Title: 1848-04-15 ROCHESTER MICH---RED CDS---TO REV. HORACE HOOKER AT HARTFORD CONN. FROM REV. ORSON PARKER AT ROCHESTER DISCUSSING HIS HISTORY AS AN EVANGELIST---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-04-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-04-22 +BIRMINGHAM MICH----OAKLAND CO----BLUE CDS & STAMPED PAID & 5 IN BOX RATE-----TO JOHN J. ADAMS, LANSING, INGHAM CO, MICH-----FROM EZRA P. BALDWIN (FIND A GRAVE, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1800, D. MISSOURI 1883, 1870 CENSUS, WIFE, MARY BALDWIN, CHILD, ALEXANDER BALDWIN)-----ABOUT TAXES-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 158 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-04-22
County: Ingham , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-05-22 PONTIAC MICH--RED CDS WITH MAY AGAIN IN MS AND RED STAMPED PAID AND RED BOXED 5 STAMPED RATE---FROM A.W. HOVEY AT PONTIAC TO J.J. ADAMS AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING---GENEALOGY---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-22
County: Ingham , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-05-22 PONTIAC MI----PAGE 1 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-22
County: Ingham , Oakland
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-05-24 +STEAM MILLS MICH----OAKLAND CO---V9----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID----TO THOMAS T. MILLER (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1806, D. 1872, WIFE, MARY MILLER, CHILDREN, RUTH MILLER, CHARITY MILLER, BENNET MILLER, MARGARET MILLER, MARY MILLER, SUSAN MILLER), WEST SOMERS, WESTCHESTER CO, N.Y.---GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 499 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-05-24
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH--OAKLAND CO.--BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE---FROM DANIEL PHILLIPS AT WATERFORD MICH TO JOHN PORTER AT ALBANY NEW YORK-----GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH---MANUSCRIPT---FROM DANIEL PHILLIPS AT WATERFORD MICH TO JOHN PORTER AT ALBANY NEW YORK---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH---PPP4-----MANUSCRIPT---FROM DANIEL PHILLIPS AT WATERFORD MICH TO JOHN PORTER AT ALBANY NEW YORK---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH---PPP4-----MANUSCRIPT---FROM DANIEL PHILLIPS AT WATERFORD MICH TO JOHN PORTER AT ALBANY NEW YORK---DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 8

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH MANUSCRIPT CANCEL---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---FROM DANIEL PHILLIPS AT WATERFORD MICH TO JOHN PORTER AT ALBANY NEW YORK---EX- ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--PAGE 1 - EX-ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-06-08 WATERFORD MICH----DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--PAGE 2 - EX-ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-06-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PAGE 5---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PAGE 4---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-03 +WATERFORD CENTRE MICH---OAKLAND CO----V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 10 CROSSED OUT---FROM WILLIAM AT WATERFORD CENTRE TO SARAH L. M. NORRIS (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1798, HUSBAND WILLIAM NORRIS, CHILD, HIRAM NORRIS) AT FISHERSVILLE, GRAFTON COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE---MENTIONS JON'T, EFH., CHARLEY, FRANK, HIGH. AND MAR., COUSIN FRANCIS; WRITES ABOUT THE LAND, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE---GENEALOGY---5PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—--COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 533 $45 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-07-03
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1848-07-07 +BIG BEAVER MICH-{1844-1914-DPO-V3}----OAKLAND CO----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO JOHN R MARTIN AT CLEVELAND OHIO-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF ALLEN- WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 220 $75 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-07-07
