Title: 1813-11-21 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT--COVER ONLY--DETROIT WAS RE-OCCUPIED ON 1813-09-29---TO COL. ARCHIBALD WOODS, WHEELING, OHIO CO, WEST VIRGINIA-----GENEALOGY-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1813
Date: 1813-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--TO JAMES C. SCOTT AT CINCINNATI FROM C.S. CLARKSON AT DETROIT---GENERAL MCARTHUR FURNISHED MEN TO ACT AS THEIR ESCORTS; LT. DOHERTY JOINED THEM AS A TRAVELING COMPANION IN CHILLICOTHE; THEY BOARDED AN OPEN BOAT IN SANDUSKY AND WERE JOINED BY CAPTAIN GIST OF THE 28TH, WHO ACCOMPANIED THEM TO THE MOUTH OF THE PORTAGE RIVER;THEY ENJOYED THE GREAT QUANTITY OF WATER FOWL; DETAILS OF CONDITIONS OF THEIR TRAVELS; NO NEWS OF COL. COULEY, OF WHOM SCOTT'S MOTHER HAD REQUESTED HE ASK--GENEALOGY 6---EX-SCHMALZRIEDT---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 65 $225-- 3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-11-11 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS FREE ALMON GIBBS POSTMASTER--FROM ALMON GIBBS AT DETROIT TO C. GIBBS AT HARPERSFIELD, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK---RELATES BUSINESS NEWS AND PRICES OF GOODS; MENTIONS A NOTE OWED BY MR. CAMPBELL; MR. JOHNSON AND SISTER---"SURVEYORS CONTINUE TO RUN OUT THE PUBLIC LAND. THE TROOPS REMAIN UNPAID AND DESERTION FREQUENT...THE INDIANS GENERALLY APPEAR WELL DISPOSED"------NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GENEALOGY---2 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-11-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-11-11 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS FREE ALMON GIBBS POSTMASTER--2 pgs--PAGE 1---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-11-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-11-11 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS FREE ALMON GIBBS POSTMASTER--2 pgs--PAGE 2---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-11-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-12-09DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---PAGE 2--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT--AND RED MS 37 1/2 ---FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM----MENTIONS DR. CHILDS, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, MR. HUNT, CAPTAIN WHITING LATE AIDE TO GENERAL BOYD AND NOW AIDE TO ENERAL MCC-, MAJOR MACK, G. GODFREY, MR. KING---DISCUSSES TYPE OF GROCERIES WHICH COULD BE SOLD TO THE INDIANS AND INHABITANTS "THE GROCERIES OUGHT TO BE SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE, PARTICULARLY LIQUORS", PRICES OF GOODS---PLEASE INFORM GEORGE THAT HIS BROTHER CHARLES IS FAST RECOVERING TO A SEVERE ILLNESS---WE STARTED IN A SNOW STORM & THE PASSAGE DOWN SEEM ON A REEF OF ROCKS WHEN WE ...14 HOURS THOUGH APPARENTLY IN NO DANGER AS THE VESSEL WAS MAINLY IN BALLAST--ON OUR RETURN WE STARTED IN COMPANY WITH 2 OTHER SCHOONERS- THREE DAYS AND A HALF LONGER, US TO THE MOUTH OF THE DETROIT RIVER, WE AND SHIPS IN A PERFECT CALM; ABOUT SIX HOURS AFTER (SAY NIGHTFALL) A MOST VIOLENT GALE AROSE FROM THE S W-WHICH OBLIGED US TO HEAVE BOTH ANCHORS; THOUGH IN THE RIVER- THE OTHER SCHOONER NOT SAILING AS FAST DID NOT MAKE THE RIVER BEFORE THE GALE COMMENCED, WHAT IS THEIR FATE IS YET UNKNOWN, SEVERAL SHIPWRECKS HAVE BEEN FOUND OF THOUGH NEITHER OF THEM EITHER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SCHOONERS-----GENEALOGY---WATERWAYS---6PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 21 $260---WEATHER-----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---6 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 4--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 6--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 3--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 5--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---TO PETER B. PORTER, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, CITY OF WASHINGTON---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1815-12-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1815-12-09--DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---P M JAMES ABBOTT---BOTTOM---1817-03-29---DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT--- Read More..
Year: 1815
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 5---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED FREE RATE--2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER JAMES ABBOTT--FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-12-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1816-05-18 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO MISS MARIA BALFOUS SPENCE, PORTSMOUTH, ROCKINGHAM CO, NEW HAMPSHIRE-----FROM HER FRIEND P. PELHAM (AN OFFICER IN THE FIFTH REGIMENT)----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 22 Read More..
Year: 1816
Date: 1816-05-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.*****W--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 18 1/2 RATE----TO MISS MARY STEAD C/O MRS GAZZAM AT PITTSBURGH PENN----FROM B STEAD AT DETROIT M T----SHE WILL HAVE TOM WRITE AS A SCHOOL EXERCISE; SHE WILL PAY FOR MARY'S TUITION; ADVISES HER TO TAKE DANCING LESSONS, DESPITE HER BASHFULNESS, TO PREPARE HER FOR SOCIETY AND HER FUTURE; ASKS HOW HER DRAWING AND NEEDLEWORK ARE PROGRESSING---"YOUR MOTHER WISHES YOU TO EXECUTE SOMETHING IN THAT WAY THAT MAY BE A FUTURE EVIDENCE THAT ALL YOUR TIME WAS NOT WASTED, YOU MUST WORK ON A BOUQUET OR AN HISTORICAL PIECE IF THE LATTER, DON'T TAKE FOR A COPY SOMETHING THAT IS SO HACKNEYED AS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY EVERY OTHER BOARDING SCHOOL MISS THESE TWENTY YEARS BUT SHOW YOUR OWN TASTE IN REFLECTING SOMETHING MOVING---MENTIONS JOHN, MRS. GAZZAN, MR. DORAN---GENEALOGY 2------4 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1816
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1816-09-07 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 1--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1816-09-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4