Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---#MANUSCRIPT----UNUSUAL RATE 10 + 2=12------FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---MENTIONS JOHN, ISABELLA, HIS CHILDREN MARY, WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE; GRANDMOTHER, UNCLE ABRAHAM AND AUNT JENNETT, AUNT MARGARET, UNCLE LEVI, AND UNCLE ANDREW---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-14 +CHUBBS CORNERS MICH---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE----LIVINGSTON CO---V9----BLACK#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO GEORGE LaFERVER AT GIDLEYS STATION, JACKSON CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 238 $220---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 187 $210 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-14
County: Jackson , Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-14 +CHUBBS CORNERS MICH----LIVINGSTON CO---V9----BLACK#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO GEORGE LaFERVER (1860 CENSUS, B. PENN 1805, FARMER, WIFE, ANN E LAFEVER {B. NEW YORK 1815}, CHILDREN, ALMIRA LAFEVER, HARRIET LAFEVER, CATHERINE LAFEVER, ALFRED LAFEVER, GEORGINA LAFEVER, NELLIE LAFEVER, FRANK LAFEVER), (FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FAMILY GO TO https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/o/Michael-A-Smoke/GENE21-0109.html ) AT GIDLEYS STATION, JACKSON CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 238 $220---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 187 $210 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-14
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM REV. P.F. JONES AT GALESBURGH TO J.M. BROOKS, SUPR. M.C.R.R. AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-15 GALESBURGH MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-15
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 1---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 3---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-21 ANN ARBOR MICH--RED CDS & RED STAMPED LARGE FANCY 10 RATE----TO WILLIAM SLADE, P.M., KELLOGGSVILLE, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY----PRIVATELY OWNED-----MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-21
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-23 ANN ARBOR MICH---PPP---WRONG PAGES VIEWED----RED CDS(M/) AND RED STAMPED PAID AND FANCY 10 RATE---TO REV. JOHN M. LARKS, BROOKLYN, N.Y. FROM REV. A GRAVES AT ANN ARBOR THANKING HIM FOR THE GENEROSITY TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY----2PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-24 PORT HURON MICH-------CDS---FROM WILLIAM WRIGHT AT PORT HURON TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-24
County: Ingham , Saint Clair , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-24 PORT HURON MICH---CDS---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-24
County: Ingham , Saint Clair , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-07-24 PORT HURON MICH---CDS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-24
County: Ingham , Saint Clair , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1949-07-26 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO-----BLACK CDS & STAMPED 10 IN CIRCLE RATE-----TO CHARLES P FAY AT PO BOX 1880 NEW YORK----FROM E L JONES AT JACKSON MICH-----GENEALOGY 2---COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-26
County: Jackson
City: Jackson
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-08-01 LAFAYETTE IND. (In)*****W----TIPPECANOE CO----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO WILLIAM CARTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE CO, OHIO-----FROM MAJ.JOHN BEASTON SEMANS(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. MONROE CO, OHIO 6 DEC 1804, D.22 AUG 1853, SON OF SIMON AND LADY BEASTON, OF BEASTON CASTLE, WALES, 1ST SPOUSE, M. MARY ANNA DILL SEMANS 1 SEP 1831{B. 22 FEB 1811, D. 14 FEB 1842}, CHILDREN, CHARITY LUCINDA SEMANS HADLEY, INFANT SON SEMANS, ELLEN MARIA SEMANS, MARGARET ELIZABETH SEMANS DODD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHARITY