Title: 1839-07-30 JACKSON MICH---RED CDS AND MATCHING PAID---FROM SARAH AND BRADFORD PARKER AT JACKSON TO THEIR SISTER SARAH PARKER AT AUBURN NEW YORK --ALSO SIGNED THOMAS PARKER AND POLLY PARKER---GLAD TO HEAR FRANKLIN MADE IT HOME SAFELY; WATERMAN IS HERE AND IN THE BUTCHERING BUSINESS; "WE MAKE OUT TO GET ONE MEAL A DAY AND SOMETIMES TWO, NOT WITHSTANDING THE HARD TIMES"; HOPES FOR A LETTER FROM CAROLINE---GENEALOGY--- PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-07-30
County: Jackson
City: Jackson
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-10 +NILES MICH----BERRIEN CO----BLUE CDS & RED MS 25 RATE----TO W Y RIPLEY AT RUTLAND, RUTLAND CO, VERMONT-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 711 $ 30 Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-10
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1839-08-16 VERONA MICH---CALHOUN CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 12 1/2 RATE---FROM CLARISSA CRANSON AT VERONA, CALHOUN CO, MICH TO EMELINE CURTIS (M. FRANCES V. MERRYMAN 1842) AT PULASKI INDIANA---WRITES OF CORDELIA, MR. IVANSON, MRS. BARBER IS WITH THEM, HER HUSBAND DIED MAY 4; HOPES TO WRITE TO MRS. GILBERT; MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED; A THIEF BY THE NAME OF BLANCHARD HAS BEEN PUT IN JAIL; LONGS TO SEE LITTLE CAROLINE, AND THINKS OFTEN OF LITTLE CLARISSA, TAKEN FROM THEM; MENTIONS THE FAMILIES OF MRS. MINER AND MR. RANDOL; CROPS---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 530 $95 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-16
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-16 VERONA MICH---CALHOUN CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 12 1/2 RATE---FROM CLARISSA CRANSON AT VERONA, CALHOUN CO, MICH TO EMELINE CURTIS (M. FRANCES V. MERRYMAN 1842) AT PULASKI INDIANA---WRITES OF CORDELIA, MR. IVANSON, MRS. BARBER IS WITH THEM, HER HUSBAND DIED MAY 4; HOPES TO WRITE TO MRS. GILBERT; MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED; A THIEF BY THE NAME OF BLANCHARD HAS BEEN PUT IN JAIL; LONGS TO SEE LITTLE CAROLINE, AND THINKS OFTEN OF LITTLE CLARISSA, TAKEN FROM THEM; MENTIONS THE FAMILIES OF MRS. MINER AND MR. RANDOL; CROPS---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 530 $95 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-16
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-16 VERONA MICH---CALHOUN CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 12 1/2 RATE---FROM CLARISSA CRANSON AT VERONA, CALHOUN CO, MICH TO EMELINE CURTIS (M. FRANCES V. MERRYMAN 1842) AT PULASKI INDIANA---WRITES OF CORDELIA, MR. IVANSON, MRS. BARBER IS WITH THEM, HER HUSBAND DIED MAY 4; HOPES TO WRITE TO MRS. GILBERT; MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED; A THIEF BY THE NAME OF BLANCHARD HAS BEEN PUT IN JAIL; LONGS TO SEE LITTLE CAROLINE, AND THINKS OFTEN OF LITTLE CLARISSA, TAKEN FROM THEM; MENTIONS THE FAMILIES OF MRS. MINER AND MR. RANDOL; CROPS---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 530 $95 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-16
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-16 VERONA MICH---CALHOUN CO---{1838-1844}--DPO-----V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 12 1/2 RATE---FROM CLARISSA CRANSON AT VERONA, CALHOUN CO, MICH TO EMELINE CURTIS (M. FRANCES V. MERRYMAN 1842) AT PULASKI INDIANA---WRITES OF CORDELIA, MR. IVANSON, MRS. BARBER IS WITH THEM, HER HUSBAND DIED MAY 4; HOPES TO WRITE TO MRS. GILBERT; MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED; A THIEF BY THE NAME OF BLANCHARD HAS BEEN PUT IN JAIL; LONGS TO SEE LITTLE CAROLINE, AND THINKS OFTEN OF LITTLE CLARISSA, TAKEN FROM THEM; MENTIONS THE FAMILIES OF MRS. MINER AND MR. RANDOL; CROPS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 530 $95 Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-16
