Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO--AHMS LETTER 1/4--PAGE 3---REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO--AHMS LETTER 1/4--PAGE 1---REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN AT NEW YORK---AHMS 1/4--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---BROTHER FONTIS IS LABORING AT THE RIVER RAISIN AND BROTHER WELLS AT DETROIT; ALSO MENTIONS REV. MR. HIGGINS AND MR. CRAWFORD---3 PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-08-29 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO--AHMS LETTER 1/4--PAGE 2---REV ISAAC W RUGGLES---REPORT OF LABORS AND ASKING FOR A RENEWAL OF HIS COMMISSION---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-08-29
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-12-25 DETROIT M T --LETTER 498/??----OUTSIDE THE MAIL Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-12-25
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1826-06-17 PONTIAC M T --#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--OAKLAND CO---AHMS ?/9--- TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. ISAAC RUGGLES--- REPORTS OF THE CHURCHES AT PONTIAC, RIVER RAISIN,AND ANN ARBOR--THE CHURCHES AT RIVER RAISIN AND ANN ARBOR ARE IN NEED OF A MINISTER---BROTHER FONTIS HAS LEFT RIVER RAISIN---"SINCE MY LAST REPORT, SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS HAVE CONTINUED MUCH AS THEY WERE THEN, IN A LOW STATE. YET, TO THE GLORY OF GOD, IN THIS GENERAL TIME OF STUPIDITY, I MAY TELL YOU OF ONE WHO WE HOPE HAS EXPERIENCED A SAVING CHANGE SINCE I WROTE LAST."---3 PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-06-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1826-06-17 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--OAKLAND CO---REV. ISAAC RUGGLES---AHMS LETTER ?/9 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1826-06-17
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1826-09-12 COLD SPRING M T----MANUSCRIPT----AHMS #3/5---KALKASKA CO---FROM REV. IRA DUNNING AT COLDSPRINGS MICH TO REV.GARDNER SPRING AT NEW YORK-----------VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT LETTER ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY CHURCH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EARLIEST TIMES OF THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY----MENTIONS MANY EARLY MISSIONARIES AND SPEAKS OF THE EMIGRANT RUSH TO THE TERRITORY-----DESCRIBES CONTENTIOUS SITUATION OF TRYING TO ERECT A MEETING HOUSE "A PARTY OF BITTER OPPOSITION RAN UP AGAINST ME - AND ALTHOUGH BY THE AID OF COUNSEL ALL DIFFICULTIES WERE SETTLED ... YET IT SOON AFTER APPEARED THAT ALSO PREJUDICES WERE IN OPERATION AGAINST ME TO SUCH A DEGREE TO DESTROY THE PROSPECT OF MY BEIING USEFUL OR COMFORTABLE IN THIS PLACE."---MENTIONS REV. RUGGLES AND MR. PAGE OF FREDONIA N.Y.----INCLUDES RECOMMENDATION OF REV. DUNNING FROM WILLIAM PAGE---GENEALOGY---MICHIGAN HISTORY---3PGS -- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-09-12
County:
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1826-09-25 DETROIT M T--XMANUSCRIPT--FROM LUCIUS LYON AT DETROIT TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA AT SHELBURN VERMONT---TELLING SISTER OF HIS PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, AND GIVING ADVICE ABOUT HER STUDIES. SPEAKS OF OTHER PEOPLE WORKING HIS FARMS FOR HIM WHILE HE IS SICK---INCLUDES A LONG POEM ABOUT BEING SICK WHICH MENTIONS DR. WHITING AND DR. CLARKE---GENEALOGY---4PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1826
Date: 1826-09-25
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1827-01-02 GRAND RAPIDS M T --CDS---FROM LUCIOUS LYON AT WASHINGTON CITY---FREE FRANK---TO SISTER LUCRETIA LYON AT GRAND RAPIDS---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-01-02
County: Kent
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-01-05--MONROE M T --OUTSIDE THE MAIL--AHMS LETTER 20/14---PAGE 1---REV OLIVER JOHNSON-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-01-05
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-01-05--MONROE M T --#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS 20/14---TO MESSRS. MORSE, HALLOCK AND CO. EDITORS "OBSERVER AND CHRONICLE" AT NEW YORK FROM REV OLIVER JOHNSON AT MONROE---REQUESTING THEM TO CORRECT ERROR IN SPELLING HIS NAME IN THEIR PREVIOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-01-05
