Title: 1838-07-24 +MUSKEGON MICH----OTTAWA CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO GEORGE FINN, BELLEVILLE, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.-----FROM ANN & J.H.KNICKERBACOR TO BROTHER AND UNCLE WRITING IN PART "...WE HAVE PREGNANT CALLS FROM THE INDIANS WHO ARE VERY NUMEROUS HERE BUT PERFECTLY FRIENDLY AND INOFFENSIVE BUT THEIR FILTHY APPEARANCE AND THERE TOTAL IGNORANCE OF OUR LANGUAGE RENDERS THEM RATHER UNWELCOME VISITORS."---PLUS WRITES OF HARD TIMES, MILLS IN OPERATION PLUS MUCH MORE IN THIS FRONTIER LETTER-----GENEALOGY-----NATIVE AMERICANS----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 319 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Ottawa
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 6----TO REV. N. STACY AT ANN ARBOR FROM REV. A.H. CURTIS AT NOVI---DATELINED NOVI MICH----REV A.H.CURTIS REQUESTING REV N STACY TO EXCHANGE PLACES WITH HIM----MENTIONS DYER RAMSDELL AT NORTHVILLE, MRS MOSIER, ELDER WEAVER OF THE BAPTIST ORDER, BROTHER WILLIAMS, AND JUDGE BARTS WAS CHOSEN DEACON---ELDER W.B. CONVERT, A MAN OF INFECT-ABILITY WHO RECEIVE IMMERSION THROUGH THE ICE LAST WINTER, PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED AFTER MEETING THAT--I HAD PREACHED THE TRUTH OF GOD----ANOTHER GENTLEMAN & HIS WIFE SENT FOR ME THE NEXT DAY--HE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF CONVINCED, WHILE HIS WIFE DESIRED A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT------EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 723----4 PGS--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-07-24 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--4 pg--PAGE 4--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 8---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 7---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 6---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 5---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM S.A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-07-31 HOMER MICH---GREEN CDS---FROM SALLY A. WOOD AT HOMER TO HER BROTHER BENJAMIN CHURCHILL AT LITTLE FALLS NEW YORK REGARDING FAMILY, FARMING AND SCHOOL---JOHN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JULIA AND HENRY; HARRY HAS THE MORTGAGE OF HER HOUSE; SHE PLANS TO SET UP A MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING BUSINESS; JOHN THINKS HE CAN GET SARAH JANE OR MISS BRYAN TO HELP; JULIA MAY COME OUT NEXT SPRING; WRITES OF HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE NEARBY AND HER DECISION TO STAY IN MICHIGAN; JOHN AND LETTS HAVE HER WHEAT HARVEST; SHE HAD A LETTER FROM MARY, HER DAUGHTER'S NAME IS JULIA AUGUSTA; SHE HAS NOT HEARD FROM JACOB SINCE LAST WINTER; HER CHILDREN, SARAH ANN AND MARGARET GO TO SCHOOL; ASKS HOW THEIR CHILDREN AND CHARLOTTE HAVE DONE IN THEIR STUDIES; SHE WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR OF RACHEL WOOD'S MARRIAGE; ASKS TO HAVE SOME ITEMS SENT BACK WHEN JOHN VISITS; PLANS TO ASK MR. WOOD TO GET A SET OF GRAVESTONES FOR ISAIAH'S GRAVE; DAVID HAS BEEN THROUGH HER LATE HUSBAND'S CLOTHES; DAVID'S FAMILY IS WELL AND TELL MR. WOOD THEY CALL THEIR SON JOHN; ASK MRS. WOOD TO SEND SOME DRIED FRUIT FOR DAVID---"I WAS RATHER SURPRISED THAT RACHEL WOODS SHOULD MARRY AS SHE IS IN HER 50TH YEAR, BUT MORE SO IN THE CHOICE SHE MADE OF A COMPANION; HE WAS ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN HER FOR HIS FIRST WIFE BUT THEN SHE REJECTED HIM WITH DISDAIN. QUERY HOW MUCH BETTER IS HE NOW WITH SEVEN CHILDREN THAN HE WAS THEN WITHOUT ANY? BUT I SEE THEN THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE. I HOPE THOSE ELDERLY MISSES THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE MORE NOBLE MINDED, AND NOT BE SO ANXIOUS FOR A FAMILY AS TO OBTAIN ONE THAT WAY."---8 PGS---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-31
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH{1834-1901} DPO-----V3---BERRIEN CO---#MANUSCRIPT---TO JACOB TEN EYCK AT CAZENOVIA NEW YORK FROM JONATHON M. BARBOUR AT BERTAND---REGARDING INVESTMENTS, THE KANKAKEE PROPERTY, THE SALSBE FARM, MR. SMITH---6 PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 4---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER---PAGE 6---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-16 BERTRAND MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 5---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-16
County: Berrien