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-24 DETROIT MICH*****W--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND GREEN ARCH STAMPED PAID MARKING & MS 50 RATE----TO ABRAHAM BELL (1870 CENSUS, US QUAKER MEETING RECORDS, B. PENN SEPT 1 1800, FATHER, RICHARD BELL, MOTHER, RACHEL BELL, WIFE, HANNAH BELL, CHILDREN, NATHAN H BELL, JAMES F BELL, MARY BELL, NEW YORK PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, ARRIVED PORT OF NEW YORK 1826,DEPARTURE ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CARPENTER, SHIP BRIG ANN MARIA) & CO., NEW YORK CITY------FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIBLEY (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON THIS PERSON), DETROIT MICH----ABOUT A DRAFT GOING TO THOMAS LYNCHE AT BALLYGRAHAM, DROMORE WEST, COUNTY SLIGO, IRELAND ----ACKNOWLEDGED BY WILLIAM LYNCH, PROVIDENCE, LUCAS CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY-----3 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $28 - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Fancy Cancels , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-24 DETROIT MICH***--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND GREEN ARCH STAMPED PAID MARKING & MS 50 RATE----TO ABRAHAM BELL (1870 CENSUS, US QUAKER MEETING RECORDS, B. PENN SEPT 1 1800, FATHER, RICHARD BELL, MOTHER, RACHEL BELL, WIFE, HANNAH BELL, CHILDREN, NATHAN H BELL, JAMES F BELL, MARY BELL, NEW YORK PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, ARRIVED PORT OF NEW YORK 1826,DEPARTURE ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CARPENTER, SHIP BRIG ANN MARIA) & CO., NEW YORK CITY------FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIBLEY (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON THIS PERSON), DETROIT MICH----ABOUT A DRAFT GOING TO THOMAS LYNCHE----ACKNOWLEDGED BY WILLIAM LYNCH, PROVIDENCE, LUCAS CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY-----3 pg---PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $28 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-24 DETROIT MICH***--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND GREEN ARCH STAMPED PAID MARKING & MS 50 RATE----TO ABRAHAM BELL (1870 CENSUS, US QUAKER MEETING RECORDS, B. PENN SEPT 1 1800, FATHER, RICHARD BELL, MOTHER, RACHEL BELL, WIFE, HANNAH BELL, CHILDREN, NATHAN H BELL, JAMES F BELL, MARY BELL, NEW YORK PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, ARRIVED PORT OF NEW YORK 1826,DEPARTURE ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CARPENTER, SHIP BRIG ANN MARIA) & CO., NEW YORK CITY------FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIBLEY (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON THIS PERSON), DETROIT MICH----ABOUT A DRAFT GOING TO THOMAS LYNCHE----ACKNOWLEDGED BY WILLIAM LYNCH, PROVIDENCE, LUCAS CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY-----3 pg---PAGE 2--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $28 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-24 DETROIT MICH***--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND GREEN ARCH STAMPED PAID MARKING & MS 50 RATE----TO ABRAHAM BELL (1870 CENSUS, US QUAKER MEETING RECORDS, B. PENN SEPT 1 1800, FATHER, RICHARD BELL, MOTHER, RACHEL BELL, WIFE, HANNAH BELL, CHILDREN, NATHAN H BELL, JAMES F BELL, MARY BELL, NEW YORK PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, ARRIVED PORT OF NEW YORK 1826,DEPARTURE ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CARPENTER, SHIP BRIG ANN MARIA) & CO., NEW YORK CITY------FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIBLEY (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON THIS PERSON), DETROIT MICH----ABOUT A DRAFT GOING TO THOMAS LYNCHE----ACKNOWLEDGED BY WILLIAM LYNCH, PROVIDENCE, LUCAS CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY-----3 pg----PAGE 3--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $28 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS AND TALES OF HIS COURT CASES---"I HAD A LOVELY TRIP OUT HERE. IT RAINED MOST BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY."---"SAME DAY I WAS OFFERED A LARGE FEE FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE."---MENTIONS MR. FINLEY, A LAWYER NAMED KENNEDY, GOV. RAY, HOLMAN AND LADY, AND HAINES---SCOTT IS TO MARRY MISS BURBANK, STILE TO MISS BICKLE, AND BANGES TO MISS MILLS---GENEALOGY----5 pgs------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----5 pgs----PAGE 1------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----5 pgs----PAGE 2------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----5 pgs----PAGE 3------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----5 pgs----TOP OF PAGE 4------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-08-29 MUNCIETOWN INDIANA***W----V5----DELAWARE CO----BLACK FANCY RIMLESS 25MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE-----TO JAMES A. FAY, NORTHHAMPTON, FULTON CO, N.Y.----FROM JOHN B. JULIAN(1870 US CENSUS, B. 3 JUL 1805, D 7 APR 1880, FATHER, JOHN JULIAN{1772-1848}, MOTHER, AMELIA BUTLER{1776-1840}, SPOUSE, M. BARBARA YANTIS JULIAN 24 OCT 1833{25 JAN 1816-14 AUG 1885}, CHILDREN, JOHN WESLEY JULIAN{1834-1911}, RACHEL A JULIAN{1836-1837}, WILLIS H JULIAN{1838-1840}, GEORGE W JULIAN{1842-1863}, HIRAM JULIAN{1843-1924}, ISAAC NEWTON JULIAN{1846-1936}, JAMES BUTLER JULIAN{1849-1908}, MARY LOUISE JULIAN{1853-1929}), MUNCIETOWN, DELAWARE CO, INDIANA----GENEALOGY----5 pgs----BOTTOM OF PAGE 4------ERNIE'S COLLECTION $10 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-08-29
