Title: 1838-06-12 +BELLVUE MICH----EATON CO---V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO LUKE J. BOND AT DUMMERSTON, WINDHAM CO, VERMONT----FROM FROM FANNY &SAMUEL BOND TO HIS BROTHER DATELINED BELLVUE, JUNE THE 11TH-1838-----"...THIS PLACE IS 12 MILES FROM A ---- WEST 24 FROM A RAILROAD NORTH THIS TOWN IS NOT INCORPORATED YET THIS IS TOWN ONE RANGE FIVE WEST. WHEN I CAME IN HERE I FOUND BUT FIVE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AT THIS TIME I FIND 10 OR MORE....I HAD 160 ACRES OF LAND HERE..." PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE INCLUDING CROPS PLANTED, BUSINESS, MONEY, FAMILY AND "...HAD A RATHER HARD JOURNEY BUT GOT ALONG AS WELL AS I COULD EXPECT. WE WAS 22 HOURS COMING TO ALBANY 6 DAYS TO BUFFALO 2 TO TOLEDO ABOUT 60 MILES FROM DETROIT. WE CAME FROM TOLEDO BY LAND WE HAD ONE VERY ROUGH DAY ON THE LAKE MYSELF AND CHILDREN ALL SEA SICK AND MOST ALL THE PASSENGERS..."---AG/ECON----PIONEER LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 94 Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-06-12
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1838-07-20 COLON MICH---MANUSCRIPT---RAILROADS---GENEALOGY---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-20
County: Saint Joseph , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-07-20 COLON MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---RAILROADS---FROM W.F. BOWMAN AT COLON TO R.N. RICE AT DETROIT---2 PGS---REGARDING THE SALE OF SCYTHES AND MONEY OWED---MENTIONS A.H. NEWBOULER---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-20
County: Saint Joseph , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-07-20 COLON MICH---MANUSCRIPT---RAILROADS---GENEALOGY---DOCKETING ON BACK OF ENVELOPE---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-07-20
County: Saint Joseph , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1838-09-22---YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & MS 18 3/4 RATE---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 1838-09-22---GFP--BX1--#30---1 PG---THE SALINE RAILROAD WILL RUN THROUGH HIS BROTHERS LAND, AND ASKS WHAT DAMAGES HE SEEKS - HE THINKS $300 IS FAIR, ROBERT THINKS $500 - $600, REFERS HIM TO MR. RISDON OF SALINE TO SETTLE THE MATTER; MENTIONS THE SAWYER AFFAIR AND WEIDMAN; MARIA,CROP PRICES, SAW MILL NEWS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---1PG---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-09-22
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1838-12-16---YPSILANTI MICH---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--TURNED--WILLIAM GEDDES TO JOHN GEDDES--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1838-12-15---GFP---BX1--#30A---REGARDING POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR WILLIAM GEDDES, THE ROUTE OF THE NEW RAILROAD, RAILROAD REGULATIONS, SISTER ANN'S HUSBAND WROTE THAT UNCLE JAMES DIED IN AUGUST, MENTIONS MR. FISHER, MR. JOHNSON, JAMES, AND AGRIPPA---GENEALOGY 2---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-12-16
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1839-01-19---YPSILANTI MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 50 RATE---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---DOUBLE RATE LETTER--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1839-01-18---GFP--BX1--#31---THE RAILROAD MEN ARE WORKING ON THE OLD ROUTE AGAIN, FOUR PURCHASERS WANT TO BUY HIS LAND, ON LAND PRICES: "I AM NOT GIVEN TO SET HIGH PRICE ON LAND AND SO LITTLE IS SOLD NOW YOU CANNOT TELL BY THAT", MR. RASH HAS BUILT A SAWMILL, SAWMILL NEWS, CROP PRICES, HE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A GRISTMILL, TAXES, POLITICS---MENTIONS ROBERT, GOVERNOR RITNER, LANE---"YANKEES ARE NOT EASILY FRIGHTENED OUT OF MONEY"---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-01-19
