Title: 1806-09-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--------RED STRAIGHT LINE POSTMARK AND BLACK MS 50 FOR DOUBLE RATE---FROM J. WATSON AT DETROIT TO HIS AUNT, ADDRESSED TO ELKANAH WATSON AT ALBANY---HE HAS ENCLOSED A LETTER FOR MISS HULL---MR. JONES HAS RESIDED HERE AS A MERCHANT, AND CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION SHE DESIRES---GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1806
Date: 1806-09-25
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
, Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1806-09-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--------RED STRAIGHT LINE POSTMARK AND BLACK MS 50 FOR DOUBLE RATE--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1806-09-25
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Fancy Cancels
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--TOP OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--3 pgs--BOTTOM OF PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1815-04-30
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 6
Title: 1821-06-01 DETROIT M T---VERY RARE RATE--RED OVAL CDS--2 OZ. RATE, $2.00---COVER ONLY--CARE OF J. ABBOTT POSTMASTER AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-06-01
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1822-01-19 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL & MS 25 RATE & "ADV" (ADVERTISED)----TO JOSEPH COOVERT, OVID, SENECA CO, N.Y.-----FROM R. UPDIKE AT DETROIT-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 26 $95 Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-01-19
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T--PPP #7 picture doesn’t work --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT---GENEALOGY 2---FROM JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS AUNT JANE TRIMBLE (U.S GRAVE INDEX, B. AUGUSTA CO. VIRGINIA 1755,D. 1839,FATHER, JAMES ALLEN, CHILD, CYRUS W TRIMBLE) AT HILLSBOROUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO--"THE COUNTRY MODERATELY UNEVEN, OUR RIVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I EVER BEHELD, AND ABOUNDING WITH THE MOST VALUABLE FISH"---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---GENEALOGY---CENSUS--6 PGS---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 ----OPENS WITH "MY MORE THAN MOTHER" AND CONTINUES "WHAT A STATE OF WRETCHEDNESS ANN AND MYSELF HAVE EVER LIVED IN BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTERFERENCE" (REFERENCING JANE TRIMBLE'S HELP IN CONVINCING THE MCCUE FAMILY TO LET ANN GO TO MICHIGAN WITH JOHN ALLEN - COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)---"BUT AS TO MY HAVING THE MOST DISTANT IDEA OF DEFRAUDING ANY ONE, OF THEIR JUST RIGHTS I DENY IT WITH UPLIFTED HANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOST SEARCHING GOD - AND WAS IT NOT MY DEAR AUNT, THAT I HAVE THIS MOST COMFORTABLE ASSURANCE IN MY HEART THE ONE WHO SEEST AND KNOWEST ALL THINGS AND KNOWEST THE INTENTIONS OF HIS CREATURES AND JUDGEST NOT AS MAN JUDGED, I COULD NOT BEAR UP UNDER THE LOSS OF REPUTATION AND EVERY THING THAT A SOCIAL BEING SETS A VALUE ON...I ALSO FEEL CONFIDENT (BY THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE) THAT THE DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT, IN WHICH I SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT I ONLY DETAINED FROM THEM A FEW PENCE TO ENABLE ME TO PAY THEM THE POUNDS"--- "IT IS NOW TWELVE MONTHS SINCE I SETTLED HERE, WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN INHABITANT WITHIN TEN MILES - HOW DIFFERENT IS THE SCENE NOW, IN THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FAMILIES MANY OF WHOM ARE OF THE FIRST RESPECTABILITY, ROADS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, MILLS OF EVERY KIND STARTED, TRADESMEN PUTTING THEIR SHOPS IN OPERATION FOR THE FLOOD OF EMIGRATION THAT IS EXPECTED NEXT SUMMER, FARMERS BUSILY ENGAGED IN FENCING FARMS WHICH NATURE HAS PROVIDED ALREADY CLEARED FOR THEM - IN SHORT IT ALREADY WEARS THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD SETTLED COUNTRY EXCEPT THE WANT OF HOUSES AND BARNS"----DESCRIBES THE LAND AND THEIR HOME---MENTIONS FATHER, MOTHER, ELIZA AND SARAH ANN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 7
Title: 1828-08-30 +MT. CLEMENS M T-----MACOMB CO----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS $1.00 RATE----TO JOHN G. CURTIS, CLERK OF MADISON CO, MORRISVILLE, CLINTON CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 79 $30 Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-08-30
County:
Macomb
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1831-09-26 +DEXTER M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 & MS SUBTRACTION OF 6 1/4= 18 3/4 RATE---FROM SAMUEL NORTHAM (DEATH RECORDS, B. MASS. 1824, D. 1903, FATHER, SAMUEL NORTHAM, MOTHER, ANN KELBY NORTHAM, AT DEXTER TO HIS BROTHER JAMES NORTHAM (1870 US CENSUS, B. MASS 1793,LIBRARIAN, SPOUSE, HARRIET M. NORTHAM AT MIDDLEPORT, NIAGARA CO, NEW YORK ABOUT HIS NEW SITUATION, FARM, AND PRICES---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 5---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 45 $50 Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-09-26
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Dexter
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1831-10-07 DETROIT M.T. (FORWARDED TO ANN ARBOR)--BROWN CDS AND BROWN MS 25 AND RED MS 10=35 RATE--DATELINE PITTSFIELD---FROM J.C.W. SEYMOUR AT PITTSFIELD TO HIS FATHER HARRIS SEYMOUR (M. NANCY CHANDLER 3 JAN 1833) AT ANN ARBOR---HE WILL BE IN PITTSFIELD FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE RETURNS TO FLUSHING, N.Y.; RELATES HEALTH OF RELATIVES---1 pg--GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1831
Date: 1831-10-07
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1833-06-02 NILES M T-----BERRIEN CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL WRITTEN TWICE & MS 50 RATE-----TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN M.D. AT BURLINGTON, CHITTENDEN, VERMONT------GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 140 $40 Read More..
