Title: 1828-12-31 LODI M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED ANN ARBOR---FROM JOHN THOMPSON (1850,60,70,80 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1798, GROCER MERCHANT, SPOUSE, ESTER THOMPSON, CHILDREN, EDWARD THOMPSON, CLEMENT R THOMPSON, EMILY S THOMPSON, JENNIE THOMPSON) AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS BROTHER THOMAS CHENEY THOMPSON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, FARMER, SPOUSE 2, JANE MINERVA THOMPSON {B. VERMONT 1816, D. 1897}, SPOUSE 1, M. JULIA ANN CUMMINGS THOMPSON 1847 {B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, D. 2 JAN 1850, FEVER} CHILD, EMMA J THOMPSON) AT KEENE, CHESHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE---DISCUSSES NEWS OF HIS FARM AND RAISING A HOUSE; MENTIONS CALVIN; WOOD AND HARIOT AND HER BOY---"I AM DESTITUTE OF THE ONE THING NEEDFUL IN FARMING THAT IS A PARTNER TO DIVIDE THE SORROWS AND DOUBLE THE JOY OF LIFE"---GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1828
Date: 1828-12-31
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Washtenaw
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, MI Genealogy
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, Michigan Territorial
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, Privately Owned
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Title: 1828-12-31 LODI M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED ANN ARBOR---FROM JOHN THOMPSON (1850,60,70,80 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1798, GROCER MERCHANT, SPOUSE, ESTER THOMPSON, CHILDREN, EDWARD THOMPSON, CLEMENT R THOMPSON, EMILY S THOMPSON, JENNIE THOMPSON) AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS BROTHER THOMAS CHENEY THOMPSON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, FARMER, SPOUSE 2, JANE MINERVA THOMPSON {B. VERMONT 1816, D. 1897}, SPOUSE 1, M. JULIA ANN CUMMINGS THOMPSON 1847 {B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, D. 2 JAN 1850, FEVER} CHILD, EMMA J THOMPSONAT KEENE) CHESHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE---GENEALOGY 10---2PGS----PAGE 1-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
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Date: 1828-12-31
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Washtenaw
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MI Genealogy
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, Letters Containing Correspondence
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Title: 1828-12-31 LODI M T---#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINED ANN ARBOR---FROM JOHN THOMPSON (1850,60,70,80 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1798, GROCER MERCHANT, SPOUSE, ESTER THOMPSON, CHILDREN, EDWARD THOMPSON, CLEMENT R THOMPSON, EMILY S THOMPSON, JENNIE THOMPSON) AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS BROTHER THOMAS CHENEY THOMPSON (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, FARMER, SPOUSE 2, JANE MINERVA THOMPSON {B. VERMONT 1816, D. 1897}, SPOUSE 1, M. JULIA ANN CUMMINGS THOMPSON 1847 {B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1817, D. 2 JAN 1850, FEVER} CHILD, EMMA J THOMPSONAT KEENE) CHESHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE---GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1828-12-31
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Washtenaw
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Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
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, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 1---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 2---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 3---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
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Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
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Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
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Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) AT WASHTENAW COUNTY TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT MOUNTJOY, LANCASTER COUNTY PA---THE SAWMILL SHOULD BE GOING NEXT MONTH; THERE ARE ABOUT 400 LOG IN THE SAW YARD, FOUR FIFTH OF WHICH ARE OAK; HE HAD A LETTER FROM UNCLE JAMES, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM PA SINCE LAST MARCH, AND HAS RECEIVED NO REPLY FROM WILLIAM; DISCUSSES SOIL QUALITIES AND CROP PRICES; ANTI-MASONRY MEETING EVENTS---"YOU VERY WELL KNOW THAT REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES ARE OPEN AND CANDID, MASONIC ARE SECRET AND MYSTERIOUS"----MENTIONS PARSONS, ALLEN, DEXTER, KINGSLEY, ROBERT, BOTSFORD---WEATHER REPORT---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS-----BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 2---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 1---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT---JOHN GEDDES TO WILLIAM GEDDES--PAGE 3---BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--AHMS# 1009/63----MANUSCRIPT--REV WILLIAM PAGE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--LETTER 1009/63----PAGE 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--LETTER 1009/63----PAGE 2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--LETTER 1009/63----PAGE 3 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T------(ARBOUR)--WASHTENAW CO.