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Railroads , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-04-17---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLACK MS 18 3/4THS RATE---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 1839-04-17--GFP---BX1--#32---ROBERT MARRIED MISS CHLOE LANE, A SISTER OF HIS FIRST WIFE "IT WAS THOUGHT QUITE STRANGE BY ALMOST EVERYONE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGES WOULD SEEM TO SAY A FOOLISH MOVE. IT WAS KEPT A SECRET AND MYSELF AND THE YPSILANTI LANES KNEW NOTHING OF IT UNTIL TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED. WHY ROBERT MARRIED HER MAY BE EASIER TO ASK THAN ANSWER"; THE YPSILANTI AND TECUMSEH RAILROAD HAS BEEN STOPPED AND THE HANDS DISMISSED "INDEED IT IS SAID NOT EVERY LINE WOULD PAY THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING THAT LINE. JUST TO THINK FIVE ROUTES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL ACROSS THE PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. HOW RIDICULOUS!"; THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE BANK; MORE RAILROAD NEWS, POLITICS, CROP PRICES, PLANS FOR BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY, SAWMILL NEWS, INFORMATION ABOUT HORSES IN THE COUNTY, THE YPSILANTI BANK FAILED ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY; "WE MICHIGANDERS ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STATE HAS A BAD NAME AND IS DESERVING OF IT. THAT THE FLOODGATES OF VILLANY HAS BEEN THROWN OPEN EITHER BY KNAVES OR FOOLS AND WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR REWARD."---MENTIONS THEIR SISTER ANN, SAMUEL COOPER AND POLLY---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-04-17
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 1--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1839-09-02 BIRMINGHAM MICH--OAKLAND CO.--RED 31MM CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO SILAS BALDWIN, SOUTHPORT, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.--ELMIRA, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y. POST OFFICE-----FROM DAVID BREWER, BIRMINGHAM, OAKLAND CO, MICH---"WE STARTED FROM HOME, WE GOT TO NEWARK BEFORE SUNDOWN, WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT IN FIVE MINUTES AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WAS IN ROCHESTER AND STAID THERE ABOUT ONE HOUR AND WENT TO VIEW THE FALLS, THEN WE STARTED NEXT MORNING WE GOT TO LOCKPORT, THEN WE LEFT THE CANAL AND WENT ON THE RAIL ROAD TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA, AND WE STAID THERE ONE HOUR AND A HALF, THEN WE TOOK THE CARS FOR BUFFALO, WE GOT TO BUFFALO ABOUT HALF PAST ONE P.M., THERE WAS NO BOAT SO THAT NIGHT WE STAID ALL NIGHT AT BUFFALO, WE STARTED UP THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING AT HALF PAST NINE ON BOARD THE "CLEVELAND" WHICH ARRIVED AT DETROIT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK A FIRST RATE TIME ALL KEPT WELL WE HIRED A WAGON AT DETROIT TO CARRY US TO P--HILL, THIS IS MONDAY MORNING, I HAVE PAID OUR FARE TO GO IN THE STAGE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF THE HILLS, HOW WE SHOULD GET FROM THERE I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I WILL FIND SOME WAY. RICHLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE US AT PONTIAC..."---MENTIONS SALLY ANN, ELLIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN, AUNT ANN, JOHN, MRS CLARK, GRANDMAMY---GENEALOGY---2pg---PAGE 2--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-09-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1840-10-23---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLUE MS 25 RATE---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 1840-10-14 TO 1840-10-21---GFP--BX1--#35---DISCUSSES POLITICS, COSTS OF BUILDING THE GRISTMILL, THE SAWMILL, WHEAT AND BRICK PRICES, COST OF TRANSPORTING GOODS ON THE TRAIN FROM ANN ARBOR TO DETROIT, CROP PRICES, THE FRUIT CROP, HE HEARD THE CENSUS WOULD SHOW 2100 INHABITANTS IN THE VILLAGE OF ANN ARBOR AND 1300 IN YPSILANTI---MENTIONS MR. EWERS, JANE AND THE CHILDREN, ROBERT, HARPIN LUM SUPERINTENDENT OF COLLEGE BUILDINGS IN ARBOR, AGRIPPA, THOMAS, FISHER, THE SAWYERS, DR. SCHETTERLY, INGERSOL--- GENEALOGY 2---4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-10-23
