Title: 1833-12-31 YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS--JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL--GFP-BOX 1-#14 --GENEALOGY 2---RELATES BUSINESS AT THE SAW MILL, WEATHER REPORT, PLANS FOR THE RAILROAD FROM DETROIT TO YPSILANTI OR THE MOUTH OF THE ST JOSEPH RIVER, CROP PRICES, POTENTIAL FOR A GRIST MILL, THEIR FATHER'S ESTATE, DISAGREEMENT WITH POSTMASTER OVER BEING CHARGED FOR WRITING ON THE WRAPPER OF THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH---MENTIONS JACOB EARLY, ROBERT, WELCH AND CO., BROWN AND CO., MOE, ISABEL, MR. HAWKS, JANE, SAMUEL GEDDES AND HIS SON PAUL, HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN BOUGHT A SMALL FARM AND SETTLED IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MARIA'S UNCLE NATHAN---SOMEONE STOLE HIS DESK AND THE MONEY IN IT----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1833
Date: 1833-12-31
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1834-02-01 +YPSILANTI M T----WASHTENAW CO----BLACK CDS AND STAMPED FREE-----FREE FRANK TO HON LEWIS CASS, SECRETARY OF WAR, CITY OF WASHINGTON-----FROM OLIVER WHITMORE REQUESTING EMPLOYMENT AND WRITING IN PART---FOR A RAILROAD COMMENCING AT DETROIT AND THROUGH THE PENINSULA TO THE SOUTHERN EXTREME OF LAKE MICHIGAN---GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF EBACH/WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 191 $110 Read More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-02-01
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1834-09-28 YPSILANTI M T ---BLACK CDS--JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL--GFP--BX1--#17 --UNCLE JAMES WROTE THAT HE WAS CALLED UPON TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; ALSO HE HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER 7 OR 8 WEEKS OLD, CROP PRICES AND LAND VALUES---MENTIONS AUNT LUCY, AUNT BETSY, MR. EWERS, ISABEL, JANE, ROBERT, MARIA, JOHN, SAMUEL HARPER, BOTSFORD, AGRIPPA---CHOLERA KILLED ABOUT 400 PEOPLE IN DETROIT---IN ANN ARBOR AARON BROWN OF BROWN AND CO. DIED FROM CHOLERA, ONE OF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THERE---THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCUSTS THAT YEAR---DISCUSSES THE PROPOSED RAIL ROUTE----A CARAVAN OF ANIMALS VISITED ANN ARBOR INCLUDING A LION, BENGAL TIGER, TWO LEOPARDS, A WHITE BEAR, BLACK BEAR, PANTHER, SOUTH AMERICAN PUMA, HYENAS, OSTRICHES, AN ELEPHANT, CAMEL, AND SEVERAL MONKEYS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-09-28
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1834-12-16 YPSILANTI M T --BLACK CDS--JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL--GFP--BOX1--#18 ---TELLING OF THE DEATH OF THEIR SISTER ISABELLA---ISABELLA'S FUNERAL COSTS, PLANS FOR THE ESTATE---INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED RAIL ROUTE---REPORTS CENSUS NUMBERS FOR MANY COUNTIES IN THE STATE---CROP PRICES---MENTIONS JANE, MR. EWERS, ROBERT GEDDES GRAYDON, AGRIPPA, JOHN WOLFFENSBERGER, MR. HAWKS, AND ROBERT---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-12-16
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1835-09-02 TOLEDO M T(WITH OHIO DESIGNATION)--STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL--PART OF TOLEDO STRIP--- TO BEN JOHNSON ESQ. AT ITHACA NEW YORK FROM H.L. WALBRIDGE AT TOLEDO---DATELINE TOLEDO M T---ARRIVED YESTERDAY ON THE STEAMBOAT GENERAL PORTER FROM BUFFALO WHICH RAN AGROUND AND DETAINED US FOR 4 HOURS----THIS PLACE(TOLEDO) OR SOME SPOT NEAR HERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE A LARGE AND IMPORTANT PLACE--A RAILROAD IS NOW BUILDING FROM ADRIAN IN LENAWEE CO M T TO THIS PLACE 23 MILES--THERE IS NOW AND HAS BEEN A GREAT EXCITEMENT HERE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE BORDERING BETWEEN OHIO AND MICHIGAN...OFFICERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY OHIO FOR THE DISPUTED TERRITORY,AND GOVERNOR LUCAS HAS APPOINTED A COURT TO BE HELD IN THIS PLACE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY...THIS PLACE IS TO BE COUNTY SEAT OF NEW CO CALLED LUCAS...I INFER YOU TO A NEWSPAPER AND SEND FOR THE PARTICULARS OF THE CONTEMPLATED WAR---MENTIONS CAPT. NORTON, ORRIN L. PHELPS IN BUFFALO---PRIVATELY OWNED-COURTESY OF MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-09-02
