Title: 1819-09-11 DETROIT M T---VIA STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO, NY--RECEIVED AND FORWARDED AT BUFFALO N Y--THE FIRST PORT OF CALL---SHIP LETTER RATE--FROM W. WOODBRIDGE AT DETROIT TO THOMAS DOUGHERTY AT WASHINGTON---REGARDING THE REPORTS OF GOV. L. CASS SENT TO R. BLAND LEE ESQ. ---MENTIONS PETER ANDWIN AND G.B. LARNED, MR. GODFROY AND MR. BEAUGRAUD; JEAN B. COTURES, GEORGE MCDOUGALL AND HUBERT LACROIX---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1819
Date: 1819-09-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1819-11-01 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.----SHIP LETTER---ENTERED THE MAIL AT BUFFALO N.Y.--BLACK MS SHIP AND 27 RATE--25 CENTS POSTAGE PLUS 2 CENTS TO SHIPS CAPTAIN--4 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1819
Date: 1819-11-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1819-12-31 VINCENNES IND.*****W---KNOX CO----RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---TO SAMUEL EMERSON SMITH, BOSTON, MASS.------FROM JOSEPH B. EMERSON, VINCENNES, KNOX CO, INDIANA------"I AM SUPRISED YOU DO NOT VISIT THIS COUNTRY, IT WOULD ATTEND AN INTERESTING TOUR, FILL YOUR MIND WITH SENTIMENTS OF ASTONISHMENTS, AND OPEN A MIND TO WEALTH YOU HAVE LITTLE DREAMED OF."-----"THE DEMAND FOR LAND OFFICE MONEY, AND THE PECULIAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECULATING IN LANDS WITH FINE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE INDUCED ME TO ADDRESS YOU. IF YOU HAVE AN INCLINATION TO INVEST- SOME FUNDS IN THE RICH & BEAUTIFUL LANDS IN THIS DISTRICT AND ON THE OHIO RIVER."-----"BOSTON AND USA MONEY ARE NOW & HAVE BEEN FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT ADVANCE, THEREFORE YOU SEE HOW MUCH ANYONE WOULD MAKE BY LOANING ON LANDED SECURITY ETC. BUT THE GRAND PLAN IS TO ENTER IMPROVED FARMS MANY OF WHICH ARE NOW AND WILL BE READY FURTHUR I WOULD SURMIZE OF .50 CENTS PER ACRE. MANY LANDS ARE BECOMING FORFEITED IN ANY PART OF ELEGANT COUNTRY."------GENEALOGY-----2PGS-----ERNIES COLLECTION $75 Read More..
Year: 1819
Date: 1819-12-31
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1820-04-15 DETROIT M T--RED #MANUSCRIPT---FORWARD FROM BARDSTOWN KENTUCKY---RED #MANUSCRIPT--LETTER MISS-SENT TO DETROIT FOR UNKNOWN REASON, PERHAPS RELATED TO TOWN NAME IN FRENCH. FORWARDED TO RIVIERE AU RAISIN (RIVER RAISIN;NAME CHANGED TO FRENCHTOWN IN 1815). FRANCOIS NAVARRE FOUNDED RAISIN RIVER IN 1780--- TO FRANCOIS NAVARRE AT RIVER RAISIN---GENEALOGY---1 PAGE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1820-04-15 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1820-04-15---DETROIT M T--LETTER MISS-SENT TO DETROIT FOR UNKNOWN REASON, PERHAPS RELATED TO TOWN NAME IN FRENCH. FORWARDED TO RIVIERE AU RAISIN (RIVER RAISIN;NAME CHANGED TO FRENCHTOWN IN 1815). FRANCOIS NAVARRE FOUNDED RAISIN RIVER IN 1780---BOTTOM---1821-05-12---DETROIT M T---OVAL POSTMARK Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1820-09-02 DETROIT M T---VIA STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO--FROM BUFFALO N Y TO PHILADELPHIA---WALK-IN-THE-WATER(1818-1821)WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY STEAMBOAT BETWEEN DETROIT AND BUFFALO--FROM ABRAHAM CURTIS AT DETROIT TO HARRIET PEARCE AT PHILADELPHIA---MENTIONS THE TRIAL OF COL. SMITH, GENERAL BROWN, GENERAL MACOMB, MAJOR TOWNSEND, INDIAN TRADERS AND SEAL SKINS, LT. MONROE AIDE OF GENERAL SCOTT---ASKS HER TO CONGRATULATE MR. AND MRS. SMITH ON THE BOY---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-09-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1820-09-13 DETROIT M.T.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND BLACK MS SERVICE AND RED MS 25 RATE--FROM WILLIAM LAWRENCE AT DETROIT TO CAPT. J.H. HOOKE AT WASHINGTON---MENTIONS LT. HUNT AND COL. EDWARDS, RELATIONS OF CAPT. GLEASON; ALSO MENTIONS COL. GEBRON---GENEALOGY 6----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 71 $130---3 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-09-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1820-12-03 DETROIT M T-----TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT-----**MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE-----FREE FRANK---TO HON. PETER B. PORTER, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, CITY OF WASHINGTON------GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-12-03
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1820-12-16 +DETROIT M T---RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK WITH MATCHING FREE---FREE FRANK---FROM ROBERT IRWIN AT DETROIT TO CALLENDER IRVINE AT PHILADELPHIA MENTIONING THE NEED FOR CLOTHING, SHOES, STOCKINGS ETC FOR THE 3RD REGIMENT WITH MENTION OF FORT DEARBORN AND FORT HOWARD AS WELL AS "MAJOR STOCKTON IS ANXIOUS TO KNOW THE REASONS WHY THE GARRISON FLAG AND BEDSACKS HE REQUESTED WERE NOT FORWARDED..."---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS/HAYES 2017 LOT 20-(2013 LOT 24 $200) - N Read More..