Year: 1833
Date: 1833-06-02
County:
Berrien
City:
Niles
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1834-10-12 +WINFIELD M T---MONROE CO---#MANUSCRIPT---UNUSUAL RATE 6 1/4--TO ALPHEUS WELCH---FROM L P MUNGER AT WINFIELD M T, ABOUT THE ESTATE OF W. COLTON, MENTIONS CALVIN CHASE, ELISHA WARD, AND MR RIGGS---GENEALOGY 6----1PG----ALLEN 2001/ WHITFORD AUCTION LOT 77 $325----HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 543 $215----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-10-12
County:
Monroe
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1835-05-08 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED 27MM CDS & MS 10 RATE TO PERRYSBURGH, WOOD CO, OHIO---THEN 18 3/4 RATE TO FORWARD TO ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO, N.Y.--EQUALS 28 3/4 TOTAL 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)-----FROM THOMAS J. HULBERT, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY-----1PG---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1835-05-08
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1835-05-08 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED 27MM CDS & MS 10 RATE TO PERRYSBURGH, WOOD CO, OHIO---THEN 18 3/4 RATE TO FORWARD TO ROCHESTER, ULSTER CO, N.Y.--EQUALS 28 3/4 TOTAL 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)-----FROM THOMAS J. HULBERT, DETROIT, M T-----CONCERNING PAYMENT OF A DEBT---MENTIONS TITERS, HUTCHINSON'S PARTNER; HASKELL CASH AT MONROE---GENEALOGY-----1PG-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-05-08
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1835-10-19 MACKINAC M T---RED CDS--SHIP LETTER RATE ADD 2 CENTS TO 1835-10-26 GREEN BAY M T--1835-10-26 #MANUSCRIPT,COLUMBIA CO, M T--(LATER TO WISCONSIN)THEN FORWARD 12 1/2 RATE TO MILWAUKEE---TO JOSHUA HATHAWAY, PUBLIC SURVEYOR, NAVARINO, GREEN BAY, MILWAUKEE----GENEALOGY---1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1835-10-19
County:
Mackinac
City:
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
, Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1836-05-04 DIXBORO M T--DESTINATION--ORIGIN GORHAM N Y--HAND CARRIED THEN DROPPED INTO MAIL--UNUSUAL RATE FOR THIS TIME PERIOD--FROM AARON YOUNGLOVE(B. 28 NOV 1763, D. 9 JAN 1841, FATHER, JOSEPH YOUNGLOVE{ 1741-1810, SERVED AS ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER IN THE NEW YORK TROOPS UNDER COL. LEWIS VAN WOERT AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, MOTHER, AZUBAH SKINNER YOUNGLOVE{1742-1830}, SPOUSE, M. NANCY ANNA CONGER YOUNGLOVE 1790, CHILDREN, JANE YOUNGLOVE, CORNELIUS YOUNGLOVE, WILLIAM YOUNGLOVE, FANNY YOUNGLOVE), AT GORHAM, ONTARIO CO, N.Y. TO HIS SON WILLIAM YOUNGLOVE(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 4 MAR 1791, D. 19 MAR 1875, SPOUSE, THEDA MEAD YOUNGLOVE, CHILDREN, GEORGE YOUNGLOVE{B. 4 MAY 1827, D. 18 JUN 1920, SPOUSE, ADELAID M YOUNGLOVE, CHILDREN, BURT YOUNGLOVE, LYLE YOUNGLOVE, YOUNGLOVE BABY, DOMESTIC SERVANT, ALTA GRIPPIN[B. 1855]}, MARY YOUNGLOVE, WALTER M YOUNGLOVE, WILLIAM YOUNGLOVE) AT DIXBORO-----REGARDING VISITING MICHIGAN AND PURCHASING LAND---MENTIONS J.H. LUTHER, HARVEY, REV. MR. ACKLY AT GORHAM, AND MR. STACY MINISTER AT DIXBORO---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED----1PG---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-05-04
County:
Washtenaw
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
, Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1837-03-09 +JACKSONOPOLIS MICH-----JACKSON CO-----V8-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 30 RATE-----DATELINED JACKSONBURGH----TO R S WILSON, JUDGE OF PROBATE OF WASHTENAW CO, ANN ARBOR, MICH-----FROM M.C. HOUGH-----SENDING A PETITION ON AN ESTATE------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 260 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-09
County:
Jackson
,
Washtenaw
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Jackson
