Title: 1855-04-24 DETROIT MICH---VIA PAW PAW MICH---CDS---FREE FRANK---ISAAC N. SWAIN POSTMASTER WATERVLIET MICH---FROM ISAAC N. SWAIN AT DETROIT TO B.A. OLNEY AT WATERVLIET---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-04-24
County:
Berrien
,
VanBuren
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Free Franks
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1855-04-26 ANN ARBOR MICH---CDS TIES SCOTT 11---WASHTENAW CO--COVER ONLY---TO CRANE & WESSON AT DETROIT MICH---GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-04-26
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-04-26 ANN ARBOR MICH---CDS TIES SCOTT 11---WASHTENAW CO--COVER ONLY---TO CRANE & WESSON AT DETROIT MICH---GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-04-26
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-05-14 DETROIT MICH----SCOTT 11----ADVERTISING COVER--BARKER & CO.--MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF TOBACCO, AND SNUFF----COVER ONLY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-05-14
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-06-15 DETROIT MICH****W----YEAR ESTIMATED------BLACK 29MM CDS TIES SCOTT 11--------ADVERTISMENT ON BACK----THOMAS W. LEWIS, GROCER/ COMMISSION MERCHANT, DEALER IN SEEDS, DETROIT, MICH-----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-06-15
County:
Saint Clair
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-06-25 DETROIT MICH---TO CANADA WEST---RED PAID CDS & OVAL UNITED STATES 6 D RATING------TO MISS JESSIE DYKES(1841,51,61,71,81 CENSUS OF CANADA, FATHER, JOHN DYKES, MOTHER, JEAN DYKES, SIBLINGS, ELIZABETH DYKES, ADALENE DYKES, WILLIAM DYKES, JOHN DYKES), INGERSOLE,OXFORD CO, CANADA WEST----GENEALOGY----1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-06-25
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1855-06-25 DETROIT MICH---TO CANADA WEST---RED PAID CDS & OVAL UNITED STATES 6 D RATING------TO MISS JESSIE DYKES(1841,51,61,71,81 CENSUS OF CANADA, FATHER, JOHN DYKES, MOTHER, JEAN DYKES, SIBLINGS, ELIZABETH DYKES, ADALENE DYKES, WILLIAM DYKES, JOHN DYKES), INGERSOLE,OXFORD CO, CANADA WEST----GENEALOGY----1PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--POSTAL MARKINGS ON BACK OF LETTER Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-06-25
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1855-09-21 DETROIT MICH****W----YEAR ESTIMATED-----BLACK 32MM INTEGRATED 3-PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 11------TO MRS J.R. GROUT, BUFFALO, N.Y.---CARE OF C.H. CHIDSEY-----GENEALOGY-----COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-09-21
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-10-15 DETROIT MICH---PPP WAYNE---BLACK 31.5MM INTEGRATED PAID 3 CDS------TO CHARLES J. HORTON (1850-1900,10 US CENSUS,CIVIL WAR DRAFT, MUSTER, DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS ROLLS, B. 1827, WOUNDED 7 JUL 1864, RIGHT LEG, HYPERTROPHY OF HEART, BLUE EYES, GRAY HAIR, ENLISTED 27 SEP 1862, MUSTERED OUT 3 OCT 1865, COMPANIES M & A NEW YORK 6TH HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT, CARRIAGE MAKER, PATIENT AT KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE 1900, 1910 BACK HOME IN ELLERY, CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y., FATHER, STEPHEN HORTON, MOTHER, MARY HORTON, SIBLINGS, SILAS HORTON, WILLIAM HORTON, SPOUSE, SUSAN HORTON), CAMPBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.---------COVER ONLY----GENEALOGY---ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-10-15
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1855-10-15 DETROIT MICH----PPP WAYNE---BLACK 31.5MM INTEGRATED PAID 3 CDS------TO CHARLES J. HORTON (1850-1900,10 US CENSUS,CIVIL WAR DRAFT, MUSTER, DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS ROLLS, B. 1827, WOUNDED 7 JUL 1864, RIGHT LEG, HYPERTROPHY OF HEART, BLUE EYES, GRAY HAIR, ENLISTED 27 SEP 1862, MUSTERED OUT 3 OCT 1865, COMPANIES M & A NEW YORK 6TH HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT, CARRIAGE MAKER, PATIENT AT KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE 1900, 1910 BACK HOME IN ELLERY, CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y., FATHER, STEPHEN HORTON, MOTHER, MARY HORTON, SIBLINGS, SILAS HORTON, WILLIAM HORTON, SPOUSE, SUSAN HORTON), CAMPBELLTOWN, STEUBEN CO, N.Y.---------COVER ONLY----GENEALOGY---ERNIES COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1855