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1841-01-09---DETROIT MICH--RED CDS--FROM 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) AT DETROIT TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM GEDDES AT PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY---DATELINED DETROIT 1841-01-07---GFP--BX1--#36---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, TAXES, ELECTION RESULTS, CENSUS RESULTS, DISSENSION IN THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REGARDING ELECTION RESULTS "THE REPRESENTATIVE BOX IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMTRAMCK BOX DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY BEFORE THE VOTES IN IT WERE COUNTED IT WAS FOUND BROKEN OPEN IN THE ROAD AND THE BALLOTS SCATTERED ABOUT."---"THE GOVERNOR HANDED IN HIS MESSAGE TODAY. HE RECOMMENDS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TAXATION, RECOMMENDS EMPLOYING ALL THE FUNDS OF THE STATE ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE BANKS WHICH IS NOT SATISFACTORY."---MENTIONS AGRIPPA, JANE, JAMES, THOMAS, ROBERT; PAUL GEDDES OF LENAWEE WAS ELECTED ENROLLING CLERK "HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS PENMANSHIP, AS A FARMER HE IS SHIFTLESS"---DIRECT MAIL TO HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "WE ARE FURNISHED HERE WITH TWO INK STANDS FOR EVERY MEMBER. INK QUILLS AND PAPER WAFERS. SANDBOX AND SEALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE."--- 3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-01-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-02-21 MARENGO MICH*****W{1832-1933} DPO---V2-----CALHOUN CO-----BLUE #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 12 1/2 RATE------TO SIDNEY SMITH ALCOTT (1860 US CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. NEW YORK 20 DEC 1803, D. 1 MAY 1867, FATHER, AMOS ALLCOTT, MOTHER, MEHETABEL ALCOTT, 1ST SPOUSE, M. DELIA C HUBBARD ALLCOTT 20 DEC 1825-B. 19 JUN 1810, D. 31 MAY 1834, FATHER, GEORGE HUBBARD, MOTHER, JULIA PORTER HUBBARD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. JULIA MARIA BECKLEY 8 SEP 1836-B. CONN 16 JAN 1813, D. 30 OCT 1860, FATHER, ORIN BECKLEY, MOTHER, HARRIET PATTISON BECKLEY, CHILDREN, JULIA MARIE ALCOTT, WILLIAM WASHINGTON ALLCOTT, WILLIAM SEYMOUR ALLCOTT, JULIUS LEE ALLCOTT, FRANK ALLCOTT, CHARLES HENRY ALLCOTT, AMOS ALLCOTT, GEORGE BROOKS ALLCOTT, WILLIAM EGBERT ALLCOTT, DOMESTIC, CATHERINE CORCORAN-B. IRELAND 1840), DETROIT MICH-------FROM C.W. WEST, MARENGO, CALHOUN CO, MICH---REGARDING CONCERN ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW POSTMASTER, CAPTAIN WINTERS AND MR. BENSON ARE RIVAL CANDIDATES FOR POSTMASTER "BUT BENSON IT IS FEARED MAY RESORT TO SOME MEANS NOT VERY HONORABLE, AND SECURE HIMSELF THE APPOINTMENT, EITHER THROUGH GETTING NAMES WHO DO NOT RESIDE IN THE TOWN OR PREVAIL ON ESQR. NEALE TO RESIGN IN HIS FAVOR"---THERE IS LITTLE WHEAT, LUDDEN LEAVES FOR PAW PAW, POSSIBLE ROUTE FOR THE CENTRAL RAILROAD---MENTIONS CAPT. WINTERS, MR. BENSON, ESQR. NEALE, LT. GORDON, SENATOR WOODRIDGE, MR. PEACOCK---GENEALOGY----3PGS-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-02-21
