Ernies Michigan

Title: 1848-12-30 ROCHESTER MICH ***--- RED CDS 30MM & STAMPED "X IN CIRCLE"-----FROM NANCY HIGLEY (US GRAVE INDEX, B. 1801, D. 1885, FATHER, URIAH BENTLEY, MOTHER, NANCY BENTLEY, SPOUSE, DANIEL HIGLEY, CHILDREN, MARSHALL DWIGHT HIGLEY, MURRAY L HIGLEY, SIMEON BENTLEY HIGBEY, MARY ANN ABELL, JUDSON HIGLEY, DANIEL G HIGLEY, THEODORE F BENTLEY) AT ROCHESTER TO MRS. GUY H. CARLTON (GUY H. CARLTON-1860 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1818, ENGINEER, CANAL SUPERINTENDANT, SAULT ST MARIE MICH, CHILDREN, CHRISTINE CARLTON, ROBERT CARLTON, ALICE CARLTON, GRACE CARLTON, HATTIE CARLTON, HELEN CARLTON) AT DUBUQUE, IOWA---MENTIONS JOHN AND HIS WIFE HANNAH, ROBERT, GUY, MR. PARKER, ELIZA CRANE, MRS. PALMERLA, MARY AND JULIETTE, AND HIRAM; MR. N HAS MADE UP HS MIND TO SUE MR. WILCOX---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION $45 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-12-30
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-01-04 HOWELL MICH-----LIVINGSTON CO----YEAR ESTIMATED-----RED 32MM CDS & STAMPED "V IN CIRCLE"----TO ALBERT CRANE ( 1850,60 CENSUS, DEATH INDEX, B. NEW YORK 1820, D. 1899, OLD AGE, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, FATHER, CHARLES CRANE, MOTHER, HULDAH CRANE, SPOUSE ANNA CRANE, CHILDREN, DANIEL CRANE, CHARLES CRANE, ARCHIBALD CRANE, GEORGE CRANE, ANNA CRANE)DETROIT, WAYNE CO, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----COVER ONLY-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $25 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-01-04
County: Livingston , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-01-31 +WEBSTER MICH----WASHTENAW CO---V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO EBENEZER DIBBLE SR. ( 1850 CENSUS, B CONN 1776, D. 1850), MORAVIA, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.-----FROM EBENEZER DIBBLE JR (1850 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1814, M. WIFE ABIGAIL CRANSON DIBBLE 1842, B. NEW YORK 1800 , CHILDREN, LEWIS SEARS, SPENCER GOODALE, JANNETT E DIBBLE, {ABIGAILS FATHER ELISHA CRANSON, MOTHER, ABIGAILE CRANSON B. 1784, SIBLINGS, ELISHA CRANSON, HERVIN CRANSON,JAMES CONAR, EDGAR CRANSON}) TO HIS FATHER-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 537 $40 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-01-31
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH --- PAGE 3----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH ---#MANUSCRIPT---DAVID TUNEL DIED LAST WEEK AND WAS BURIED, AND DANIEL STRONG WAS BURIED TODAY, AND MRS STRONG IS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE---FROM T. FINNEY AT SOMERSET TO HIS BROTHER A. FINNEY AT WESTPORT, ESSEX COUNTY NY---MENTIONS LINIAN, HARRIET, FRANCINNA, RANSOM, AND CHARLES---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH --- PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH ---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH --- PAGE 3----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH ---#MANUSCRIPT---DAVID TUNEL DIED LAST WEEK AND WAS BURIED, AND DANIEL STRONG WAS BURIED TODAY, AND MRS STRONG IS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE---FROM T. FINNEY AT SOMERSET TO HIS BROTHER A. FINNEY AT WESTPORT, ESSEX COUNTY NY---MENTIONS LINIAN, HARRIET, FRANCINNA, RANSOM, AND CHARLES---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH --- PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-02 SOMERSET MICH ---PAGE 2---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-02
