Title: 1864-09-10 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65DATELINED 1864-09-10---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME P.O. INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---"I CONFESS I SHOULD BE PLEASED TO SPEND SOME TIME THERE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER I CAN SPARE THE TIME TO VISIT THEM BEFORE THE FROST OF AUTUMN DESTROYS THEIR BEAUTY - ARE THERE MANY PLANTS IN THOSE GARDENS THAT I DO NOT HAVE IN MY GARDEN?"----MENTIONS DEATHS OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES: BALTZER LYBROOK'S DAUGHTER CYNTHIA; BENJAIN GAGE OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP; UNCLE JOHN SILVER DIED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE---MR. STROOP AND PHEBE BELL WERE MARRIED, ALSO MENTIONS UNCLE BYRNES---FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-09-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-09-10 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-09-09---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-09-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-09-10 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 2---DATELINED 1864-09-09---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS-----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-09-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-09-27 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---DATELINED 1864-09-27---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS ACADEMY-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---"I AM WELL PLEASED WITH YOU CHANGING THE STUDY OF PHILOCIPHY (SIC) FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING, AS THE LATTER WHEN WELL UNDERSTOOD IS ONE OF THE FINEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF A LADY"---MENTIONS THE PRICE OF DIFFERENT APPLES, TELL MOTHER ANGELINA MR. JOHNSON WILL DELIVER APPLES TO NOTRE DAME, MR. MOLIERE IS HAVING SHOES MADE FOR HER, AARON, BULAH, MISS MOSHER, MISS ALLARD RETURNED TO KALAMAZOO, NEWS OF HIS GARDEN, HE RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM ALEXANDER F. SCOTT ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF D.M. McCLELLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO---FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---3PGS-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-09-27
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1864-09-27 DOWAGIAC MICH---DATELINED 1864-09-25--PAGE 1----TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-09-27
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1864-09-27 DOWAGIAC MICH---DATELINED 1864-09-25--PAGE 2----TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-09-27
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1864-09-27 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 3---DATELINED 1864-09-25---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS-----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-09-27
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1864-10-03 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1864-10-03---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---REGARDING PLANS TO VISIT, ROSE BOCK INTENDS TO GO TO SAINT MARY'S THIS WINTER---1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-10-03
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-10-03 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-10-03---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-10-03
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-10-10 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1864-10-10---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---THEY SPENT THE NIGHT AT UNCLE BYRNE'S ON THEIR RETURN TRIP, LENNY CURTISS WILL DELIVER 100 BUSHELS OF WINTER APPLES TO SAINT MARY'S, THEY HAD A HARD FROST WHICH KILLED MOST OF THEIR FLOWERS FOR THE SEASON; ADDIE MOSHER IS WELCOME TO VISIT----FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-10-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-10-10 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-10-10---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-10-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-10-10 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 2---DATELINED 1864-10-10---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-10-10
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1864-11-02 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---DATELINED 1864-11-02---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---LENNY CURTISS'S SON WILL TAKE UP THE NEXT LOAD OF APPLES----BALTZER LYBROOK'S YOUNGEST SON AND WILLIAM BOCK'S OLDEST DAUGHTER DIED OF DIPHTHERIA, ALSO MENTIONS MARY WINES--- FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---1PG----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-11-02
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-11-02 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-11-02---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-02
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-11-07 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1864-11-07---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---MENTIONS MRS. BANNARD AND LENNY CURTISS---"TOMORROW IS ELECTION AND I WILL BE GLAD WHEN IT IS OVER AS I HOPE IT WILL PUT AN END TO THE EXCITED FEELING THAT THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOW UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF"----FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---1PG----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-11-07