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1837-09-07 +DETROIT MICH---BLUE CDS & RED HANDSTAMPED STRAIGHTLINE STEAMBOAT & MS 2 CENTS FOR THE CAPTAIN---BROTHERS ARE TRYING TO BUY AN ESTABLISHED GROCERY BUSINESS IN PIGEON PRAIRIE OR TECUMSEH--WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE BOAT TO CLEVELAND TODAY BUT WILL HAVE TO PUT IT OFF TILL TOMORROW; MR. SWAN IS DOING THE BEST BUSINESS; HE LEFT EDWARD AND LAMBERT THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY IN ANN ARBOR; HE HAD DINNER WITH HIS FRIEND GROVIER AT MT. CLEMENS; MARY---TO CHARLES E HALL CARE OF SAMUEL COOPER AT MIDDLETON COUNTY NY---GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS--MISSING PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-09-07
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1838-10-06 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO--BLUE 31 MM CDS AND BLACK MS 50 RATE--TO C. DEMING AT ARLINGTON VERMONT FROM C. TROWBRIDGE AT DETROIT---LAND PURCHASE BUSINESS, FROM THE LATE COL. BAKER TO MRS. HUNT; MR. CHIPMAN'S OFFER TO TAKE LAND AND CASH FOR HIS LEGACY AND THAT OF HIS CHILDREN; MR. FARNSWORTH IS OF THE OPINION THE LAND WOULD BE WORTH MORE IN THE SPRING; ALSO MENTIONS H.H. COMSTOCK, MR. PRATT, MISS BAKER, AND MRS. BAKER---GENEALOGY--2 PGS--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1838
Date: 1838-10-06
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1838-10-06 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO--BLUE 31 MM CDS AND BLACK MS 50 RATE--LAND PURCHASE BUSINESS--2 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1838-10-06
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 2
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: 1839-02-04 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BROWN "1" RATE FOR A ONE CENT DROP LETTER RATE--TO JOSEPH CAMPAU--MICHIGAN EXCHANGE MARKING ON REVERSE--3 pgs--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-02-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1839-02-04 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BROWN "1" RATE FOR A ONE CENT DROP LETTER RATE--TO JOSEPH CAMPAU FROM HARLESTON--MICHIGAN EXCHANGE MARKING ON REVERSE--"MICHIGAN EXCHANGE BY ORVILLE B. DIBBLE JEFFERSON AVENUE, DETROIT"---CONCERNING DEBTS AND HIS YPSILANTI CLAIM---GENEALOGY--3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-02-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1839-02-04 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BROWN "1" RATE FOR A ONE CENT DROP LETTER RATE--TO JOSEPH CAMPAU--MICHIGAN EXCHANGE MARKING ON REVERSE--3 pgs--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-02-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1839-02-04 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BROWN "1" RATE FOR A ONE CENT DROP LETTER RATE--TO JOSEPH CAMPAU--MICHIGAN EXCHANGE MARKING ON REVERSE--3 pgs--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1839-02-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1839-08-24 DETROIT MICH*****W--WAYNE CO.--GREEN 31MM CDS AND GREEN ARCH STAMPED PAID MARKING & MS 50 RATE----TO ABRAHAM BELL (1870 CENSUS, US QUAKER MEETING RECORDS, B. PENN SEPT 1 1800, FATHER, RICHARD BELL, MOTHER, RACHEL BELL, WIFE, HANNAH BELL, CHILDREN, NATHAN H BELL, JAMES F BELL, MARY BELL, NEW YORK PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, ARRIVED PORT OF NEW YORK 1826,DEPARTURE ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CARPENTER, SHIP BRIG ANN MARIA) & CO., NEW YORK CITY------FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIBLEY (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON THIS PERSON), DETROIT MICH----ABOUT A DRAFT GOING TO THOMAS LYNCHE AT BALLYGRAHAM, DROMORE WEST, COUNTY SLIGO, IRELAND ----ACKNOWLEDGED BY WILLIAM LYNCH, PROVIDENCE, LUCAS CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY-----3 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $28 - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-08-24
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 3