County: Calhoun , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-04-14---DETROIT MICH---FROM 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) AT DETROIT TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM GEDDES AT PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY---DATELINED DETROIT 1841-04-12---DISCUSSES NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS STILL IN SESSION "BILLS ARE MADE SO OBJECTIONABLE BY THESE AMENDMENTS THEIR FIRST FRIENDS WILL NOT SUPPORT THEM. IT IS CALLED ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST WAY TO DEFEAT A BILL BY OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO IT"; THE LOCO; THE PASSING OF THE BANK SUSPENSION LAW; FINANCIAL TROUBLES OF THE STATE "MICHIGAN HAS NEVER PAID HER YEARLY EXPENSES IN FULL BY TAXES, BUT HAS ALWAYS HAD HER OVERPLUS (SIC) MET OUT OF THE LOAN INTENDED TO BE MADE FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS"; APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE RAILROADS; RAILROAD REVENUES AND FREIGHT COSTS;---"WE PAST (SIC) A BILL WHICH HAS BECOME A LAW, WHICH REQUIRES ALL PROPERTY BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL TO SELL FOR TWO THIRDS ITS APPRISED CASH VALUE, OR ELSE IT IS NOT SOLD. THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED A HARD LAW, AND SO IT IS, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE HARD UP AND OUR CURRENCY IS PAPER, AND THIS PAPER IS NOT PLENTY, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: AND NOW PEOPLE CAN TURN OUT PROPERTY AT NO GREATER SACRIFICE THAN THE LOSS OF ONE THIRD ITS CASH VALUE, WHICH IS SACRIFICE ENOUGH"---MENTIONS PAUL GEDDES THE RECORDING CLERK, MR. EWERS, ROBERT, THE DEATH OF GEN. HARRISON, PETTY THEFT BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE---"AN EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE, OR RATHER, A JOINT RESOLUTION HAS PASSED THIS WINTER GRANTING BLACKS, AND INDIANS, WHO HAVE PAID TAX ON $250 WORTH OF PROPERTY THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING...I DON'T THINK THE BLACK PART CAN PASS NEXT YEAR. SOME OPPOSE THE PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS, AND SOME ARE NOT FOR PASSING IT WITHOUT THAT, AND OTHERS AGAIN HATE INDIANS"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---GFP BX 1---#37--COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-04-14
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-10-06 ALBION MICH-----CALHOUN CO----GREEN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 6 RATE-----DATELINED ANN ARBOR SEPT 29, 41-----TO SIDNEY SMITH ALCOTT (1860 US CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. NEW YORK 20 DEC 1803, D. 1 MAY 1867, FATHER, AMOS ALLCOTT, MOTHER, MEHETABEL ALCOTT, 1ST SPOUSE, M. DELIA C HUBBARD ALLCOTT 20 DEC 1825-B. 19 JUN 1810, D. 31 MAY 1834, FATHER, GEORGE HUBBARD, MOTHER, JULIA PORTER HUBBARD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. JULIA MARIA BECKLEY 8 SEP 1836-B. CONN 16 JAN 1813, D. 30 OCT 1860, FATHER, ORIN BECKLEY, MOTHER, HARRIET PATTISON BECKLEY, CHILDREN, JULIA MARIE ALCOTT, WILLIAM WASHINGTON ALLCOTT, WILLIAM SEYMOUR ALLCOTT, JULIUS LEE ALLCOTT, FRANK ALLCOTT, CHARLES HENRY ALLCOTT, AMOS ALLCOTT, GEORGE BROOKS ALLCOTT, WILLIAM EGBERT ALLCOTT, DOMESTIC, CATHERINE CORCORAN-B. IRELAND 1840), MARENGO, CALHOUN CO, MICH------FROM W. PARKER AND A. PARKER------ABOUT SOME RAIL ROAD CHIPS--------GENEALOGY----1PG-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $30 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1841-10-06
County: Calhoun , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1841-10-06 ALBION MICH-----CALHOUN CO----GREEN **MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 6 RATE-----DATELINED ANN ARBOR SEPT 29, 41-----TO SIDNEY S. ALCOTT, MARENGO, CALHOUN CO, MICH------FROM W. PARKER AND A. PARKER------ABOUT SOME RAIL ROAD CHIPS--------GENEALOGY----1PG---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $30 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1841-10-06