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Fancy Cancels , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1836-01-11 +GELOSTER M T-----KALAMAZOO CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO WILLIAM S HOLABIRD AT WINSTED, LITCHFIELD CO, CT----FROM HIS SON JOSEPH MILLER JR---REGARDING LAND SPECULATION, WANT OF MONEY TO INVEST, POLITICS ETC. INCLUDING "...AT THE PRESENT TIME OUR COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY OVERRUN WITH SPECULATORS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE U.S.- FROM N.Y., PHILADELPHIA, NORFOLK VA, & LEXINGTON KY AS WELL AS FROM OUR N.E. CITIES. LAND SECTIONS AVERAGE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ACRES PER DAY- LAST MONTH THE RECEIPTS AT THE RECEIVER'S OFFICE EXCEEDED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR LAND $1.25 PER ACRE. SO MUCH FOR FIRST PURCHASERS- BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST MONEY. THOSE WHO PURCHASE SECOND HANDED-ARE THE FORTUNE MAKERS- FOR INSTANCE A-BUYS A LOT (80 ACRES WE CALL A LOT) OF GOVERNMENT-GIVES HIS $100.00- SELLS IN A MONTH PERHAPS LESS FOR $ 200- OR SOMETIMES $500- & IF VERY VALUABLE AS A LOCATION, MILL SITE, OR THE LIKE, EVEN A THOUSAND IS SOMETIMES PAID BUT RARE.- THEY GENERALLY EXPECT TO DOUBLE WHEN THE FIRST PURCHASER SELLS.- THE SECOND PURCHASER WILL PUT ON HIS PRICE AT ONCE $10 PER ACRE-BY THE SALE ONCE, THE SECOND PURCHASER HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PANIC-WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED.----AND IT IS VERY SELDOM THAT HE KEEPS HIS LAND LONG,--A YOUNG MAN COMING IN HERE WITH TEN DOLLARS IN HIS POCKET OUGHT IF HE UNDERSTANDS HOW, TO BE WORTH IN 5 YRS SEVERAL THOUSAND. IF A MAN CAN'T LIVE HERE AND MAKE MONEY HE OUGHT TO DIE AT ONCE...THE GREAT RAIL ROAD FROM DETROIT TO THE MOUTH ST. JOSEPH RIVER IS NOW PROGRESS & IT WILL BE COMPLETED WITHOUT DELAY...THE GREAT TURNPIKE FROM BRONSON TO THE RAPIDS OF GRAND RIVER...." AND MUCH MORE---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 20 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-11
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-03-13 ANN ARBOR M T ---RED #MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES----BHL---GFP--BX1--#23----DATELINED ANN ARBOR 3/12/1836 ---MENTIONS SAWYER, ROBERT G. GRAYDON, JAMES, AGRIPPA, RITNER, GEN. HARRISON, AND H. DENNY---DISCUSSES LAND SPECULATION IN MICHIGAN---HE PLANS TO LET OUT THE SAWMILL AND HEAD WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO PARTNER WITH MR. BRONSON OF KALAMAZOO, IF THE LAND LOOKS GOOD TO HIM, ELSE HE WILL STAY IN MICHIGAN AND ENGAGE IN LAND SPECULATION---WEATHER REPORT---DISCUSSES POLITICS, CROP PRICES, THE PLANNED RAILROAD----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-03-13