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1849-02-09 +ANN ARBOR MICH---WASHTENAW CO---RED CDS AND FREE---FREE FRANK---TO HON. ALPHEUS FELCH, M.C. AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM ABEL PARKHURST (1850 CENSUS, B. VERMONT 1805, D. 1855, SERVED THE UNION IN CIVIL WAR 4TH REGIMENT, MICHIGAN INFANTRY, WIFE, LYDIA PARKHURST, CHILDREN, ELIAS PARKHURST, JOHN D PARKHURST, JULIETT PARKHURST, RYERSON PARKHURST) AT ANN ARBOR WRITING ON BEHALF OF MISS ELIZA MILLER "WIDOW OF HIRAM MILLER WHO ENLISTED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS AUGUST 1846, AS A SOLDIER FOR THE MEXICAN WAR, AND DIED AT FORT POLK, POINT ISLAND APRIL 18 1847, HE WAS IN COMPANY F 1ST DRAGGONS, DIED OF THE CHRONIC DIARRHEA, BORN IN SENECA CO, N.Y...HIS WIDOW IS POOR AND HAS ONE CHILD TO SUPPORT,AND IS DESIROUS OF OBTAINING INFORMATION AS TO THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN WHAT MAY BE DUE HER FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS MILLER WIDOW...." REQUESTING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AS HIS WIDOW---GENEALOGY 4----1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 $25 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-02-09
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-02-09 +ANN ARBOR MICH---WASHTENAW CO---RED CDS AND FREE---FREE FRANK---TO HON. ALPHEUS FELCH, M.C. AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM ABEL PARKHURST (1850 CENSUS, B. VERMONT 1805, D. 1855, SERVED THE UNION IN CIVIL WAR 4TH REGIMENT, MICHIGAN INFANTRY, WIFE, LYDIA PARKHURST, CHILDREN, ELIAS PARKHURST, JOHN D PARKHURST, JULIETT PARKHURST, RYERSON PARKHURST) AT ANN ARBOR WRITING ON BEHALF OF MISS ELIZA MILLER "WIDOW OF HIRAM MILLER WHO ENLISTED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS AUGUST 1846, AS A SOLDIER FOR THE MEXICAN WAR, AND DIED AT FORT POLK, POINT ISLAND APRIL 18 1847, HE WAS IN COMPANY F 1ST DRAGGONS, DIED OF THE CHRONIC DIARRHEA, BORN IN SENECA CO, N.Y...HIS WIDOW IS POOR AND HAS ONE CHILD TO SUPPORT,AND IS DESIROUS OF OBTAINING INFORMATION AS TO THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN WHAT MAY BE DUE HER FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS MILLER WIDOW...." REQUESTING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AS HIS WIDOW---GENEALOGY 4----1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 $25 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-09
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-04-11 +MATTISON MICH{1848-1901-DPO-V5}----BRANCH CO---ON SITE, PICTURES TO FOLLOW-----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & NO RATE SHOWN----TO FRANKLIN ADAMS, CRAWFORD CO, OHIO----FROM ELEANOR CRONABOUGH-----ELEANOR WRITES THAT LETTERS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MATTISON IN BRANCH CO. BECAUSE HER TOWN OF MASON IN INGHAM CO IS BETWEEN POST OFFICES-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 371----1PG----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 5 COLLECTOR 0371 0701 Mattison.jpg Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-04-11
County: Branch
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-05-22 +FARMINGTON MICH*****W----OAKLAND CO----BLUE ARC POSTMARK WITH MS 22 & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO MRS HIRAM CULVER AT GROVELAND, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----FROM HER SON GEORGE CULVER-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 184----2PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION $215 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-05-22
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-02 ANN ARBOR MICH--DATE ESTIMATED--RED 31MM CDS AND RED STAMPED PAID AND FANCY 10---TO HELEN M TURNER CLOCKVILLE NEW YORK---COVER ONLY--GENEALOGY----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-02