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-08-02 FRANKLIN MICH---MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SOUTHFIELD---FROM LUCIUS MILLER---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-08-02 FRANKLIN MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SOUTHFIELD---FROM LUCIUS MILLER AT SOUTHFIELD TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, JOHN MILLER AT WINDSOR COUNTY VERMONT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-08-02 FRANKLIN MICH---MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED SOUTHFIELD---FROM LUCIUS MILLER---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1848-09-15 MOUNT PLEASANT MICH TO SAULT STE MARIE---FROM CYRUS MEDENHALL AT MT. PLEASANT TO P.B. BARBEAU AT SAULT STE. MARIE---CHIPPEWA COUNTY---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1848-09-15 MOUNT PLEASANT MICH DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-09-19 +MILFORD MICH----OAKLAND CO----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID & PAID 5 RATE-----TO HON JOHN J. ADAMS, LANSING, MICH----FROM A.B. ADAMS AT MILFORD ABOUT TAXES----GENEALOGY----EBACH/WHITFORD 2003 LOT 656---COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 375 $22----1PG---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-09-19
County: Ingham , Oakland , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Letters Containing Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-10-11 +ANN ARBOR MICH----WASHTENAW CO----RED CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 RATE & MS PAID----TO MANNING & STILL, PONTIAC, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----FROM G.D. HILL----ABOUT DRAFT & MORTGAGE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 136 $25 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-10-11
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1848-11-15 +SOUTHFIELD MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM ORRIN STEVENS AT SOUTHFIELD,"...I MUST GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF MY JOURNEY HERE & ALSO THE PLACE OF MY RESIDENCE. WELL ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK LAST FRIDAY( THAT IS THE 10TH INST.) I LEFT DETROIT IN A LUMBER WAGON WITH ONE MR TROWBRIDGE & AFTER RIDING UNTIL ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK OVER THE WORST ROAD( I MUST SAY) THAT I EVER SAW WE ARRIVED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE HE VERY POLITELY INVITED ME TO STAY OVER NIGHT WITH HIM AND AS IT WAS VERY COLD & I WAS SOMEWHAT TIRED, I WILLINGLY ACCEPTED HIS KIND INVITATION. AFTER HAVING STOWED AWAY A GOODLY PORTION OF REAL FARMER FARE, I WAS SHOWN TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS VERY COMFORTABLE. AFTER HAVING SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE NIGHT I WAS AROUSED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BREAKFAST WAS READY. I ROSE AND DRESSED AND PROCEEDED TO THE BREAKFAST ROOM, AND AFTER HAVING SATISFIED MY CRAVING APPETITE, I PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY & IN DUE TIME ATTHE BEUTIFUL VILLAGE OF SOUTHFIELD WHICH I WILL GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF, IT IS COMPOSED OF SOME 5 OR 6 DWELLINGS,TAVERN, STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP,AND ONE GRIST MILL-GREAT VILLAGE HA! HA! ...I EXPECT TO GET OVER TO PLYMOUTH IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES...I LEFT AMOS IN GOOD HEALTH & SPIRITS AND HARD WORK, ...I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME LATELY BUT HEARD THAT THEY WERE WELL, EXCEPT PERRY & WIFE, THEY HAVE BEEN SICK NEARLY ALL THE FALL, AND HAD GONE BACK TO FATHERS WHEN I LAST HEARD FROM THEM....I HAD NOT LEARNED UNCLE MARKS PEOPLE WERE WELL WHEN I LEFT. SUSAN HAS GOT A BOY, POOR RUINED GIRL, YET SHE SEEMS TO MIND IT NOT, AND IS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS AS TO THE PROSPECT BEFORE HER, WHAT FEELINGS HER FATHER AND MOTHER MUST HAVE WHEN THEY REFLECT UPON THE RUIN OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMFORT AND SOLACE IN THERE DECLINING YEARS BUT WHO INSTEAD WILL SEND THEM DOWN IN SORROW TO THE GRAVE...", TO HIS COUSIN C.T. HORTON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1822, WIFE, MARGARET H HORTON, CHILDREN, ANNA HORTON, HERIETTA HORTON, ESTHER HORTON, NELLY G HORTON, EDWARD C HORTON) AT CAMPBELTOWN, STEUBEN CO, NEW YORK GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHFIELD AND FAMILY NEWS---GENEALOGY---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 493 $36 Read More..
Year: 1848
Date: 1848-11-15
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3