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-03-16 +DETROIT M T---RED CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM E. FARNSWORTH AT DETROIT TO NORMAN WILLIAMS ESQ AT WOODSTOCK, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT REGARDING BUSINESS WITH MENTION OF THE DETROIT AND ST JOSEPH RAIL ROAD---MENTIONS TROWBRIDGE, BURDICK, MISS THOMPSON AT BUFFALO, MRS. W. AND MRS. F---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 42 $25 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-03-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-04-30 ADRIAN M T-----LENAWEE CO-----BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS 10 RATE------TO L.B. MISNER, DETROIT, WAYNE CO, M T------FROM ELDRIDGE G. LAPHAM, ENGINEER, ADRIAN M T------RAIL ROAD BUSINESS-----REQUESTING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A POSITION UNDER THE CHARGE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS---GENEALOGY-----1PG-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $85 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-04-30
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-04-30 ADRIAN M T-----LENAWEE CO-----BLACK 30MM CDS & STAMPED PAID & MS 10 RATE------TO L.B. MISNER, DETROIT, WAYNE CO, M T------FROM ELDRIDGE G. LAPHAM, ENGINEER, ADRIAN M T------RAIL ROAD BUSINESS-----GENEALOGY-----1PG---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $85 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-04-30
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN"----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-29 DETROIT M T --CDS----AHMS LETTER 996/393----REV JOHN B. CLEAVELAND AND E.P. HASTINGS----ASKING FOR AID FOR CHURCHES IN BROWNSTOWN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND NANKIN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND SUPPORT REV REUBEN ARMSTRONG LATE OF BLISSFIELD, LENAWEE CO, MICH, WHO NOW RESIDES IN NANKIN----THE CHURCH IN BROWNSTOWN MEETS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED SMOOTH ROCK OR FLAT ROCK OR VREELAND, THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER---THE CHURCH IN NANKIN IS CALLED THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NANKIN, OR SOMETIMES DERBY'S CORNER'S CHURCH SITUATED ON THE CHICAGO TURNPIKE ABOUT 15 OR 18 MILES FROM DETROIT---WHEN THE ST. JOSEPH'S RAIL ROAD IS BUILT OVER THEIR GROUNDS THEIR SETTLEMENT WILL GO "A HEAD"---REV ARMSTRONG IS NOW ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS WHOLE TIME TO THE 2 CHURCHES------GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-29 DETROIT M T --CDS----AHMS LETTER 996/393----REV JOHN B. CLEAVELAND AND E.P. HASTINGS----ASKING FOR AID FOR CHURCHES IN BROWNSTOWN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND NANKIN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND SUPPORT REV REUBEN ARMSTRONG LATE OF BLISSFIELD, LENAWEE CO, MICH, WHO NOW RESIDES IN NANKIN----THE CHURCH IN BROWNSTOWN MEETS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED SMOOTH ROCK OR FLAT ROCK OR VREELAND, THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER---THE CHURCH IN NANKIN IS CALLED THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NANKIN, OR SOMETIMES DERBY'S CORNER'S CHURCH SITUATED ON THE CHICAGO TURNPIKE ABOUT 15 OR 18 MILES FROM DETROIT---WHEN THE ST. JOSEPH'S RAIL ROAD IS BUILT OVER THEIR GROUNDS THEIR SETTLEMENT WILL GO "A HEAD"---REV ARMSTRONG IS NOW ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS WHOLE TIME TO THE 2 CHURCHES------GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 1--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-29 DETROIT M T --CDS----AHMS LETTER 996/393----REV JOHN B. CLEAVELAND AND E.P. HASTINGS----ASKING FOR AID FOR CHURCHES IN BROWNSTOWN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND NANKIN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND SUPPORT REV REUBEN ARMSTRONG LATE OF BLISSFIELD, LENAWEE CO, MICH, WHO NOW RESIDES IN NANKIN----THE CHURCH IN BROWNSTOWN MEETS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED SMOOTH ROCK OR FLAT ROCK OR VREELAND, THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER---THE CHURCH IN NANKIN IS CALLED THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NANKIN, OR SOMETIMES DERBY'S CORNER'S