County: Calhoun , Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1842-12-22 ADRIAN MICH---LENAWEE CO---BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE---TO HOWARD M. SHERMAN, FAIRFIELD, FAIRFIELD CO, CONNECTICUT----FROM J.S.TOMLINSON, ADRIAN, MICH----MENTIONS MRS S. OSBORN AND BROTHER OSBORN OF CONNECTICUT---SPEAKS OF ADRIAN BEING THE TERMINAL POINT OF THE 2 RAILROADS FROM MONROE AND TOLEDO, VIEWS ON RELIGION AND MINISTERIAL DUTIES COMPARED TO THOSE IN THE EAST, FAMILY NEWS---"MY FAMILY ARE PLEASANTLY SITUATED IN THIS VILLAGE, SUPPLIED WITH ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND HAPPY. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN DOOMED AS YET TO OCCUPY A LOG CABIN"---"IN SUCH A FORMING STATE AS WE HAVE IN THIS REGION, AS WELL AS EVERYWHERE IN THE "GREAT WEST", THE FOUNDATIONS OF ALMOST EVERYTHING VALUABLE, IN A WELL-REGULATED SOCIETY, ARE BEING, OR ARE YET TO BE, LAID. AND SUCH AN OPERATION AMONG PEOPLE THAT REASON, AND ABOVE ALL ARE COMPOSED OF EVERY VARIETY OF VIEWS, BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE NEW AND THE OLD WORLD, CAN HARDLY BE IMAGINED TO GO STEADILY FORWARD WITHOUT MANY DISSENTING VOICES, AND CONTRADICTORY INTERESTS"---GENEALOGY----4PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-12-22
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1842-12-22 ADRIAN MICH---LENAWEE CO---BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE---TO HOWARD M. SHERMAN, FAIRFIELD, FAIRFIELD CO, CONNECTICUT----FROM J.S.TOMLINSON, ADRIAN, MICH----MENTIONS MRS S. OSBORN AND BROTHER OSBORN OF CONNECTICUT---SPEAKS OF ADRIAN BEING THE TERMINAL POINT OF THE 2 RAILROADS FROM MONROE AND TOLEDO, VIEWS ON RELIGION AND MINISTERIAL DUTIES COMPARED TO THOSE IN THE EAST, FAMILY NEWS---"MY FAMILY ARE PLEASANTLY SITUATED IN THIS VILLAGE, SUPPLIED WITH ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND HAPPY. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN DOOMED AS YET TO OCCUPY A LOG CABIN"---"IN SUCH A FORMING STATE AS WE HAVE IN THIS REGION, AS WELL AS EVERYWHERE IN THE "GREAT WEST", THE FOUNDATIONS OF ALMOST EVERYTHING VALUABLE, IN A WELL-REGULATED SOCIETY, ARE BEING, OR ARE YET TO BE, LAID. AND SUCH AN OPERATION AMONG PEOPLE THAT REASON, AND ABOVE ALL ARE COMPOSED OF EVERY VARIETY OF VIEWS, BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE NEW AND THE OLD WORLD, CAN HARDLY BE IMAGINED TO GO STEADILY FORWARD WITHOUT MANY DISSENTING VOICES, AND CONTRADICTORY INTERESTS"---GENEALOGY----4PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-12-22
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1845-03-07 ADRIAN MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO JOHN GREGG, ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO, N.Y.---MENTIONS MR KIRKLAND, JAMES CHENEY, SAMUEL, HARRIETT CHASE-----FROM JOHN CAMERON, COLLECTOR FOR WILLIAMS CO.----"I HAD A VERY BOISTEROUS TIME ON BOTH LAKE ONTARIO & ERIE, THE STEAM BOAT ON ERIE LAID BY TWO DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH GALES OF WIND.---ALSO FROM CHARLES M. GREGG----TO YOU COUSINS GEORGE ANNE & C.----"I AM PREPARING TO GO TO MILWAUKEE IN WISCONSIN TERRITORY OR TO MADISON VIA IOWA TERRITORY IN MAY TO COMMENCE BUSINESS."----"MR CHASE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ABRAHAM GREGG, STATING HE IS MARRIED TO A WIDOW WHO IS VERY RICH"---BUTLERS WIFE DIED---"UNCLE JOHN, I LIKED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN TO SAY TO YOU, YOU HAD BEST ATTEND TO THAT LAND OF YOURS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO HAS BEEN CHARTERED FOR A RAIL ROAD TO RUN FROM TOLEDO TO MICHIGAN CITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH WILLRUN VERY CLOSE TO YOUR LAND, SAY WITHIN HALF OR A MILE OF IT"----WATERWAYS---WEATHER----GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-03-07 ADRIAN MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO JOHN GREGG, ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO, N.Y.