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-02-22 TECUMSEH M T ---AHMS LETTER 3/10 ---PAGE 1-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-02-22
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-02-22 TECUMSEH M T ---AHMS LETTER 3/10 ---PAGE 2-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-02-22
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-02-22 TECUMSEH M T---PPP COVER PROBLEM Pics/family &ahms1-46------CDS---AHMS 3/10---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM JOSEPH W BROWN AT TECUMSEH REQUESTING A GRANT OF $100 IN SUPPORT OF REV ALANSON DARWIN TO MINISTER TO THE 40 FAMILIES IN TECUMSEH MICHIGAN TERRITORY---INCLUDES A RECOMMENDATION FROM REV. PENNEY OF ROCHESTER---3 PGS-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-02-22
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-03-09 PONTIAC M T--PPP Pics/family &ahms1-46--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25--AHMS LETTER 18/22--OAKLAND CO--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES--TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT PAGE 38---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-03-09
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1827-03-09 PONTIAC M T--MANUSCRIPT AND MS 25--AHMS LETTER 18/22--PAGE 1---OAKLAND CO--REV ISAAC W RUGGLES--TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT PAGE 38---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-03-09
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-04-18 DETROIT M T---RED OVAL CDS---FROM LUCIUS LYON AT DETROIT TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA LYON AT SHELBURN VERMONT---MENTIONS A LETTER FROM HIS SISTER MAREB THAT STATES ABOUT LUCRETIA (YOU - LUCRETIA} "DRESS TIGHT - EAT NOTHING - STUDY DAY AND NIGHT - AND ARE POOR AS A SKELETON" AND LUCIUS ENCOURAGES HER TO LOOK AFTER HER HEALTH---MENTIONS EDWARD---GENEALOGY----2PGS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-04-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-04-19 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---LOVE LETTER FROM Z.W. BUNCE AT DETROIT TO LOUISA ANN DURYEE AT 61 WATER STREET, NEW YORK CITY-----FROM THE ALLEN PAPERS---GENEALOGY 4---MENTIONS "OUR FRIEND MISS PHILLIPS", MR. AND MRS. TORREY, AND COUSIN ANN---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1827-04-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Love Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1827-04-20 PONTIAC M T --#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS 31/23---OAKLAND CO---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV ISAAC W RUGGLES AT PONTIAC---THE WISE SEEM TO BE SLEEPING WITH THE FOOLISH...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS WHICH ENCOURAGE A HOPE THAT THE LORD WILL GRANT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY A REFRESHING FROM HIS PRESENCE——HOMESPUN WISDOM—--1 PG---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-04-20
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-04-25 DETROIT M T ---OVAL CDS---AHMS LETTER 44/18---DATELINED FARMINGTON---1827-04-12---TO REV. A. PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV ERIC PRINCE AT FARMINGTON---HAS LABORED FOR SOME TIME AT MONROE- FOR WHICH HE EXPECTS $100 FROM AHMS- IS NOW LABORING AT FARMINGTON- PEOPLE DESIROUS OF PREACHING---NOTICE OF A DRAFT FOR $75 IN FAVOR OF E. P. HASTINGS----GENEALOGY----3 PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-04-25
County: Oakland , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-06-04 ANN ARBOR M T---PUT IN THE MAIL AT WHITESFORD N Y --AHMS LETTER 120/16---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 5-1-1827---PAGE 3 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-06-04
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-06-04 ANN ARBOR M T---PUT IN THE MAIL AT WHITESFORD N Y --AHMS LETTER 120/16---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 5-1-1827---PAGE 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-06-04
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-06-04 ANN ARBOR M T---PUT IN THE MAIL AT WHITESFORD N Y --AHMS LETTER 120/16---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 5-1-1827----PAGE 2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-06-04