Date: 1855-10-15
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1856-03-14 DETROIT MICH----YEAR ESTIMATED-------RED 33MM CDS FOR UNSEALED CIRCULAR RATE------TO R COPELY AT STONY RUN, GENESEE CO, MICH------GENEALOGY------COVER ONLY-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1856-03-14
County:
Gennessee
,
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1856-07-03 ANN ARBOR MICH--BROKEN CIRCLE--VERY EARLY USE---TO C.C. JACKSON AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-07-03
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1856-07-03 ANN ARBOR MICH--BROKEN CIRCLE--VERY EARLY USE---TO C.C. JACKSON AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-07-03
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1856-09-08 DETROIT MICH****W--WAYNE CO----BLACK 32MM INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 11-----ADVERTISING COVER----ENSIGNIA IN RED WITH STARS ON REVERSE----GEORGE KIRBY & CO, DEALER IN LEATHER, HIDES & OIL-------TO E.K. FROST, PINE RUN, GENESEE CO, MICH------FROM GEORGE KIRBY AND ROBERT JOHN JROIS----SUGGESTING HE ADOPT A CASH SYSTEM OF TRADE INSTEAD OF GIVING CREDIT---GENEALOGY-----2PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-09-08
County:
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1856-09-08 DETROIT MICH***W--WAYNE CO----BLACK 32MM INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 11-----ADVERTISING COVER----ENSIGNIA IN RED WITH STARS ON REVERSE----GEORGE KIRBY & CO, DEALER IN LEATHER, HIDES & OIL-------TO E.K. FROST, PINE RUN, GENESEE CO, MICH------FROM GEORGE KIRBY AND ROBERT JOHN JROIS----GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1856-09-08
County:
Gennessee
,
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1856-09-08 DETROIT MICH***W--WAYNE CO----BLACK 32MM INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 11-----ADVERTISING COVER----ENSIGNIA IN RED WITH STARS ON REVERSE----GEORGE KIRBY & CO, DEALER IN LEATHER, HIDES & OIL-------TO E.K. FROST, PINE RUN, GENESEE CO, MICH------FROM GEORGE KIRBY AND ROBERT JOHN JROIS----GENEALOGY-----2PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1856-09-08
County:
Gennessee
,
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1856-11-26 DETROIT MICH****W-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK INTEGRATED 3 PAID 33MM CDS TIES SCOTT 11---TO U.W. BLISS, WARSAW, HANCOCK CO, ILLINOIS----GENEALOGY------COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION $15 Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-11-26
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1857-01-06 DETROIT MICH---RED 32MM CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND UNITED STATES 6D IN OVAL-----TO A DONALD AT KINGSVILLE, CANADA WEST--------GENEALOGY-----1 pg---COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1857-01-06
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1857-01-06 DETROIT MICH---RED 32MM CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND UNITED STATES 6D IN OVAL-----TO A DONALD AT KINGSVILLE, CANADA WEST--------GENEALOGY-----1 pg---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1857-01-06
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1857-03-06 ANN ARBOR MICH---BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL TIES SCOTT U9 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY---TO WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE AT DETROIT MICH---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-03-06
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1857-03-06 ANN ARBOR MICH---BROKEN CIRCLE CANCEL TIES SCOTT U9 NESBITT POSTAL STATIONARY---TO WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE AT DETROIT MICH---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-03-06
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Ann Arbor Broken Ring
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1857-05-24 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO LEEDS ENGLAND VIA NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL----TO GEORGE WISE (1851 ENGLAND CENSUS, B.SKIPSEA, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND 1801, WIFE, ELIZABETH WISE), LEEDS, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND---TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----GENEALOGY--COVER ONLY--1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-05-24
