Title: 1835-07-25 WIOTA IONIA M T--LAFAYETTE CO--TO WISCONSIN--COVER ONLY---ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-07-25
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
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Title: 1835-08-06 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T /WISCONSIN/IOWA--DES MOINES CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER WILLIAM R ROSS--1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--BOTTOM--1836-04-07 BURLINGTON M T /WISCONSIN/IOWA--DES MOINES CO--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER ROSS TO GEORGE W JONES DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY(1835-1836)--1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T--DESMOINES CO--TO WISCONSIN--THEN IOWA--MANUSCRIPT--SHIP LETTER--TO IRELAND BY LIVERPOOL ENGLAND--PAGE 5---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T--DESMOINES CO--TO WISCONSIN--THEN IOWA--#MANUSCRIPT--SHIP LETTER--TO IRELAND BY LIVERPOOL ENGLAND----TO JOHN SHAW, KIRKCUBBIN (IRELAND, CIVIL REGISTRATION DEATHS INDEX,B. 1800, D. 1866), COUNTY OF DAWN, IRELAND FROM HIS BROTHER ROBERT SHAW AT FRANLIN---TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS---DATELINE FRANKLIN---DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T-- PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T--PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T--PAGE 4--DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-06 BURLINGTON M T--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-06
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Category: Letters to Foreign Destinations , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1835-08-07 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1835-08-07--MILWAUKEE M T /WISCONSIN--POSTMASTER SOLOMON JUNEAU--ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED AS"MILWAUKIE" POSTMASTER JUNEAU AND POSSIBLY HIS ASSISTANTS, SPELLEDTHE TOWN NAME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE 16 MONTH PERIOD THAT MILWAUKEE WAS PART OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY. THIS SPELLING BECAME THE OFFICIAL SPELLING IN 1843.--BOTTOM--1836-02-12 MILWAKIE(THIS SPELLING)M T /WISCONSIN--POSTMASTER JUNEAU'S FREE FRANK GOING TO LUCIUS LYON SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY AT WASHINGTON CITY D C--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-07
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-08-07 MILWAUKEE M T--MILWAUKEE CO--TO WISCONSIN--PAGE 3---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-07
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1835-08-07 MILWAUKEE M T--MILWAUKEE CO--TO WISCONSIN---TO AARON RUSSELL AT CHICAGO FROM AT MILWAUKY(SIC)---MENTIONS MR. ROSS, DR. HEATH, AND DR. CLARK---REGARDING AN AGREEMENT WITH DWINELL---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-08-07
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1835-08-07 MILWAUKEE M T--MILWAUKEE CO--TO WISCONSIN--PAGE 1---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-07
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1835-08-07 MILWAUKEE M T--MILWAUKEE CO--TO WISCONSIN--PAGE 2---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-08-07
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1835-09-15 FORT SNELLING M T----DUBUQUE CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---STEAM BOAT---TO GEORGE JOHNSTON, ST. PETERS, UPPER MISSISSIPPI, THEN FORWARDED TO SAULT STE MARIE M T-----LETTER WAS CARRIED TO FORT SNELLING TO BE PLACED IN THE MAILS, AND AFTER ALMOST 6 MONTHS IN TRANSIT, IT WAS RECEIVED FEB 4, 1836--------NATIVE AMERICANS-------FROM WILLIAM JOHNSTON, DATELINED MACKINAC, TO HIS BROTHER,---I HAVE JUST RECEIVED PER THE STEAM BOAT MONROE--I WILL PROBABLY GO TO CHIPPEWA RIVER, THERE IS SOME TALK OF ASKING THE OTTAWAS TO SELL THERE LANDS----GENEALOGY 2---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 103 $750 Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-09-15
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-09-21 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN M.T.{1823-1836 TO WISCONSIN TERRITORY----CRAWFORD CO.--DATELINED FORT HOWARD--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--TO SARAH BRADLEY AT BRISTOL MAINE FROM HER SON --HE SENT MONEY TO UNCLE REDINGTON TO FORWARD TO HER---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-09-21
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-09-21 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN M.T.--CRAWFORD CO.--DATELINED FORT HOWARD--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--TO SARAH BRADLEY AT BRISTOL MAINE FROM HER SON --1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-09-21
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Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-10-19 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1835-10-19 GREEN BAY #2 M T /WISCONSIN--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--LETTER SENT FROM MACKINAC ISLAND M T (VERY LIGHT OCTOBER 19 CDS CANCEL UPPER LEFT) BY HENRY R SCHOOLCRAFT, NOTED GEOLOGIST,EXPLORER,AUTHOR ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND INDIAN AGENT AT SAULT STE MARIE(1822-1841). LETTER WAS CARRIED BY CLOSED POUCH MAIL BY STEAMBOAT FROM MACKINAC TO GREEN BAY. PER DIRECTIVE FROM THE ADDRESSEE, POSTMASTER DICKINSON FORWARDED THE LETTER TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAMBOAT ON OCTOBER 26 FOR MORE RAPID TRANSIT TO MILWAUKEE. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE GREEN BAY SHIP MARKING.--EFFECTIVE 1825-05-01 STEAMBOAT LETTERS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE PL&R. TO BE RATED BASED ON DISTANCE FROM POINT OF PICK UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY. NO ADDITIONAL STEAMBOAT FEE WAS TO BE ADDED-COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-19
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
