Title: 1856-11-07 ALTON MICH--DATE ESTIMATED--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--KENT CO--3 CENT WASHINGTON--TO ASA W SLAYTON AT GREENVILLE MONTCALM CO MICH----GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-11-07
County:
Kent
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Montcalm
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,
,
,
,
,
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1856-11-07 ALTON MICH--DATE ESTIMATED--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--KENT CO--3 CENT WASHINGTON--TO ASA W SLAYTON AT GREENVILLE MONTCALM CO MICH----GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1856
Date: 1856-11-07
County:
Kent
,
Montcalm
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1857-10-13 SUMMERVILLE MICH---CDS TIES SCOTT 11---TO ASA SLAYTON AT GRATTAN MICH---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1857
Date: 1857-10-13
County:
Cass
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Kent
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,
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,
,
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City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Scott-10,11,25,26,26a
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH---PPP WAYNE--- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH---PPP WAYNE--- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 1--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1858-08-23 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH --- BLUE CDS 33MM --- LETTER TO CANADA ---TO SANFORD YALE AT PRINCETON, OXFORD COUNTY, CANADA WEST FROM HIS FATHER W. YALE AT GRAND RAPIDS----HENRY & GEORGE HAD ABOUT THE BEST WHEAT IN THIS SECTION. GEORGE HAD THRASHED HIS & HAD ABOUT 19 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ABE HAS NOT THRASHED YET, BUT HIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FULL AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN GEORGE.---I SEE CANADA HAS BEEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-----THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL JUBILEE OVER THE SUCCESSFUL WIND UP OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPERIMENT & IT IS NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS & CALCULATED TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT HAVE NOT YET FOUND A PLACE IN OUR MOST SANGUINE IMAGINATIONS-----IT APPEARS THAT CANADA HAS GOT THE RAILROAD FEVER...AND CANADA WHEN THREADED WITH RAILROADS AS IT WILL BE IS DESTINED TO BE THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT----YES WE HAVE THE CARS NOW AT GRAND RAPIDS, THE LONG AGOING IS OVER AND GRAND RAPIDS IS NO LONGER THE OUT OF THE WAY PLACE IS USED TO WAS, & WE BEGIN TO FEEL AS IF WE COULD SHAKE HANDS WITH THE REST OF MANKIND---THEY ARE MAKING SOMETHING OF A SPLURGE ABOUT A NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CALLED THE INDIANA & GRAND RAPIDS RAILROAD---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4--- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-23
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8
Title: 1860-04-07 GRAND RAPIDS MICH---TO DETROIT MICH---TO CANADA---CDS---PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1860
Date: 1860-04-07
County:
Kent
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1860-12-05 GRAND RAPIDS MICH--BLUE CDS--COVER ONLY--GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1860
Date: 1860-12-05
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1861-06-10 +HILLSDALE MICH---RIMLESS RED CDS---HILLSDALE CO---3 CENT WASHINGTON--TO ASA W SLAYTON AT GRATTAN KENT CO MICH---GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-06-10
County:
Hillsdale
,
Kent
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1861-06-10 +HILLSDALE MICH---RIMLESS RED CDS---HILLSDALE CO---3 CENT WASHINGTON--TO ASA W SLAYTON AT GRATTAN KENT CO MICH---GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-06-10
County:
Hillsdale
,
Kent
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Fancy Cancels
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1861-08-01 +GRAND RAPIDS MICH----KENT CO----DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON D.C.--CDS TIES SCOTT 26----CIVIL WAR----OVERALL BLUE LIBERTY AND MICHIGAN STATE SEAL ---THE LOYAL STATES-MICHIGAN BANNER IN UNION-----TO CHARLES F FERRAND AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 943 $32 Read More..