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---GENEALOGY 1---AHMS LETTER 1009/63---TO REV. ABSALOM PETERS AT NEW YORK FROM REV. WILLIAM PAGE AT ANN ARBOR---REPORT OF HIS LABORS---"THE MASONIC QUESTION PRODUCES NO LITTLE EXCITEMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY... THE BRETHEREN SOON AFTER MET, CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING AND ARE NOW ON TERMS OF PERHAPS SINCERER FELLOWSHIP THAN EVER. THE MASONS OF THE CHURCH EXPRESSED AN UTTER INDIFFERENCE TO THE JUSTIFICATION OF MASONRY AND WERE WILLING TO ENTIRELY DISCONNECT THEMSELVES FROM THE LODGE - NO MORE ATTENDING ITS MEETINGS - NO REGARDING ITS SIGNS. THE ANTI MASONS WERE WILLING TO ADOPT MILD AND DISCRIMINATING MEASURES IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE INSTITUTION OF MASONRY AND NOT JOIN THOSE WHO ADOPT IMMODERATE RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING IT" ---PRIVATELY OWNED—------HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 2----GENEALOGY---3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1009/63---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1009/63---PAGE 3---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-02-25 ANN ARBOR M T---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1009/63---PAGE 2---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-02-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-05-06 ANN ARBOR M.T. (ANN ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--TO MESSRS. HOWARD AND WADHAWS AT DETROIT FROM SAM VAN HASSEN AT ANN ARBOR---REGARDING BILLS DUE AND HOPING TO COLLECT SOME DUE TO HIM WHEN NAVIGATION OPENS---GENEALOGY---1 pg----COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
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Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-06
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1829-05-06 ANN ARBOR M.T. (ANN ARBOUR)--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--1 pg--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-06
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO ROBERT GEDDES --BHL-GFP-BX1-#3----MENTIONS WILLIAM, ROBERT, MR. CLARK, FLEMING'S SAWMILL, MISS ISABEL---JOHN BIDDLE WAS NOMINATED AS DELEGATE TO OFFICE AFTER HE DECLARED HIMSELF ANTI-MASONIC---"THIS MODERATE ANTI-MASONRY WHICH WILLIAM ADVOCATES MAY POSSIBLY DO THERE IT WOULD NOT DO HERE. A MODERATE CHRISTIAN, (OUR PREACHER SAYS) IS AN INFIDEL, AND WOMAN OF MODERATE PURITY IS A PROSTITUTE"---MODERATE ANTI-MASON HERE IS CALLED A JACK ---JANE WAS MARRIED APRIL 28 TO ALVAH EWERS, FORMERLY OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK; THEY RESIDE A MILE AND A HALF UP THE RIVER FROM HERE, FARMING IS HIS BUSINESS; HE IS SAID TO BE WORTH $2000---ROBERT WAS MARRIED MAY 7 TO MARI LOUISA LANE, FORMERLY OF BROOME COUNTY NEW YORK. "SHE IS SAID TO BE A WOMAN OF MORE THAN COMMON INTELLECT, AND CORRESPONDING ENERGY"---DISCUSSES WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING RELATIVES AND HOW OFTEN---THE SAWMILL BEGAN OPERATIONS ON MARCH 19 AND DOES ABOUT 100 FEET PER DAY; "100 FEET PER DAY IS NOT BAD, BUT IT IS POOR CONSIDERING THE POWER THERE"; DETAILS ABOUT THE DIMENSIONS AND COMPONENTS OF THE MILL, AND COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BARRELS OF WHISKEY---MANY DAMS ON THE HURON HAVE BEEN INJURED BY HIGH WATER LEVELS----"[SOME OF] THE LOGS ARE TO BE SAWED ON SHARES, THAT IS WE HAVE HALF OF THE LOGS FOR SAWING THE OTHER HALF"---DESCRIBES THE LOGS HOUSE THEY LIVED IN---WEATHER REPORT AND CROP PRICES---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 1---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 2---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 3---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 1---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 2---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--JOHN GEDDES TO ROBERT GEDDES --PAGE 3---BHL-GFP-BX1-#3---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
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Title: 1829-05-28 DETROIT M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--TO POSTMASTER AND FOUNDER JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR M T---COURTESY 0F BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1829-05-28
County:
Washtenaw
,
Wayne
City:
AnnArbor
, Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Michigan Territorial
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