---MENTIONS MR KIRKLAND, JAMES CHENEY, SAMUEL, HARRIETT CHASE-----FROM JOHN CAMERON, COLLECTOR FOR WILLIAMS CO.----"I HAD A VERY BOISTEROUS TIME ON BOTH LAKE ONTARIO & ERIE, THE STEAMBOAT ON ERIE LAID BY TWO DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH GALES OF WIND.---ALSO FROM CHARLES M. GREGG----TO YOU COUSINS GEORGE ANNE & C.----"I AM PREPARING TO GO TO MILWAUKEE IN WISCONSIN TERRITORY OR TO MADISON VIA IOWA TERRITORY IN MAY TO COMMENCE BUSINESS."----"MR CHASE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ABRAHAM GREGG, STATING HE IS MARRIED TO A WIDOW WHO IS VERY RICH"---BUTLERS WIFE DIED---"UNCLE JOHN, I LIKED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN TO SAY TO YOU, YOU HAD BEST ATTEND TO THAT LAND OF YOURS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO HAS BEEN CHARTERED FOR A RAILROAD TO RUN FROM TOLEDO TO MICHIGAN CITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH WILL RUN VERY CLOSE TO YOUR LAND, SAY WITHIN HALF OR A MILE OF IT"----WATERWAYS---RAILROAD---WEATHER----GENEALOGY---2PGS----ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-03-07 ADRIAN MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE----TO JOHN GREGG, ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO, N.Y.---MENTIONS MR KIRKLAND, JAMES CHENEY, SAMUEL, HARRIETT CHASE-----FROM JOHN CAMERON, COLLECTOR FOR WILLIAMS CO.----"I HAD A VERY BOISTEROUS TIME ON BOTH LAKE ONTARIO & ERIE, THE STEAM BOAT ON ERIE LAID BY TWO DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH GALES OF WIND.---ALSO FROM CHARLES M. GREGG----TO YOU COUSINS GEORGE ANNE & C.----"I AM PREPARING TO GO TO MILWAUKEE IN WISCONSIN TERRITORY OR TO MADISON VIA IOWA TERRITORY IN MAY TO COMMENCE BUSINESS."----"MR CHASE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ABRAHAM GREGG, STATING HE IS MARRIED TO A WIDOW WHO IS VERY RICH"---BUTLERS WIFE DIED---"UNCLE JOHN, I LIKED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN TO SAY TO YOU, YOU HAD BEST ATTEND TO THAT LAND OF YOURS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO HAS BEEN CHARTERED FOR A RAIL ROAD TO RUN FROM TOLEDO TO MICHIGAN CITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH WILLRUN VERY CLOSE TO YOUR LAND, SAY WITHIN HALF OR A MILE OF IT"----WATERWAYS---WEATHER----GENEALOGY---2PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-03-07
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1845-08-04 NILES MICH*****W--BLACK 31MM CDS AND BLACK MS 10--TO HENRY D. INGERSOLE (1860,70,80 CENSUS, B. 1817, FARMER, MASTER MACHINIST, D. 1903, M. SPOUSE, GEORGIANNA GRAHM INGERSOLL 1856, {B. VERMONT 1828, D. 1881}, CHILDREN, TERESA C INGERSOLE, WILLIAM INGERSOLE, CHARLES INGERSOLE, SIDNEY INGERSOLE, HENRY W INGERSOLE, FRANK F INGERSOLE, MARY M INGERSOLE),BRUNSWICK, MEDINA CO, OHIO-----MENTIONS JOHN A. STEVENS (1880 CENSUS, B. CONN 1827, RAIL ROAD MAN, SPOUSE LENA STEVENS {B. CONN 1847}, CHILD, HARVEY A STEVENS),&EDWARD TILLITSON& PERRIN SOMERS----"...WE ARE ALL WELL HERE IN NILES AND DOING WELL WE HAVE GOT TWO THE BEST SHOPS IN TOWN ONE WAGON SHOP & ONE BLACKSMITH SHOP I AM HEAD MAN IN THE SMITH SHOP THIS TOWN IS GROWING FINELY THIS YEAR TWO OR THREE NEW WAREHOUSES GOING & AS MANY STORES ONE NEW CHURCH & LOTS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION...JOHN STEVENS & EDWARD TILLITSON CAME HERE THE 4 DAY OF JULY STAID ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND HAVE GONE TO ILL. & WISCONSIN BUT THEY WILL GET SICK OF THE WEST THERE IS A GENERAL RUSH FOR CHICAGO BUT THEY GET THERE AND GET OUT OF MONEY AND WORK VERY LOW TO GET MONEY TO GET BACK. HARMON RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PERRIN SOMERS HE IS IN TECUMSEH WITH HIS LEG BROKE FELL OFF FROM A LOAD OF HAY. UNCLE HORACE WIFE & FAMILY LIVE 2 MILES FROM NILES HE IS AT WORK ON THE RIVER GETS A ACRE OF LAND PER DAY & BOARDED THEY ARE DIGGING THE RIVER DEEP IN THE RIFFLES..."-----GENEALOGY---1PG---ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-08-04