CHURCH SITUATED ON THE CHICAGO TURNPIKE ABOUT 15 OR 18 MILES FROM DETROIT---WHEN THE ST. JOSEPH'S RAIL ROAD IS BUILT OVER THEIR GROUNDS THEIR SETTLEMENT WILL GO "A HEAD"---REV ARMSTRONG IS NOW ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS WHOLE TIME TO THE 2 CHURCHES------GENEALOGY---2PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 3----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---PPP SAME AS BEFORE---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF BANKING AND THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, RUSSELL, CHARLES, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD MOTT, N GILBERT, HIBBARD, J BALDWIN, CHARLES HOWLAND, AND MR. HUMPHREY RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----FINANCIAL----GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 3----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF BANKING AND THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, RUSSELL, CHARLES, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD MOTT, N GILBERT, HIBBARD, J BALDWIN, CHARLES HOWLAND, AND MR. HUMPHREY RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----FINANCIAL----GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-07-21 +CONSTANTINE MICH---BLACK 27MM CDS & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN C FORY AT CONSTANTINE DATELINED 1837-7-20 TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT NEW BEDFORD, BRISTOL CO, MASS--CROSSWRITTEN IN RED WONDERING WHY HOUSE AND WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN SOCIABLE AND FAMILIAR LATELY--HE JUST FIGURES THEY KNOW HE DOESN'T GIVE A C...AND THEY FIGURE THEY SHOULD STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE--TALKS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE MILL AND TALKS OF JOSEPH GRINNELL, J W LANGLEY OF CENTERVILLE, RICHARD NOTT, N GILBERT, AND J BALDWIN. TALKS ABOUT WERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS REACHED THE VILLAGE LAST EVENING,TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD BRIDGING THE ST JOSEPH RIVER ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE BARN AND THE MARGIN OF THE RIVER----GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $60 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-21
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1837-08-05 +CLINTON MICH-----LENAWEE CO-----BROWN CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS FREE E SMITH P.M., CLINTON-----FROM E ANDERSON REGARDING BUSINESS, MENTION OF THE DETROIT & ST JOSEPH AND THE PALMYRA & JACKSON RAIL ROAD-----GENEALOGY 2-----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD 2003 LOT 311 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-01-17 +YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE----FREE FRANK---TO D. COOLEY, POSTMASTER, AT WASHINGTON MICH---FROM G.W. KNAPP---ABOUT ACCOUNTING, AND DEBT COLLECTING---RAILROAD NEARLY COMPLETE TO YPSILANTI----GENEALOGY---PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-01-17
County: Macomb , Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-01-17 +YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE----FREE FRANK---TO D. COOLEY, POSTMASTER, AT WASHINGTON MICH---FROM G.W. KNAPP---ABOUT ACCOUNTING, AND DEBT COLLECTING---RAILROAD NEARLY COMPLETE TO YPSILANTI----GENEALOGY---PAGE 3---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-01-17
County: Macomb , Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-02-26 +DEXTER MICH----WASHTENAW CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5O RATE & MS DOUBLE ONLY-----TO MILTON HOMER SWIFT, (1815-1886--FATHER, HOMER SWIFT, MOTHER ELECTRA SWIFT, WIFE SUSAN W. SWIFT, ELIZA SWIFT, CHILDREN CAROLINE SWIFT, MELVIN SWIFT, SARAH SWIFT,HULDAH SWIFT,HARRIETT SWIFT, DEMESTHENES SWIFT, WARREN SWIFT) LITCHFIELD, LITCHFIELD CO, CONN----FROM CASSINS SWIFT(MICHIGAN 1845 CENSUS--DEXTER VILLAGE) NOTING IN PART '...DEXTER IS A GOOD PLACE FOR LITIGATION..."---WITH MENTION OF RAIL ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MORE-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 163 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-02-26