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-11-07 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-11-07---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-07
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH----PAGE 2---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARY'S--NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111--- BLACK CDS 39MM---POSTAGE DUE--6 CENTS--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST. MARYS-NOTRE DAME FROM HER FATHER H.C. LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---SUGGESTING SHE FIND A TEAM TO BRING HER TO NILES AS THE STAGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE ROOM; MR. MOLIERE WROTE HE THINKS THEY DID WELL SENDING MARY TO ST. MARY'S "YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED AT THE RAPID IMPROVEMENT SHE MAKES - SHE IS JUST NOW AT THAT AGE WHEN SHE NEEDS THE SOCIETY OF PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE AND SEX AN THE MORE THERE ARE OF THEM THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR HER AS SHE WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN HUMAN NATURE BY CONTRASTING THEIR DIFFERENT QUALITIES AND DISPOSITIONS. SHE WILL LEARN THAT OTHER PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE ARE JUST AS INEXPERIENCED AND OT ANY SMARTER THAN HERSELF, AND THAT WILL GIVE HER MORE CONFIDENCE IN HERSELF, AND THAT ALONE WILL TEND VERY VERY MUCH TO IMPROVE HER HEALTH BY REMOVING ONE GREAT CAUSE OF NERVOUS IRRITABILITY"---HE WILL LET HER GRANDFATHER, MOTHER, AND AUNT LUCETTA KNOW WHEN SHE WILL BE HOME SO THEY CAN VISIT ---3 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH --PAGE 1--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH ---PAGE 3--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK FROM HER FATHER--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH----PAGE 2---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARY'S--NORTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH --PPP 33111--- BLACK CDS 39MM---POSTAGE DUE--6 CENTS--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST. MARYS-NOTRE DAME FROM HER FATHER H.C. LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---SUGGESTING SHE FIND A TEAM TO BRING HER TO NILES AS THE STAGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE ROOM; MR. MOLIERE WROTE HE THINKS THEY DID WELL SENDING MARY TO ST. MARY'S "YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED AT THE RAPID IMPROVEMENT SHE MAKES - SHE IS JUST NOW AT THAT AGE WHEN SHE NEEDS THE SOCIETY OF PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE AND SEX AN THE MORE THERE ARE OF THEM THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR HER AS SHE WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN HUMAN NATURE BY CONTRASTING THEIR DIFFERENT QUALITIES AND DISPOSITIONS. SHE WILL LEARN THAT OTHER PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE ARE JUST AS INEXPERIENCED AND OT ANY SMARTER THAN HERSELF, AND THAT WILL GIVE HER MORE CONFIDENCE IN HERSELF, AND THAT ALONE WILL TEND VERY VERY MUCH TO IMPROVE HER HEALTH BY REMOVING ONE GREAT CAUSE OF NERVOUS IRRITABILITY"---HE WILL LET HER GRANDFATHER, MOTHER, AND AUNT LUCETTA KNOW WHEN SHE WILL BE HOME SO THEY CAN VISIT ---3 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH --PAGE 1--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH ---PAGE 3--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK FROM HER FATHER--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-14
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1864-11-24 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1864-11-25 ?---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---MISS BEESON, MISS DECKER, AND MISS GAULT WILL RETURN WITH HER FOR THE NEXT TERM IF THEY CAN GET THEIR PARENTS' PERMISSION---FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-11-24
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-11-24 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-11-25---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-24
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1864-11-24 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 2---DATELINED 1864-11-25---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-11-24
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-12-07 DOWAGIAC MICH--PPP 33111****W---SCOTT #65---DATELINED 1864-12-07---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER AT DOWAGIAC---MENTIONS JENNY STEWART AND CHARLOTTE FRAZER OF DETROIT WILL VISIT WHEN SHE COMES HOME, AARON----FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS---1PG----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-12-07
County: Cass
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-12-07 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 1---DATELINED 1864-12-07---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-12-07
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1864-12-12 DOWAGIAC MICH---PAGE 2----DATELINED 1864-12-12---TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST MARYS-NOTRE DAME INDIANA FROM HER FATHER H C LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC-------FROM THE LYBROOK/THORP FAMILY LETTERS----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1864-12-12
County: Cass
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Thorp/Lybrook Family Letters
Associated Pages: 2