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1857-05-24 DETROIT MICH--WAYNE CO.--TO LEEDS ENGLAND VIA NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL--COVER ONLY--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1857-05-24
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
Letters to Foreign Destinations
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1857-06-01 DETROIT MICH*****W----WAYNE CO----DATE ESTIMATED-----STAMPED PAID CIRCULAR RATE----1857 CIRCULAR ADVERTISING H.P. BALDWIN & CO, BOOTS,SHOES & RUBBERS, 25 WOODWARD AVE. DETROIT MICH-----TO JAMES McREADY AT GREENVILLE, MONTCALM CO, MICH------GENEALOGY----1 PG----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-06-01
County:
Montcalm
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1857-06-01 DETROIT MICH***W----WAYNE CO----DATE ESTIMATED-----STAMPED PAID CIRCULAR RATE----1857 CIRCULAR ADVERTISING H.P. BALDWIN & CO, BOOTS,SHOES & RUBBERS, 25 WOODWARD AVE. DETROIT MICH-----TO JAMES McREADY AT GREENVILLE, MONTCALM CO, MICH------GENEALOGY----1 PG---PAGE 1----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year:
Date: 1857-06-01
County:
Montcalm
,
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953 Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-05-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1858-05-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1858-05-04 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & TIES 1 CENT BLUE TYPE IIIa SCOTT 22----TO C & E KING AT YPSILANTI, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----PRINTED CIRCULAR FOR HIRAM WALKERS PURE & WHOLESOME VINEGAR-----A BUSINESS HIRAM WALKER SOLD TO HIS PARTNER IN 1857, AND WENT ACROSS THE RIVER EVENTUALLY TO MAKE CANADIAN CLUB WHISKEY, ETC.----------MR WALKER CAME TO DETROIT IN 1836 FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE IN DOUGLAS, WORCESTER CO, MASS, TWENTY-TWO AND UNTUTORED IN BUSINESS, HE WAS DETERMINED TO SOMEDAY HAVE HIS OWN FIRM. HIS FIRST JOB WAS THAT OF A GROCERY CLERK, AND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF SCRIMPING AND LIVING IN HIS EMPLOYERS ATTIC, HE HAD SAVED ENOUGH TO BUY A PARTNERSHIP IN A TANNERY AND LEATHER SHOP AND MARY MISS MARY ABIGAIL WILLIAMS OF SILVER LAKE, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----HIS BUSINESS CAREER PROSPERED AND HIS INTERESTS MULTIPLIED. HE HAD BEEN BUYING AND SELLING GRAIN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA, AND BY 1857 WITH $40,000 HE BOUGHT 468 ACRES OF TIMBERLAND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER WHERE HE BUILT A FLOUR MILL AND DISTILLERY. HIRAM WALKER GAVE FUNDS FOR BUILDING THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN DETROIT TO THE MEMORY OF HIS LITTLE GIRL JENNIE WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 13 IN DETROIT.------GENEALOGY---2PG---PAGE 1----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 953 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1858-05-04
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1858-05-06 +DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO---BLACK INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 26 & RED HAND STAMPED CIRCLE CORNER CARD--FROM PENINSULAR BANK DETROIT----TO H SCOTT, CASHIER AT COOPERSTOWN, OTSEGO CO, N.Y.---FINANCIAL----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 954a Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-05-06
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Michigan Advertising
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1858-05-16 DETROIT MICH****W------BLACK 32MM INTEGRATED 3 PAID CDS TIES SCOTT 26------TO MISS JANE H ROGERS (1850 US CENSUS, 1855,65,75 NEW YORK CENSUS, B. SCOTLAND 1834, SCHOOL TEACHER, FATHER, JOHN ROGERS-B.1806[MARBLE CUTTER & MERCHANT], MOTHER, AGNES ROGERS-B. 1802, SIBLINGS, ALEXANDER ROGERS-B.1830[MARBLE CUTTER], AGNES ROGERS-B.1832[TEACHER], JANNET ROGERS-B.1837) BUFFALO, ERIE CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY-----1PG----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-05-16
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1