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Railroads
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1845-09-21 CONSTANTINE MICH--RED CDS -FROM J.R. WILLIAMS AT CONSTANTINE TO J.W. BROOKS AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-09-21
County: Saint Joseph , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1846-05-26 MONROE MICH----31MM CDS AND STAMPED FANCY 5 RATE---TO HIS EXCELLENCY ALPHEUS FELCH GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN FROM WALTER W PRENTICE ABOUT TRADING TRAINS WITH ANOTHER RAILROAD----MENTIONS MR COOPER, MR CLEAVILAND, MR MURPHY AND CAPT. HOFF------GENEALOGY 6-- ---3 pgs--PAGE 3----COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1846-05-26
County: Monroe , Wayne
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1846-05-26 MONROE MICH----31MM CDS AND STAMPED FANCY 5 RATE---TO HIS EXCELLENCY ALPHEUS FELCH GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN FROM WALTER W PRENTICE ABOUT TRADING TRAINS WITH ANOTHER RAILROAD----MENTIONS MR COOPER, MR CLEAVILAND, MR MURPHY AND CAPT. HOFF------GENEALOGY 6-- ---3 pgs------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-05-26
County: Monroe , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1846-05-26 MONROE MICH----31MM CDS AND STAMPED FANCY 5 RATE---TO HIS EXCELLENCY ALPHEUS FELCH GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN FROM WALTER W PRENTICE ABOUT TRADING TRAINS WITH ANOTHER RAILROAD----MENTIONS MR COOPER, MR CLEAVILAND, MR MURPHY AND CAPT. HOFF------GENEALOGY 6-- ---3 pgs--PAGE 1----COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1846-05-26
County: Monroe , Wayne
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1846-05-26 MONROE MICH----31MM CDS AND STAMPED FANCY 5 RATE---TO HIS EXCELLENCY ALPHEUS FELCH GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN FROM WALTER W PRENTICE ABOUT TRADING TRAINS WITH ANOTHER RAILROAD----MENTIONS MR COOPER, MR CLEAVILAND, MR MURPHY AND CAPT. HOFF------GENEALOGY 6-- ---3 pgs---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1846-05-26
County: Monroe , Wayne
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1846-05-28 ADRIAN MICH----RAILROAD LETTER---BLACK CDS & MS PAID(2) 5 RATE-------TO JOHN L. PORTER, DETROIT, MICH-----FROM JOHN A RICE (1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 29 NOV 1806, D. 6 NOV 1871, BAGGAGE AGENT, RAIL ROAD TICKET AGENT, FATHER, CLARK RICE, MOTHER, ABIGAIL RICE, SPOUSE, CATHERINE E. RICE [B. 1810, D. 26 MAR 1891] , CHILD, ANNA L RICE MASSEY, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, REBECCA SMITH-B.1832, DIANE NELSON-B.1780), ADRIAN MICH-----GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-05-28
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1846-05-28 ADRIAN MICH----RAILROAD LETTER---BLACK CDS & MS PAID(2) 5 RATE-------TO JOHN L. PORTER, DETROIT, MICH-----FROM JOHN A RICE (1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 29 NOV 1806, D. 6 NOV 1871, BAGGAGE AGENT, RAIL ROAD TICKET AGENT, FATHER, CLARK RICE, MOTHER, ABIGAIL RICE, SPOUSE, CATHERINE E. RICE [B. 1810, D. 26 MAR 1891] , CHILD, ANNA L RICE MASSEY, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, REBECCA SMITH-B.1832, DIANE NELSON-B.1780), ADRIAN MICH-----GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $35 Read More..
Year: 1846
Date: 1846-05-28
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2