Year: 1820
Date: 1820-12-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1821-04-10 FRENCHTOWN M T--NAME CHANGED FROM RAISIN RIVER--TO BECOME MONROE---#MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK---FREE FRANK---TO GOVERNOR LEWIS CASS AT DETROIT--POSTMASTER CHARLES J LANMAN---REGARDING A PETITION FROM THE CITIZENS OF MONROE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SHERIFF---GENEALOGY---1 PAGE---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-04-10
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1821-04-10 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1821-04-10 FRENCHTOWN M T(NAME CHANGED TO MONROE 1824-07-24)--LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEWIS CASS--POSTMASTER CHARLES J LANMAN--ROUTE-FRENCHTOWN-DETROIT--1821-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--TO WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-04-10
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-05-12 DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---6 PAGE LETTER WRITTEN IN FRENCH--CARE OF WILLIAM HANOS POSTMASTER AT SANDWICH AND J. ABBOTT POSTMASTER AT DETROIT---TO REV. CHARLES T. SEIDEL AT BETHLEHEM, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA FROM LUCKENBACH AT NEW FAIRFIELD---DATELINE NEW FAIRFIELD---5 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1821-05-31 +DETROIT M T----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & MS 25 RATE---COVER ONLY--FROM REV JOHN MONTEITH----TO REV L.L. WOODHULL---CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF MICHIGAN BIBLE SOCIETY WITH THANKS FOR RECEIPT OF THE DONATION TO THAT SOCIETY. PROGRESS MADE IN SUPPLYING MACKINAW AND GREEN BAY WITH THE SCRIPTURES----GENEALOGY---COVER AND DOCKETING NOTES ONLY----PRIVATELY OWNED ERNIE'S COLLECTION $350 Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-05-31
County: Mackinac , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-06-01 DETROIT M T---VERY RARE RATE--RED OVAL CDS--2 OZ. RATE, $2.00---COVER ONLY--CARE OF J. ABBOTT POSTMASTER AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-06-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-06-30 +DETROIT M.T.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND RED MS 18 3/4 RATE--COVER ONLY--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT FORT WAYNE, I.T. (AFTER INDIANA STATEHOOD) FROM G. HUNT AT DETROIT---ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 16 $95----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-06-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1821-07-05 DETROIT M.T.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS AND RED STAMPED FREE RATE--TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS JESUP, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL AT WASHINGTON FROM JAMES MCCLOSKY AT DETROIT---DRAFT FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM CAPT. J.B. BRANT---GENEALOGY----1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-07-05
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1821-12-29 DETROIT M T---RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK AND RED FREE---FROM LEWIS CASS, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, AT DETROIT TO WILLIAM LEE ESQ, 2ND AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY AT WASHINGTON, REGARDING ADVANCES OF MR. BOYD, THE INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC; [ COLONEL GEORGE BOYD{ 1779-1846} RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT OF INDIAN AGENT AT MICHILLIMACKINAC DECEMBER 17, 1818, FATHER, ARCHIBALD BOYD, MOTHER ANN BOYD, SPOUSE, HARRIET BOYD, CHILDREN, ARCHIBALD BOYD, JOSHIA JOHNSON BOYD, LT. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BOYD, THOMAS ALEXANDER BOYD, GEORGE BOYD JR., LT. JAMES MADISIN BOYD, ROBERT DUNDASS BOYD, CATHERINE ANN HAMILTON, WILLIAM HENRY CRAWFORD BOYD], ALSO MENTIONS MR. BARGER---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY---1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 25 $165 - N Read More..