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(1855 WISCONSIN STATE CENSUS), PUBLIC SURVEYOR, NAVARINO, GREEN BAY, MILWAUKEE-----LETTER SENT FROM MACKINAC ISLAND M T (VERY LIGHT OCTOBER 19 CDS CANCEL UPPER LEFT) BY HENRY R SCHOOLCRAFT, NOTED GEOLOGIST,EXPLORER,AUTHOR ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND INDIAN AGENT AT SAULT STE MARIE(1822-1841). LETTER WAS CARRIED BY CLOSED POUCH MAIL BY STEAMBOAT FROM MACKINAC TO GREEN BAY. PER DIRECTIVE FROM THE ADDRESSEE, POSTMASTER DICKINSON FORWARDED THE LETTER TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAMBOAT ON OCTOBER 26 FOR MORE RAPID TRANSIT TO MILWAUKEE. ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE GREEN BAY SHIP MARKING.--EFFECTIVE 1825-05-01 STEAMBOAT LETTERS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE PL&R. TO BE RATED BASED ON DISTANCE FROM POINT OF PICK UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY. NO ADDITIONAL STEAMBOAT FEE WAS TO BE ADDED-----"I HAVE WRITTEN TO MR. BAIRD, BY THIS MAIL, TO ATTENTION TO THE ACCOUNTING OF THE DEED, NOTE & MORTGAGE..."--[ HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD JR.(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. DUBLIN, COUNTY DUBLIN, IRELAND 16 MAY 1800, D. 30 APR 1875, LAWYER, SERVED AS QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR,FIRST ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY, FATHER HENRY SAMUEL BAIRD, MOTHER, ANN BAIRD{B.1768, LIVED WITH THEM IN 1850}, SPOUSE, M. ELIZABETH THERESA FISHER BAIRD MACKINAC CO. 12 AUG 1824, CHILDREN, EMILLIE VIRGINIA BAIRD, MARY ELIZABETH BAIRD, ELIZA A BAIRD BAKER, LOUISE SOPHIA BAIRD FAVILL, DOMESTIC SERVANTS, CAROLINE IRR{B.NEW YORK 1841}, DESINA DEMONIA{B.BELGIUM 1848}]----GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-10-19
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

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..
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Date: 1835-10-19
County: Mackinac
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-11-04 +MINERAL POINT M T----IOWA CO, WI-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 CROSSED OUT & MS 75 RATE----TO ROBERT T. LYKE ESQ., SURVEYOR GENERAL, CINCINNATI, OHIO----FROM JONATHAN P. SHELDON REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR LAND. -----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 27 Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-04
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Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1835-11-11 ELK GROVE M T--IOWA CO--TO WISCONSIN--DATELINED GREEN BAY--FROM HENRY S. BAIRD AT GREEN BAY TO COL. G.W. JONES, CARE OF CAMPBELL AND MOREHOUSE AT GALENA, ILL. CROSSED OUT AND CARE OF J. WALSH AT ST. LOUIS ADDED---FORWARDING THE ELECTION RETURNS AT THE REQUEST OF C.S. HEMPSTEAD ESQ.---"ALTHO YOU HAVE RECEIVED NO VOTES IN OUR COUNTY, I AM SATISFIED THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY ARE GRATIFIED BY YOUR ELECTION"---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-11
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-11-11 ELK GROVE M T--PAGE 1--DATELINED GREEN BAY 1835-11-01-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-11-11
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-11-24--DETROIT M T TO GREEN BAY M T --PAGE 1-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-11-24 DETROIT M T---CDS---TO GREEN BAY M.T.--FROM W.B. ALVORD, AGENT DETROIT INN CO. AT DETROIT M T TO A.G. ELLIS AT GREEN BAY M T GIVING AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF IRONS FOR A CARRIAGE---GENEALOGY--1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N $250 Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-11-24
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-12-22 GRAND CAKALIN M T--BROWN CO--#MANUSCRIPT--TO WISCONSIN--TO M.T. WILLIAMS, SURVEYOR GENERAL OF THE U.S. AT CINCINNATI, OHIO FROM A.G. ELLIS---REGARDING FIELD NOTES---MENTIONS BYRON KILBOURN---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-12-22
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1835-12-22 GRAND CAKALIN M T--PAGE 1--BROWN CO--TO WISCONSIN--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1835-12-22
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Category: Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-01-05 +MINERAL POINT M T---IOWA CO, WISCONSIN-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE---FREE FRANK---TO G. WALLACE JANES ESQ, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.----FROM MAJ JAS. ENCISCO, DATELINED MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN TERRITORY/ JAN 4TH 1836---GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 75 $350 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-05
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-17 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1836-01-27 FORT SNELLING M T /WISCONSIN--DUBUQUE CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ALEXANDER S MIREE--FORT SNELLING WAS COMPLETED IN 1825 AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. FIRST POST OFFICE IN THE FUTURE STATE OF MINNESOTA--1 OF 4 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-17
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-17 FORT SNELLING M T----DUPLICATE. DUPLICATE---MANUSCRIPT----WHILE IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY, LATER TO WISCONSIN THEN MINN----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 58---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
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Date: 1836-01-17
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-01-17 FORT SNELLING M T--DUBUQUE CO--TO WISCONSIN THEN TO MINN.---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED FORT SNELLING UPPER MISSISSIPPI--TO G.C. LYFORD, FIRM OF MCINTIRE LYFORD AND CO., AT BOSTON MASS. FROM ---LETTER FROM A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE: "I AM NOW MORE CONTENTED WITH THE SWORD THAN I WAS WITH THE YARDSTICK"---DESCRIBES FORT SNELLING - THE WALLS OF THE FORT ARE "OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO RESIST ANY MEANS INDIANS USE IN WAR - AS THE SAVAGES HAVE NOT LEARNED THE MORE REFINED AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER OF TAKING THE LIVES OF THEIR FELLOW CREATURES AND THE 'PALE FACES'"--AND MORE COMPARISONS OF WHITE MEN AND THE HABITS OF INDIANS---PRIVATELY OWNED---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-17
County:
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3