HICKCOX SEMANS 8 MAY 1843{B. OHIO 1817, D. 17 MAY 1880}, CHILDREN, JENNETTE M BEASTON SEMANS DELEVAN, FRANCES SEAMAN, MARY J SEAMAN, ANN E SEMAN, EMMA G SEMAN, EVA SEMANS), LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA-----"MY AGENT MR. SESSIONS WILL PAY THE NOTE OF MINE FOR $18.50"----"THE CHOLERA HAS BEEN COMMITTING SAD HAVOC IN OUR MIDST FOR THE LAST MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NOT LESS THAN 300 CASES AND 100 DEATHS. I SHOULD THINK THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE LEFT TOWN. I NEVER LOOKED UPON AS GLOOMY A PLACE AS LAFAYETTE IS AT THIS MOMENT. YESTERDAY WAS NOT QUITE SO FEARFUL A DAY AS THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS; AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE REPORTS OF THIS MORNING. ....A FEW HOURS ONLY USUALLY ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ATTACK AND DEATH. THOSE WHO FAIL TO ACT PROMPTLY UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT "DIARREA IS CHOLERA" ARE ALMOST CERTAIN VICTIMS"----GENEALOGY-------2pg----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-01
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-08-01 LAFAYETTE IND. (In)***W----TIPPECANOE CO----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO WILLIAM CARTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE CO, OHIO-----FROM MAJ.JOHN BEASTON SEMANS(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. MONROE CO, OHIO 6 DEC 1804, D.22 AUG 1853, SON OF SIMON AND LADY BEASTON, OF BEASTON CASTLE, WALES, 1ST SPOUSE, M. MARY ANNA DILL SEMANS 1 SEP 1831{B. 22 FEB 1811, D. 14 FEB 1842}, CHILDREN, CHARITY LUCINDA SEMANS HADLEY, INFANT SON SEMANS, ELLEN MARIA SEMANS, MARGARET ELIZABETH SEMANS DODD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHARITY HICKCOX SEMANS 8 MAY 1843{B. OHIO 1817, D. 17 MAY 1880}, CHILDREN, JENNETTE M BEASTON SEMANS DELEVAN, FRANCES SEAMAN, MARY J SEAMAN, ANN E SEMAN, EMMA G SEMAN, EVA SEMANS), LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA-----"MY AGENT MR. SESSIONS WILL PAY THE NOTE OF MINE FOR $18.50"----"THE CHOLERA HAS BEEN COMMITTING SAD HAVOC IN OUR MIDST FOR THE LAST MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NOT LESS THAN 300 CASES AND 100 DEATHS. I SHOULD THINK THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE LEFT TOWN. I NEVER LOOKED UPON AS GLOOMY A PLACE AS LAFAYETTE IS AT THIS MOMENT. YESTERDAY WAS NOT QUITE SO FEARFUL A DAY AS THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS; AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE REPORTS OF THIS MORNING. ....A FEW HOURS ONLY USUALLY ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ATTACK AND DEATH. THOSE WHO FAIL TO ACT PROMPTLY UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT "DIARREA IS CHOLERA" ARE ALMOST CERTAIN VICTIMS"----GENEALOGY-------2pg----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-08-01
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-08-01 LAFAYETTE IND. (In)***W----TIPPECANOE CO----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO WILLIAM CARTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE CO, OHIO-----FROM MAJ.JOHN BEASTON SEMANS(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. MONROE CO, OHIO 6 DEC 1804, D.22 AUG 1853, SON OF SIMON AND LADY BEASTON, OF BEASTON CASTLE, WALES, 1ST SPOUSE, M. MARY ANNA DILL SEMANS 1 SEP 1831{B. 22 FEB 1811, D. 14 FEB 1842}, CHILDREN, CHARITY LUCINDA SEMANS HADLEY, INFANT SON SEMANS, ELLEN MARIA SEMANS, MARGARET ELIZABETH SEMANS DODD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHARITY HICKCOX SEMANS 8 MAY 1843{B. OHIO 1817, D. 17 MAY 1880}, CHILDREN, JENNETTE M BEASTON SEMANS DELEVAN, FRANCES SEAMAN, MARY J SEAMAN, ANN E SEMAN, EMMA G SEMAN, EVA SEMANS), LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA-----"MY AGENT MR. SESSIONS WILL PAY THE NOTE OF MINE FOR $18.50"----"THE CHOLERA HAS BEEN COMMITTING SAD HAVOC IN OUR MIDST FOR THE LAST MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NOT LESS THAN 300 CASES AND 100 DEATHS. I SHOULD THINK THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE LEFT TOWN. I NEVER LOOKED UPON AS GLOOMY A PLACE AS LAFAYETTE IS AT THIS MOMENT. YESTERDAY WAS NOT QUITE SO FEARFUL A DAY AS THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS; AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE REPORTS OF THIS MORNING. ....A FEW HOURS ONLY USUALLY ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ATTACK AND DEATH. THOSE WHO FAIL TO ACT PROMPTLY UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT "DIARREA IS CHOLERA" ARE ALMOST CERTAIN VICTIMS"----GENEALOGY-------2pg----PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-08-01
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1849-08-01 BATTLE CREEK MICH--CALHOUN CO---RED CDS & X IN CIRCLE RATE----TO HON. JOHN BOYNTON (1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 2 JUL 1798, D. 27 APR 1869, BRIDGE BUILDER IN VERMONT, JUDGE IN NEW YORK, DESCENDENT OF DAVID PULSIFER, WHO RESPONDED TO THE LEXINGTON ALARM IN CAPT. JOHN MARCY'S COMPANY, COL. JAMES REED'S REGIMENT, WHICH TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, AMERICAN REVOULUTIONARY WAR, FATHER ABRAHAM BOYNTON, MOTHER, BETSEY BOYNTON, 1ST SPOUSE, BETSEY DAVIS BOYNTON, 2ND SPOUSE, ANN FITZ BOYNTON, CHILDREN, MARY ADELINE BOYNTON, ELIZA M BOYNTON, LAURA L BOYNTON, LYDIA A BOYNTON, FITZ BOYNTON, CHARLES OAKES BOYNTON, EDWARD BOYNTON, JOHN HENRY BOYNTON), McLEAN, TOMPKINS CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY-----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-01
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-08-04 +COMMERCE MICH----OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE----DATELINED WHITE LAKE, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----TO WILLIAM PARKER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH----REGARDING WHEAT----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 196 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-04
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-08-08 ALBION MICH---BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID "V" IN CIRCLE RATE----TRYING TO HELP A NEIGHBOR FIND OUT THE TAXES DUE ON HIS PROPERTY---FROM CAMPBELL WALDO AT ALBION TO J.J. ADAM AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING MICH----GENEALOGY----1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-08
County: Calhoun , Ingham , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-08-08 ALBION MICH---BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID "V" IN CIRCLE RATE----TRYING TO HELP A NEIGHBOR FIND OUT THE TAXES DUE ON HIS PROPERTY---FROM CAMPBELL WALDO AT ALBION TO J.J. ADAM AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING MICH----GENEALOGY----1PG----PAGE 1---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20- Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-08
County: Calhoun , Ingham
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-08-13 FAWN RIVER MICH--SAINT JOSEPH CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 5 RATE---ALSO RED CDS OF WINDSOR UPPER CANADA----TO LYDIA S FLANDERS, SIMCOE, TALBOT DISTRICT, UPPER CANADA-----GENEALOGY----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-13
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-08-15 DETROIT MICH*****W---WAYNE CO-------RED CDS & STAMPED PAID & 5 IN OVAL------TO AUDITOR GENERALS OFFICE LANSING, MICH-------FROM W.T. YOUNG, DETROIT MICH-----REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF TAXES---GENEALOGY-----1PG-----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-15
County: Ingham , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-08-15 DETROIT MICH***---WAYNE CO-------RED CDS & STAMPED PAID & 5 IN OVAL------TO AUDITOR GENERALS OFFICE LANSING, MICH-------FROM W.T. YOUNG, DETROIT MICH-----GENEALOGY-----1PG---PAGE 1-----ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-08-15
County: Ingham , Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS---PAGE 1----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS---PAGE 3----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3