Year: 1821
Date: 1821-12-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1822-01-04 MT CLEMENS M T--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT--NEW YEARS POEM--EARLIEST KNOWN TOWN CANCEL--FROM POET AND LAWYER SAMUEL BELLAMY BEACH AT MOUNT CLEMENS MICH TO HIS WIFE RUTH ANN BEACH AND SON CHARLES G BEACH AT NEW HARTFORD, ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK CARE OF ASHBEL BEACH ESQ.---RELATES WHERE HE WILL BE AT COURT IN THE COMING MONTH; MR. AND MRS. BYRNES, WHO FORMERLY KEPT TAVERN AT OSWEGO, HAVE MOVED TO MT. CLEMENS WITH THEIR FAMILY---GENEALOGY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-01-04
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1822-01-19 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL & MS 25 RATE & "ADV" (ADVERTISED)----TO JOSEPH COOVERT, OVID, SENECA CO, N.Y.-----FROM R. UPDIKE AT DETROIT-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 26 $95 Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-01-19
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-05-02 DETROIT M T----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 40----PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-05-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-07-12 +FRENCHTOWN M T-----MONROE CO---V9----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 (X2) & MS PER MAIL----TO MR JOSEPH NAVARRE, BARDSTOWN, AU SEMINAIRE ST. JOSEPH, KENTUCKY----IN FRENCH-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-07-12
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1822-10-25 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS--AND RED STAMPED FREE AND BLACK MS ON SERVICE--TO COL. NATHAN TOWSEND, PAYMASTER GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY AT WASHINGTON FROM DAVID GWYNNE--HE HAS BEEN ILL AND UNABLE TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTIES TO PAY THE TROOPS----GENEALOGY---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-10-25
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1822-11-22 DETROIT M T--OVAL CDS--FREE FRANK OF SOLOMON SIBLEY, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY(1819-1823)---FROM SOLOMON SIBLEY AT DETROIT TO JOHN ELLIOT HUNT AT FORT MEIGS MIAMI RAPIDS OHIO---REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF AN ESTATE---MENTIONS MR. NOBLES, THE WIDOW OF COL.JOHN WHIPPLE OF DETROIT, COL. JONATHON ANDREWS, MR. KNAGGS, DOCTOR BROWN----5 PAGES---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-11-22
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1822-11-22 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1822-11-22---DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---FREE FRANK OF SOLOMON SIBLEY, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY (1819-1823)---BOTTOM---1826-02-03---DETROIT M T---OVAL CDS---SHIP LETTER RATE Read More..
Year: 1822
Date: 1822-11-22
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-03-21 DETROIT M.T.--RED OVAL CDS--TO ADJ. GENERAL NOURSE AT WASHINGTON FROM CAPT. R. LANBURGER, 2ND REG. AT DETROIT---REQUESTING A FURLOUGH TO NEW YORK FOR LT. SHEEL; ALSO MENTIONS COL. HINDMAN AND GEN. BOWEN---GENEALOGY---3 pgs--COURTESY OF MICHIGAN 4 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-03-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1823-04-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1823-04-18 FORT CRAWFORD(PRAIRIE DU CHENE)M T /WISCONSIN--HELD TILL SPRING--CDS 1823-04-18--DATELINED 1823-01-14--FORT CRAWFORD WAS BUILT IN 1816 ON THE SITE OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE POST OFFICE FOR THE FORT PRIOR TO 1823-12-06(OPENING OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN POST OFFICE) WAS ST LOUIS VIA MILITARY COURIER OR RIVERBOAT.--EARLIEST KNOWN POSTMARKED LETTER FROM WISCONSIN AS MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN PRIVATE HANDS.--BOTTOM--1827-10-21 FORT CRAWFORD M T--LETTER HANDED DIRECTLY TO CAPTAIN OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT AND COVERED MAIL AT ST LOUIS ON 1827-11-15 FOR FORWARDING TO WASHINGTON CITY--ONLY KNOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT LETTER FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-04-18
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-05-11 DETROIT M T----OVAL CDS----FREE FRANK OF TRAVELING POSTMASTER THOMAS NOBLE---IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION LOT 41---PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-05-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-07-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--1823-07-18 DETROIT M T--VIA STEAMBOAT(MARKED B FOR BOAT)MAILED BY A PASSENGER ONBOARD THE STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR ON LAKE ERIE. FOLLOWING THE WRECK OF THE WALK-ON-THE-WATER 1820-10-31---THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND PLACED IN THE NEW STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR WHICH MADE HER FIRST TRIP FROM DETROIT TO BUFFALO ON 1822-04-13. Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-07-18 DETROIT M T---STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO---ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--FROM F.G. HOPKINS AT DETROIT TO CAROLINE PORTER AT NORTH HADLEY MASS.---DATELINE ON BOARD THE STEAM BOAT "LAKE SUPERIOR", LAKE ERIE---APOLOGIZES FOR NOT CALLING ON HER, DESCRIBES HIS TRAVELS AND A VISIT TO A MISSION SCHOOL AT MAUMEE, OHIO AND SAYS OF THE INDIANS "I WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CHILDREN WHO LOSE MUCH OF THEIR SAVAGE APPEARANCE WHEN DRESSED IN A CIVILIZED HABIT"---"I SPENT SOME TIME IN DETROIT, THIS IS A PLACE ALMOST WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO WICKEDNESS"----MENTIONS MR. AND MRS. CUSHMAN---6 PAGES---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-07-18
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 6

Title: 1823-09-26 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO---RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & BROWN MS FREE/ JAMES ABBOTT/POSTMASTER (SERVED FROM JULY 11, 1806 TO APRIL 10, 1831)-----TO RAMSAY CROOKS, CARE OF SAMUEL ABBOTT, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 27 $110 Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-09-26
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0