Title: 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..
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Date: 1840-12-16
County: Ionia
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1840-12-16
County: Ionia
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1840-12-16
County: Ionia
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1840-12-18 IONIA MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM M. HEARSEY AT IONIA TO GORHAM AND BREWER AT MARSHALL---REGARDING A CASE VS. CAMERON, OPINION OF ESQ. CORNELL---2 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-12-18
County: Calhoun , Ionia , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1840-12-18 IONIA MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-12-18
County: Calhoun , Ionia , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1840-12-18 IONIA MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-12-18
County: Calhoun , Ionia , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 8---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH----#MANUSCRIPT--FROM WILLIAM H. GREGORY AT NORTHVILLE TO HIS COUSIN GEORGE DICKINSON AT PORTLAND, IONIA COUNTY MICH--NEWS ABOUT SCHOOL; CORNELIA AND MARIETTA ATTEND SCHOOL AT ANN ARBOR; BAPTISTS HELD A PROTRACTED MEETING CONDUCTED BY ELDERS SIMONS, WEAVER AND CHASE; METHODISTS HELD THEIR MEETING; NOW THERE IS A PROTRACTED MEETING IN PLYMOUTH VILLAGE CONDUCTED BY SWIFT AND BIBBINS; MR. WOOD AND MR. KNICKERBOCKER ARE AMONG THE CONVERSIONS; R. DUNLAP SOLD HIS FLOURING MILL AND MR. WILCOX SOLD HIS HOUSE TO A MR. WARNER FROM FARMINGTON; MR. ALDRICH'S MILL BURNED; MR. PHILLIPS BUILT A STEAM SAW MILL SIX MILES WEST; THEODATUS SOLD HIS SAW MILL; MRS. ROBINSON WILL SOON SELL HERS; MR. CRAM KEEPS STORE WHERE MR. PERIN USED TO; WILLIAM HAY SOLD HIS STORE TO MR. PERIN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, MR. HALL; MR. KELLOGG KEEPS STORE AT PLYMOUTH; MERIT RANDOLPH KEEPS TAVERN IN PLACE OF MR. PATTERSON WHO FOUND IT CONVENIENT TO RUN AWAY; YOUNG MEN OF THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY HAVE BEEN PLANNING A LYCEUM--NEWS OF CANADIANS: OLD MR. WILKINS AND HIS SON-IN-LAW MR. MR. HILL LEFT FOR LIVINGSTON "HE WENT BY NEITHER THE LIGHT OF THE SUN NOT THE MOON BUT THE STARS"; WILLIAM WILKINS JR. NOW LIVES IN THEIR OLD HOUSE AND 22 RELATIVES LATELY CAME FROM CANADA CONSISTING OF MRS. WILKINS'S FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS, NIECES, AND ETC. "THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR FROM US YOU MAY EXPECT WE WILL BE IN NEW CANADA"--AN OIL ESTABLISHMENT WAS STARTED IN MARSHALL, MR. DUNLAP IS ALSO BUILDING AN OIL MILL; "MR. DAWSON IS STILL STATE PRINTER AND BAGG STATE LIAR"; THE "MICHIGAN FREEMAN" FORMERLY PRINTED AT JACKSON NOW REMOVED TO ANN ARBOR; A TEMPERANCE PAPER ENTITLED "MICHIGAN TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE" JUST STARTED AT JACKSON; A LARGE NUMBER OF THE BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUSPENDED SPECIAL PAYMENTS, THE OLD BANK OF MICHIGAN HAS BEEN SUSPECTED FOR SOME TIME PAST BUT IS DAILY GAINING CONFIDENCE---NEWS OF ELECTIONS INCLUDING NUMBERS OF VOTES, CANDIDATES AND VOTES RECEIVED BY STATE: WILLIAM H. HARRISON OF OHIO, MARTIN VAN BUREN OF NEW YORK, JOHN TYLER OF VIRGINIA, RICHARD M. JOHNSON OF KENTUCKY, LITTLETON W. TAZEWELL OF VIRGINIA, AND JAMES K. POLK OF TENNESSEE; WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE AS U.S. SENATOR TO TAKE THE PLACE OF JOHN NORVELL, WHOSE TERM IS ALMOST EXPIRED AND HAS RESIGNED HIS OFFICE AS GOVERNOR, AND CONSEQUENTLY PERFORMS THE DUTIES OF LT. GOVERNOR GORDEN; THE WHIGS OF DETROIT NEGLECTED THEIR MAYOR, DR. PITCHER, BY A MAJORITY OF 102 VOTES; THE ABOLITIONISTS HAVE NOMINATED JOHN FITCH AND N. POWERS AS GOVERNOR AND LT. GOVERNOR---MARY HAS BEEN SICK; PA IS ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR AND HAS BEEN AT THE COUNTY POOR HOUSE ON BUSINESS; THEODATUS'S FOLKS ARE WELL; HE SOLD HIS MILL HOUSE AND LAND TO MR. LOCKHEAD AND THINKS OF KEEPING SCHOOL FOR STARKWEATHER; JOSEPH BROWN; UNCLE GANNETT'S FOLKS; HOULDAH AND JOSEPH; LET UNCLE WILLIAM'S FOLKS, UNCLE EZRA, COUSIN WILLIAM--FINANCIAL--POLITICS--VOTE--8PGS--GENEALOGY--MICH COLLECTOR-N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 4---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 5---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 6---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-03-15 NORTHVILLE MICH---MANUSCRIPT---PAGE 7---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-03-15