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 4---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 3---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 2---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---PAGE 1---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-12 MEMPHIS MICH---#MANUSCRIPT----UNUSUAL RATE 10 + 2=12------FROM W.P. RUSSELL AT MEMPHIS TO HIS NIECE E.A. ROCKWELL AT SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK---MENTIONS JOHN, ISABELLA, HIS CHILDREN MARY, WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE; GRANDMOTHER, UNCLE ABRAHAM AND AUNT JENNETT, AUNT MARGARET, UNCLE LEVI, AND UNCLE ANDREW---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-12
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 1---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 2---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-07-17
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1849-07-17 +PLYMOUTH MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO CHARLES J HORTON AT CAMBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.-----FROM O. STEVENS AT PLYMOUTH MICH---IF I DO NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA OF WHICH THERE IS SOME PROSPECT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME 10 OR 12 THAT WILL START FROM HERE THIS FALL FOR THE LAND OF GOLDEN DREAMS AND SHINING DUST AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO GO WITH THEM TO THAT PROMISED LAND AND SEEK MY FORTUNE IN THE VALLEY OF SACRAMENTO---AND YOU NEED NOT BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE LEFT HOME AND FRIENDS AND ALL THAT CAN MAKE LIFE PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PALTRY YELLOW DUST. THINGS HAVE GOT TO SUCH A PITCH IN THIS COUNTRY THAT A CHAP MIGHT ALMOST AS WELL BE DEAD AS TO BE POOR FOR HE IS NOT HALF AS MUCH THOUGHT OF AS THE BRUTES THAT RUN IN THE STREETS WHY IT IS I CANNOT TELL BUT THAT IT IS WE ALL VERY WELL KNOW. THE REAL MORAL WORTH OF A PERSONS CHARACTER IS NOT LESS FOR RESPECTABILITY AND STANDING IN SOCIETY BUT IF A FELLOW CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW, AND SHAKE THE ROCKS IN HIS POCKET NO MATTER HOW ABANDONED IN CHARACTER HE MAY BE TO HIMSELF YET HE CAN MOVE IN THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY AND MAINTAIN A BETTER STANDING THAN AN HONEST POOR MAN. BUT IT IS NOT FOR THESE REASONS THAT I WOULD DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE PRIVILEGES OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY BY ANY MEANS. NEITHER WOULD I COMPLAIN OF MY FORTUNE BUT I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT IF I COULD SECLUDE MYSELF FROM SOCIETY AND BURY MYSELF IN SOLITUDE I WOULD BE CONTENT. BUT HOLD! ENOUGH OF THIS TRASH. I AM HERE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE AND LOTS OF SMILING LADIES TO CHEER ME UP. AND BY THE WAY CUZ. I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU OF A FLIRTATION THAT I HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW HERE. I CALLED UPON HER SUNDAY BEFORE THE 21ST INS. WHEN WE AGREED TO GO ON A RIDE AND OF COURSE WE WENT AND WAS GONE TWO DAYS AND SUCH A TIME AS WE HAD CANNOT BE BEAT OUT OF MICH. I NEVER WENT ANY WHERE ANY LADY THAT I ENJOYED MYSELF BETTER WITH THAN I DID WITH HER AND IN FACT I AM QUITE SMITTEN AND HAVE BEEN TO SEE HER EVERY SUNDAY SINCE. I GUESS I SHALL BE ABLE TO WARD OFF CUPIDS DARTS, AND KEEP CLEAR OF BROKEN HEARTS. BUT YOU KNOW HEARTS ARE EASY BROKEN AND EASY MENDED. I HAD A LETTER FROM AMOS THE OTHER DAY HE IS WELL AND SAYS HE GOES A FISHING OCCASIONALLY. PERRY AND WIFE HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF SPRING AND SUMMER.AND HAVE LEFT THERE PLACE. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE SOON AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ALONG. GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS THAT MAY INQUIRE FOR ME BUT IT WILL NOT BE MUCH USE TO SEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRLS THEN AS THE YOUNG WIDOW FILLS MY EYES---GENEALOGY---3 PGS---PAGE 3---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 773 $90 Read More..