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Railroads , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-04-14---YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & 18 3/4 CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED 25---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1838-04-13---WEATHER REPORT, MILL NEWS, WORK ON THE RAILROAD, POLITICS AND ELECTION RESULTS, THE BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE BIRTH OF HIS SON HENRY ON JAN. 19 "WE CALL HIM HENRY FOR HIS MOTHER'S FATHER. I WOULD HAVE CALLED HIM ROBERT BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD ROBERTS ENOUGH FOR THE PRESENT"---NEW BANKS UNDER THE GENERAL BANKING LAW AND THE PROBLEMS WITH "WILD CAT" MONEY "IT IS A VERY APPROPRIATE NAME AND EASILY SPOKEN, AND AS EASILY UNDERSTOOD, AND CARRIES THE IDEA OF SOMETHING WICKED, CORRUPT, OF WHICH IT IS BEST TO BEWARE. AND THIS CURRENCY IS AS WICKED AS THE SOUND OF THE NAME...THE GOOD IT HAS DONE IS THAT IT WILL IN ALL PROBABILITY OVERTHROW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY"---"THE CONTRACTORS ON THE RAILROAD ARE TO BE PAID EVERY MONTH BUT THE 12TH OF APRIL HAS COME AND O MONEY YET EXCEPT A LITTLE WILD CAT AND THAT OF A POOR KIND. THOSE THAT DO THE WORK HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH GOOD FAITH AS CHARTERED MONEY WAS PROMISED THEM"---"THE CANADA WAR I BELIEVE MADE HANDS MORE PLENTY. WHEN THAT FOOLISH WAR WAS GIVEN UP THOSE POOR FELLOWS HARDLY KNEW WHAT DO WITH THEMSELVES...THE WHOLE IS A COMPLETE FAILURE...THE PRETENSE WAS THAT WE MIGHT BE IN A WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN"---"THE STATE GEOLOGIST HAS BEEN EXAMINING THE SALT SPRINGS OF MICHIGAN AND GIVES IT AS HIS OPINION THAT THE MICHIGANERS CAN BUY THEIR SALT CHEAPER THAN MAKE IT"---MENTIONS BICKNELL, ROBERT, JAMES GEDDES OF LENAWEE COUNTY AND HIS SISTER MARGARET WHO WAS MARRIED LAST FALL TO MR. EMERSON, CASHIER OF THE MACOMB COUNTY BANK AND THEY LIVE IN MOUNT CLEMENS; UNCLE JAMES, DR. ELY, HORACE R. JEROME SON OF AUNT LUCY'S OLDEST BROTHER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE FARMER'S BANK OF GENESEE COUNTY---GFP--BX1--#29----FINANCIAL---RAILROADS---GENEALOGY 2--4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-04-14
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1838-05-30 NILES MICH*****W---BERRIEN CO----Mic T-STATEHOOD USE--GREEN CDS AND RED MS 25---FROM WILLIAM H. WILLIS AT NILES TO HIS BROTHERS AT NEW YORK, N.Y.---MENTIONS RICHARD MOTT OF TOLEDO, S. AND J. HARRISON, CADWELL WILCOX, SANFORD L. COLLINS, M.S. COLLINS, F. AND A.F. STOCKWELL, CRANE, MURFEE AND DARLINGTON, POTTER, D.S SPOFFORD, COOKE, CLARK AND BENNETT, HATCHER AND WHITNEY, HOAG AND EATON, HALSEY BRUNLEY OF ADRIAN, I.W. MOORE, CHENEY WILSON, BISHOP OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA, JOHN BISHOP AND R.R THOMPSON AND CO., JONATHON NILES OF LAPORTE INDIANA, CHIPMAN, SARIMAN, STEWART, SAWYER, AND CO.; DUBY, ENOS, H. WHEELER---BUSINESS NEWS, REFUSING TO ACCEPT WILD CAT MONEY, AND DEBTS PAID WITH LAND, STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS---"LAST YEAR STOCK IN ERIE AND KALAMAZOO RAILROAD PAID 30%"---"I HAVE IT ROUGH AND TUMBLE HERE. THE COUNTRY IS BEAUTIFUL BUT THE PEOPLE ARE KNAVES AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT"---4 PGS---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-05-30
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4