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-06-04--ANN ARBOR M T---PUT IN THE MAIL AT WHITESFORD N Y--AHMS LETTER 120/16---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 5-1-1827---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. WILLIAM PAGE AT ANN ARBOUR---FUND FOR PURCHASING LANDS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES--PROSPECTS OF THE STATE GOOD--HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORWARD THIS REPORT BY PRIVATE CONVEYANCE --I SEND IT LATER THAN INTENDED----GENEALOGY 1---3PGS----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-06-04
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-07-06 ROCHESTER M T ---AHMS LETTER 310/11 --- PAGE 1-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-07-06
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-07-06 ROCHESTER M T---PPP COVER PROBLEM Pics/family &ahms1-46--#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS 310/11--DATELINED 1827-07-04 ROCHESTER, OAKLAND CO---TO REV MILES P. SQUIER AT GENEVA NEW YORK FROM MR. LEWIS A. BEEBE AT ROCHESTER---STATING THE DESTITUTE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN AND REQUESTING A MISSONARY SENT TO ROCHESTER---"THE DARK PLACES IN THE STATE OF N.Y. ARE LIGHT WHEN COMPARED WITH THIS REGION OF COUNTRY"---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-07-06
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1827-07-25 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--AHMS 234/12 --DATELINED ANN ARBOR 7-23-1827---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV WILLIAM PAGE AT ANN ARBOUR---DISCUSSES THE SETTLEMENT OF THAT AREA OF MICHIGAN, HEALTH, AND PHYSICAL DETAILS OF THE LANDSCAPE----IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH AND FROM EUROPE BRINGING THEIR CUSTOMS AND PECULIARITIES IN GREAT VARIETY---"FROM THE INFANCY OF THIS SETTLEMENT IN THIS COUNTY NOT MORE THAN 25 PERSONS HAVE DIED - AND I CAN LEARN OF ONLY TWO DEATHS FROM THIS NUMBER OCCASIONED BY FEVER. WE HAVE MORE INSTANCES OF SHORT-LIVED UNPLEASANT SICKNESS THAN IN AN EASTERN SETTLEMENT OF THE SAME SIZE, BUT FEW DEATHS."---GENEALOGY 1---3PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-07-25
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----DATELINED MICHILIMACKINAC---FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---"I HAVE BEEN BUSILY ENGAGED FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS PAST IN SURVEYING THE ISLAND OF BOIS BLANC (WHICH BEING TRANSLATED IS WHITE-WOOD, ALIAS BASSWOOD ISLAND) ABOUT THREE MILES DISTANT FROM THIS ISLAND OF MACKINAC WHERE I NOW WRITE. I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY SURVEY/ WHICH BY THE BYE HAS BEEN A VERY UNPROFITABLE ONE" ---"YOU PERHAPS HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS AN ACCOUNT OF SOME MURDERS COMMITTED BY THE INDIANS AT PRAIRIE DES CHIENS AND ALSO HIGHER UP THE MISSISSIPPI. THE POTAWATAMIE AND WINEBAGO TRIBES OF INDIANS HAVE BEEN JUST ON THE POINT OF BREAKING OUT INTO OPEN HOSTILITIES WITH THE WHITES AND THE PEOPLE RESIDING NEAR AND IN THEIR COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GREATLY ALARMED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, BUT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FORTUNATE PRESENCE OF GOV. CASS AT THIS JUNCTURE, WHO IS NOW IN THE COUNTRY HOLDING A TREATY WITH THE WINEBAGOES, WILL PREVENT ACTS OF FURTHER HOSTILITY OR AT LEAST PREVENT A GENERAL WAR"---MENTIONS CHARLOTTE, PAMELA AND HER FAMILY, LAVINA, MARY, ESTHER, GEORGE, LEICESTER AND EDWARD, ORSON, MAJ. ALEX THOMPSON COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE GARRISON AT MICHILIMACKINAC---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1827-10-04 FARMINGTON M T---AHMS 457/20---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV ERIC PRINCE AT FARMINGTON AND REV E P HASTINGS AT DETROIT--APPLICATION FOR CONTINUED AID---LISTS MINISTERS IN THE TERRITORY: REV. WELLS AT DETROIT, REV. PAGE AT ANN ARBOR, REV. RUGGLES AT PONTIAC, REV. MORSE AT MONROE, REV. DARWIN AT TECUMSEH, AND HIMSELF---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-10-04
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 3