Year: 1861
Date: 1861-08-01
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1862-07-12 DETROIT MICH---DOUBLE CIRCLE----SCOTT 63---FOR THE 1 CENT UNSEALED CIRCULAR RATE---TO ASA SLAYTON AT GRATTAN---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-07-12
County:
Kent
,
Wayne
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Detroit
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1862-11-13 CANNONSBURG MICH*****W--KENT CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL---TO LIEUT. ASA WALKER SLAYTON {SECOND LIEUTENANT, CO B, 25TH REGIMENT, MICHIGAN INFANTRY} (1860 CENSUS, MICHIGAN DEATH RECORDS, US CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, B. NEW YORK 1831, TEACHER OF COMMON SCHOOL, FATHER, RUSSELL SLAYTON {B. MASS 1798, D.1863, FATHER, ISAAC SLAYTON, MOTHER, SARAH SLAYTON}, MOTHER, BERTHENA SLAYTON {B. 1803, D. 1803, FATHER, WILLIAM CLARK, CHILDREN, FRANCES M CLAYTON, CHARLES W CLAYTON, CLARRISA EMELINE CUTIER}, SPOUSE, MARGERY SLAYTON, CHILD, FLORA REICHIE), CO. B 25TH REG MICHIGAN AT LANISVILLE KY----CIVIL WAR----COVER ONLY--GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-11-13
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1862-12-06 +VERGENNES MICH-----KENT CO-----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65-----ON UNITED STATES RED AND BLUE GLOBE WITH EAGLE AND FLAG------TO MISS W A TRICE AT LIVONIA STATION, LIVINGSTON CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY------CIVIL WAR-------COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 936 $60 Read More..
Year: 1862
Date: 1862-12-06
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1863-04-20 +INDIAN CREEK MICH-----KENT CO----YEAR ESTIMATED----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL TIES SCOTT 65-----TO FRANCIS W BULLEN, CO. J. 2ND BATTALLION, CAPT. MORTONS TURNER BRIGADE, MURFREESBORO TENN------GENEALOGY-------CIVIL WAR-----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 565 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-04-20
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1863-08-15 +LAPHAMSVILLE MICH----KENT CO---V6---YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK CDS AS FORWARDING HANDSTAMP & MS FORWARDED DUE 6/3/LAPHAMSVILLE AUG 15 & DUE 6 (CROSSED OUT) FROM PARIS -BLACK DCDS WITH CIRCLE GRID CANCEL ON SCOTT 65 & FORWARDED TO LOWELL---FANCY MS"DEATH TO TRAITORS"----TO MRS ANNA E MORRIS AT LAPHAMSVILLE/ LOWELL-----GENEALOGY----CIVIL WAR----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1023 Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-08-15
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1863-09-28 GRAND RAPIDS MICH****W-----KENT CO----BLACK CDS TIES 2 GRILLED STAMPS SCOTT 65----(ESTIMATED YEAR)-----TO MISS NELLIE A COGSHALL, COLDWATER, BRANCH CO, MICH----CARE OF DR. WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1863
Date: 1863-09-28
County:
Branch
,
Kent
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Coldwater
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1864-05-16 INDIAN CREEK MICH*****W--V6--KENT CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL---TO F W BULESS AT CO. C 1ST U.S. ENGINEERS, CHATTANOUGA, TENN---CIVIL WAR----GENEALOGY--COVER ONLY--GENEALOGY----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $85 Read More..
Year: 1864
Date: 1864-05-16
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1865-12-02 +AUSTERLITZ MICH----KENT CO---V7----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLUE CDS & GRID CANCEL ON SCOTT 65----TO MISS MARY E MORELAND, BURDETT, SCHUYLER CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 711 Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-12-02
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1865-12-11 GRAND RAPIDS MICH*****W----TO CANADA EAST----KENT CO----TO MISS LOTTIE BRIGGS, STANBRIDGE EAST, CANADA EAST------FROM WILLIAM BEAUDRY, 52 CANAL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-------WEATHER REPORT---GENERAL NEWS---MENTIONS MR. AND MRS. BRYAN, MR. RICE, THE REV. MR. GREELEY WHO WAS A CHAPLAIN IN THE WAR, AND WINGOR----GENEALOGY-----5PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-12-11
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Letters to Foreign Destinations
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1865-12-11 GRAND RAPIDS MICH***W----TO CANADA EAST----KENT CO----TO MISS LOTTIE BRIGGS, STANBRIDGE EAST, CANADA EAST------FROM WILLIAM BANSBY, 52 CANAL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----5PGS----PAGE 1----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1865-12-11
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1865-12-11 GRAND RAPIDS MICH***W----TO CANADA EAST----KENT CO----TO MISS LOTTIE BRIGGS, STANBRIDGE EAST, CANADA EAST------FROM WILLIAM BANSBY, 52 CANAL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----5PGS---PAGE 2----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1865-12-11
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1865-12-11 GRAND RAPIDS MICH***W----TO CANADA EAST----KENT CO----TO MISS LOTTIE BRIGGS, STANBRIDGE EAST, CANADA EAST------FROM WILLIAM BANSBY, 52 CANAL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-----GENEALOGY-----5PGS---PAGE 3----ERNIES COLLECTION $40 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1865-12-11
County:
Kent
City:
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5