIA ONTONAGON, LAKE SUPERIOR-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 743 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-04-29
County: Keweenaw
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-07-04 +COPPER HARBOR MICH----KEWEENAW CO----V5----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS & TARGET CANCELS SCOTT 94----TO MRS HENRY GILLMAN, 63 ADAMS AVE WEST, DETROIT MICH----EX: HENRY GILLMAN CORRESPONDENCE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 744 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-07-04
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Northern Michigan , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0