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Date: 1849-07-17
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Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1849-08-01 LAFAYETTE IND. (In)***W----TIPPECANOE CO----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO WILLIAM CARTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE CO, OHIO-----FROM MAJ.JOHN BEASTON SEMANS(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. MONROE CO, OHIO 6 DEC 1804, D.22 AUG 1853, SON OF SIMON AND LADY BEASTON, OF BEASTON CASTLE, WALES, 1ST SPOUSE, M. MARY ANNA DILL SEMANS 1 SEP 1831{B. 22 FEB 1811, D. 14 FEB 1842}, CHILDREN, CHARITY LUCINDA SEMANS HADLEY, INFANT SON SEMANS, ELLEN MARIA SEMANS, MARGARET ELIZABETH SEMANS DODD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHARITY HICKCOX SEMANS 8 MAY 1843{B. OHIO 1817, D. 17 MAY 1880}, CHILDREN, JENNETTE M BEASTON SEMANS DELEVAN, FRANCES SEAMAN, MARY J SEAMAN, ANN E SEMAN, EMMA G SEMAN, EVA SEMANS), LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA-----"MY AGENT MR. SESSIONS WILL PAY THE NOTE OF MINE FOR $18.50"----"THE CHOLERA HAS BEEN COMMITTING SAD HAVOC IN OUR MIDST FOR THE LAST MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NOT LESS THAN 300 CASES AND 100 DEATHS. I SHOULD THINK THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE LEFT TOWN. I NEVER LOOKED UPON AS GLOOMY A PLACE AS LAFAYETTE IS AT THIS MOMENT. YESTERDAY WAS NOT QUITE SO FEARFUL A DAY AS THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS; AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE REPORTS OF THIS MORNING. ....A FEW HOURS ONLY USUALLY ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ATTACK AND DEATH. THOSE WHO FAIL TO ACT PROMPTLY UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT "DIARREA IS CHOLERA" ARE ALMOST CERTAIN VICTIMS"----GENEALOGY-------2pg----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
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Date: 1849-08-01
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1849-08-01 LAFAYETTE IND. (In)***W----TIPPECANOE CO----BLUE 31MM CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE-----TO WILLIAM CARTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE CO, OHIO-----FROM MAJ.JOHN BEASTON SEMANS(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. MONROE CO, OHIO 6 DEC 1804, D.22 AUG 1853, SON OF SIMON AND LADY BEASTON, OF BEASTON CASTLE, WALES, 1ST SPOUSE, M. MARY ANNA DILL SEMANS 1 SEP 1831{B. 22 FEB 1811, D. 14 FEB 1842}, CHILDREN, CHARITY LUCINDA SEMANS HADLEY, INFANT SON SEMANS, ELLEN MARIA SEMANS, MARGARET ELIZABETH SEMANS DODD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHARITY HICKCOX SEMANS 8 MAY 1843{B. OHIO 1817, D. 17 MAY 1880}, CHILDREN, JENNETTE M BEASTON SEMANS DELEVAN, FRANCES SEAMAN, MARY J SEAMAN, ANN E SEMAN, EMMA G SEMAN, EVA SEMANS), LAFAYETTE, TIPPECANOE CO, INDIANA-----"MY AGENT MR. SESSIONS WILL PAY THE NOTE OF MINE FOR $18.50"----"THE CHOLERA HAS BEEN COMMITTING SAD HAVOC IN OUR MIDST FOR THE LAST MONTH. THERE HAVE BEEN NOT LESS THAN 300 CASES AND 100 DEATHS. I SHOULD THINK THAT MORE THAN ONE HALF OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE LEFT TOWN. I NEVER LOOKED UPON AS GLOOMY A PLACE AS LAFAYETTE IS AT THIS MOMENT. YESTERDAY WAS NOT QUITE SO FEARFUL A DAY AS THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS; AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE REPORTS OF THIS MORNING. ....A FEW HOURS ONLY USUALLY ELAPSE BETWEEN THE ATTACK AND DEATH. THOSE WHO FAIL TO ACT PROMPTLY UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT "DIARREA IS CHOLERA" ARE ALMOST CERTAIN VICTIMS"----GENEALOGY-------2pg----PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $25 Read More..
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Date: 1849-08-01
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Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS---PAGE 1----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
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Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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Title: 1849-08-16 MADISON MICH--LIVINGSTON CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---DATELINED DEERFIELD---FROM B. BANGS AT DEERFIELD,LENAWEE CO, MICH------ TO MARK BANGS (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 3 FEB 1812, D. 19 JUN 1899, [IN SPRING OF 1835 HE WENT THOUGH BUFFALO N.Y. AND TOOK A STEAMER FROM ERIE AND LANDED AT TOLEDO IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY DURING THE TOLEDO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS], [1852 CALIFORNIA STATE CENSUS SHOWS MARK BANGS AT EL DORADO CALIFORNIA ON HIS TRIAL AT THE GOLD RUSH MINES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS], FATHER, MARK BANGS, MOTHER, LYDIA BANGS, SPOUSE, CLARISSA HUBBARD BANGS{ DAUGHTER OF ELISHA HUBBARD [BROTHER TO DANIEL, WHO MARRIED MARK'S SISTER SOPHRONIA, AND WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR IN 1850 AND 1860]}, CHILDREN, HARRISON IRWIN BANGS, LYDIA A BANGS, CORA MAY BANGS, WARREN D BANGS, JULIA ELLEN BANGS PLATT, WILLIE BANGS, CLARA BANGS)AT LACON, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS---GENEALOGY----TOLRDO STRIP---3PGS---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-08-16
County: Livingston
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Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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