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1838-08-18 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.----STEAMBOAT STRAIGHTLINE----DATELINED CHICAGO 1838-08-12--1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1838-08-18 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.----STEAMBOAT STRAIGHTLINE----DATELINED CHICAGO 1838-08-12--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-08-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1838-08-20 MT VERNON MICH----MACOMB CO-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL----FREE FREE FRANK OF WILLIAM A BURT----TO A.G. ELLIS, SURVEYOR GENERAL U.S., GREEN BAY WISCONSIN TERR-----FROM WILLIAM A BURT P.M.---HAVING BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR THE TERRITORIES OF WISCONSIN & IOWA I THOUGHT PROPER TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM DESIROUS OF OBTAINING A DISTRICT OF SUBDIVISION OR OF TOWNSHIP LINES TO SURVEY IN THAT COUNTRY, MY SON ALVIN WHO IS A DEPUTY SURVEYOR WOULD ALSO BE PLEASED TO GET WORK----WILLIAM A BURT- A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM MACOMB CO 1826-27, REPRESENTATIVE 1853-54, APPOINTED DISTRICT SURVEYOR BY GOVERNOR GEORGE B PORTER IN 1832 AND WAS COUNTY SURVEYOR OF MACOMB CO FROM 1831-34, POSTMASTER OF MOUNT VERNON FOR 24 YEARS. IN 1833 APPOINTED U.S. SURVEYOR, ALSO ENGAGED IN THE LAND SURVEYS IN WISCONSIN & IOWA. FROM 1840-47 HE WAS OCCUPIED IN LAND SURVEYS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA.--- AUTOGRAPHED LETTER---GENEALOGY 3----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 3 $175 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-20
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-08-21 CONSTANTINE MICH*****W---SAINT JOSEPH CO----YEAR ESTIMATED---BLUE 30 MM CDS & STAMPED PAID & RED 12 1/2 RATE----TO JOHN ALLEN, ATTY. AT LAW, ANN ARBOR, WASHTENAW CO, MICH------FROM WILLIAM C. PEASE (CLERK) LISTED IN 1838 STATE OF MICHIGAN DIRECTORY OF EMIGRANTS------GENEALOGY-----COVER ONLY------ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-21
County: Saint Joseph , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-08-23 +MANCHESTER MICH----WASHTENAW CO---FAINT RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 25 RATE TO HUSTON TEXAS VIA CHICAGO & NEW ORLEANS----FROM A.F. STARK, REGARDING NEWS & MICHIGAN BANKING READING IN PART "...WE HAD THE LOUDEST TIME WITH BANKS IN THIS STATE FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT WAS EVER KNOWN. THERE WAS ABOUT 50 NEW BANKS CREATED UNDER THE GENERAL BANKING LAW OF THIS STATE & THE DETROIT CITY BANKS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED A WARFARE AGAINST THEM & THEY HAVE USED THEM ALL UP NEARLY...& THESE SAME WILD CAT BANKS SO USED UP HAVE A CIRCULATION IN THE HANDS OF COMMUNITY OF ABOUT EIGHT MILLIONS WHICH MUST BE VERY NEARLY A DEAD LOSS..."---FINANCIAL-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 360 $220 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-23
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-08-24 +CLINTON MICH----LENAWEE CO----RED CDS & MS 18 3/4 RATE-----TO _____ C/O M.B. MEAD, BUFFALO, ERIE CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 191 $110 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-08-24
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-08-25 MANCHESTER MICH---MANUSCRIPT---VIA CHICAGO AND NEW ORLEANS---BLACK DOUBLE LINE OVAL +SAM.RICKER JR+/NEW ORLEANS/AGENT OF THE TEXIAN POST OFFICE DT ON BACK PANEL---FROM A.F. STARK AT MANCHESTER TO H.H. FARLEY ESQ. CARE OF J. BROWN ESQ. AT HOUSTON TEXAS REGARDING NEWS AND MICHIGAN BANKING, READING IN PART "...WE HAVE HAD THE LOUDEST TIME WITH BANKS IN THIS STATE FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT WAS EVER KNOWN. THERE WAS ABOUT 50 NEW BANKS CREATED UNDER THE GENERAL BANKING LAW OF THIS STATE AND THE DETROIT CITY BANKS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED A WARFARE AGAINST THEM AND THEY HAVE USED THEM ALL UP VERY NEARLY...AND THESE SAME WILD CAT BANKS SO USED UP HAVE A CIRCULATION IN THE HANDS OF COMMUNITY OF ABOUT EIGHT MILLIONS WHICH MUST BE VERY NEARLY A DEAD LOSS..."---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-08-25
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1838-08-25 MANCHESTER MICH---MANUSCRIPT---VIA CHICAGO AND NEW ORLEANS---BLACK DOUBLE LINE OVAL +SAM.RICKER JR+/NEW ORLEANS/AGENT OF THE TEXIAN POST OFFICE DT ON BACK PANEL---FROM A.F. STARK AT MANCHESTER TO H.H. FARLEY ESQ. CARE OF J. BROWN ESQ. AT HOUSTON TEXAS REGARDING NEWS AND MICHIGAN BANKING, READING IN PART "...WE HAVE HAD THE LOUDEST TIME WITH BANKS IN THIS STATE FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT WAS EVER KNOWN. THERE WAS ABOUT 50 NEW BANKS CREATED UNDER THE GENERAL BANKING LAW OF THIS STATE AND THE DETROIT CITY BANKS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED A WARFARE AGAINST THEM AND THEY HAVE USED THEM ALL UP VERY NEARLY...AND THESE SAME WILD CAT BANKS SO USED UP HAVE A CIRCULATION IN THE HANDS OF COMMUNITY OF ABOUT EIGHT MILLIONS WHICH MUST BE VERY NEARLY A DEAD LOSS..."---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-08-25
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3