County: Ionia , Wayne , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS----PAGE 1---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS----PAGE 3---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-06-05 +IONIA MICH --- RED CDS 30MM and AND BLACK MS 25---FROM ALONZO SESSIONS AT IONIA TO HIS COUSIN SIDNEY SMITH AT BORODINO, ONON (ONONDAGA) COUNTY NEW YORK-----MENTIONS ELIZABETH CHANDLERS BOOK AND ESTATE, MENTIONS JOHN, COL. JOHNSON BEING WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH INDIANS, MR VAN BUREN, MR HANCOCK OF WISCONSIN, ASKS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOTHERS METHOD OF MAKING CHEESE--AUNT CHLOE, GEN. HARRISON -----GENEALOGY 11----3PGS---PAGE 2---ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-06-05
County: Ionia
City:
Category: Black History , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1841-07-10 IONIA MICH***----IONIA CO.--RED 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 12 1/2 RATE-----TO GORHAM & BREWER, MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, MICH---FROM MASON HEARSEY, IONIA MICH----GENEALOGY-----2 pg WITH TRANSCRIPTION---PAGE 2----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1841-07-10
County: Calhoun , Ionia
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1841-07-10 IONIA MICH***----IONIA CO.--RED 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 12 1/2 RATE-----TO GORHAM & BREWER, MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, MICH---FROM MASON HEARSEY, IONIA MICH----GENEALOGY-----2 pg WITH TRANSCRIPTION---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1841-07-10
County: Calhoun , Ionia
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1841-07-10 IONIA MICH*****W----IONIA CO.--RED 31MM CDS AND BLUE MS 12 1/2 RATE-----TO GORHAM & BREWER, MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, MICH---FROM MASON HEARSEY, IONIA MICH----GENEALOGY---REGARDING THE BALANCE OF A DEMAND AGAINST CAMERON, RECEIVED AS NOTES FROM THE BANK OF MICHIGAN---2 pg WITH TRANSCRIPTION--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-07-10
County: Calhoun , Ionia , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1842-02-22 LYONS MICH--RED CDS--TO DETROIT ---FORWARDED 1842-02-26--TO GRAND RAPIDS----LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA---PAGE 1---LYON FAMILY PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1842-02-22
County: Ionia , Kent
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-02-22 LYONS MICH--RED CDS--TO DETROIT ---FORWARDED 1842-02-26--TO GRAND RAPIDS----LUCIUS LYON AND ESTHER TABOR TO THEIR SISTER LUCRETIA---MENTIONS CHANCY, MR. ISHAM,ELIZABETH, SISTER MARTHA, HER DAUGHTER MARTHA, MRS. DEAN, EDWARD, CORNELIA, JAMES, ELISABETH, ANNA WILLARD, M.V.OLMSTED, DEBORAH, SARAH WALTER, MATHILDA SESSIONS, MR. BUNNEL, EVELYN, MR. SUTCLIFF, 6-MONTH OLD JULIA ADELAIDE, AND MR. BOUT---LYON FAMILY PAPERS---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-02-22
County: Ionia , Kent , Wayne , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-02-22 LYONS MICH--RED CDS--TO DETROIT ---FORWARDED 1842-02-26--TO GRAND RAPIDS----LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA---PAGE 2---LYON FAMILY PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1842-02-22
County: Ionia , Kent
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-02-22 LYONS MICH--RED CDS--TO DETROIT ---FORWARDED 1842-02-26--TO GRAND RAPIDS----LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA---PAGE 3---LYON FAMILY PAPERS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-02-22
County: Ionia , Kent , , , , , ,
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1842-07-22---*---ALLIN MICH---XMANUSCRIPT---DATELINED IONIA COUNTY AND MARSHALL---AHMS LETTER 478/1053----HILLSDALE CO---REUBEN STEVENS, J.P. HODGES, RUFUS DINSMORE, HANDE BAUL, JOSEPH ROWE, AND B.G. COOLEY AT IONIA COUNTY AND REV. ELIAS CHILD AND REV. JOHN P. CLEAVELAND AT MARSHALL---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1842-07-22
County: Calhoun , Hillsdale , Ionia
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1842-07-22 ALLIN MICH --DATELINED IONIA COUNTY AND MARSHALL---AHMS LETTER 478/1053 ---PAGE 4 --- GENEALOGY--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-22
County: Calhoun , Hillsdale , Ionia
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1842-07-22 ALLIN MICH --DATELINED IONIA COUNTY AND MARSHALL---AHMS LETTER 478/1053 -- PAGE 3 --- GENEALOGY---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-22
County: Calhoun , Hillsdale , Ionia
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 9

Title: 1842-07-22 ALLIN MICH --DATELINED IONIA COUNTY AND MARSHALL---AHMS LETTER 478/1053 --- PAGE 1 --- GENEALOGY--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-22
County: Calhoun , Hillsdale , Ionia
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 9