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-03 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO--RED 30MM CDS--FREE FRANK OF DAVID C. ROWLAND P.M.---TO HIS BROTHER DAVID A GILBERT AT NEWTOWN, FAIRFIELD CO, CONN----MENTIONS W CLARK---MOTHER & MRS ROWLAND & KIDS HAVE THE AGUE---SARAH NEEDS MONEY EVERY MONTH-----GENEALOGY 6-----2 pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-03
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-03 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO--RED 30MM CDS--FREE FRANK OF D.C. ROWLAND P.M.--2 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-03
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-03 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO--RED 30MM CDS--FREE FRANK OF D.C. ROWLAND P.M.--2 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-03
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-10 +TECUMSEH MICH T--(STATEHOOD USE)--RED CDS & BLACK MS 25 RATE---TO LAW AND TODD AT NEW YORK CITY FROM P R ADAMS AT TECUMSEH----I HAVE REMITTED BY DRAFT $150 AND 35/100---I HOPE TO HAVE MORE FOR YOU SOON----GENEALOGY---1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $75 Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-10
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1839-09-10 +TECUMSEH MICH T--(STATEHOOD USE)--RED CDS & BLACK MS 25 RATE---TO LAW AND TODD AT NEW YORK CITY FROM P R ADAMS AT TECUMSEH----I HAVE REMITTED BY DRAFT $150 AND 35/100---I HOPE TO HAVE MORE FOR YOU SOON----GENEALOGY---1PG---PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $75 Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-10
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1839-09-19 LEONI MICH {1837-1908} DPO---V3----JACKSON CO.--BLUE #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLUE MS 6 RATE--DATELINE HOMER---TO CATHARINE TURNER AND HORACE AT GRASS LAKE FROM HER BROTHER A.L. TURNER AT HOMER---MENTIONS MRS. FINLAY, DR. PARKS, HULBURT, DELORA, OSCAR, MARIA CRANDALL IS AT HOMER, SCHOOL NEWS, "I HAD RATHER LIVE ANYWHERE THAN WHERE I AM BURNING UP WITH A FEVER CONSTANTLY AND I AM WELL ASSURED IT IS A VERY SICKLY PLACE HERE"---GENEALOGY---2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-19
County: Calhoun , Jackson , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-19 LEONI MICH--JACKSON CO.--BLUE MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLUE MS 6 RATE--2 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-19
County: Jackson
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-19 LEONI MICH--JACKSON CO.--BLUE MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AND BLUE MS 6 RATE--2 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-19
County: Jackson
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-24 DETROIT MICH--DATE VERIFIED--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 10 RATE--1 DAY FROM DEEPER GREEN CDS--TO E.W. MORGAN AT ANN ARBOR FROM THE MESSRS. JOY AND PORTER AT DETROIT----CONCERNING FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ELY AND CLARK PAPERS, DELIVERED BY MR. TROWBRIDGE---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1839-09-24 DETROIT MICH--DATE VERIFIED--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 10 RATE--1 DAY FROM DEEPER GREEN CDS--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1839-09-25 DETROIT MICH--DATE VERIFIED--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 20 RATE--TO SYLVESTER L. HUNT NEW ORLEANS MISS. FROM HIS SISTER---MENTIONS UNCLE JAMES, COUSIN JAMES, THE TROWBRIDGES, THE SIBLEYS, WOLCOTTS, KERCHEVALS, FORSYTHES, HENRY HOWARD'S FAMILY, D. JONES, MRS. HENRY BROWN, AND MISS WILLIAMS; COUSIN JULES HAS MARRIED AND BECOME MRS. ALLEN, SHE LEAVES TUESDAY FOR GREEN BAY---GENEALOGY---4 pgs-- COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-25
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5