Ernies Michigan

Title: 1823-10-16 DRUMMOND ISLAND M T--#MANUSCRIPT--ON SERVICE--SHIP TO AMHERSTBURG AND THEN YORK--DOUBLE SHEET RATE(11P+2) FOR 200-300 MILES (9P+2P)--BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT DRUMMOND 1815-1828---TO JOHN H. DUNN ESQ. RECEIVER GENERAL AT YORK FROM W. ANDERSON COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AT DRUMMOND ISLAND---REPORTING THAT HE HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER, MR. HANDS AT SANDWICH, FOR HIS FUNDS--GENEALOGY---4 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1823-10-16 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1823-10-16--DRUMMOND ISLAND--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FOLLOWING THE U.S.REOCCUPATION OF DETROIT(1813-09-29) DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE BRITISH GARRISON AT FORT MICHILIMACKINAC(MACKINAC ISLAND) WITHDREW TO DRUMMOND ISLAND IN LATE 1813. BOUNDARY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND CANADA UNDETERMINED UNTIL 1827 WHEN DRUMMOND ISLAND WAS CONFIRMED U S TERRITORY BY A JOINT SURVEY TEAM. THE BRITISH GARRISON WITHDREW TO ST JOSEPH ISLAND IN CANADA IN NOVEMBER 1828.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-10-16
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , War of 1812
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1823-11-21 DETROIT M.T.------WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE, HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER------FROM MAJOR HENRY STANTON, QUARTERMASTER, DETROIT, M.T.-----TO BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY------"IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO INFORM YOU OF THE RETURN TO THIS POST, IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE VESSELS LATELY EMPLOYED BY THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF MICHIGAN AFTER AN ABSENCE OF 8 DAYS FROM CHICAGO BY WAY OF GREEN BAY EMPLOYED FOR ARRIVALS OF THE GARRISON AND STORIES FROM CHICAGO TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 3RD INFANTRY.....GREAT ANXIETY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR THE SAFTY OF THE VESSELS DURING THE LATE SUMMER GALES. ALL THE SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE UPPER PARTS HAVE REACHED THEIR DESTINATION, AND WE HEAR NOTHING MORE AFLOATS IN THE UPPER LAKES."---MENTIONS CAPTAIN BRADLEY-----GENEALOGY------2PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-11-21
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: Michigan Territorial , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1823-12-05 FRENCHTOWN M.T.--MONROE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & RED MS 12 1/2 RATE--TO REV. ISAAC MCCOY AT ST. JOSEPH M. T., THEN TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA FROM CHARLY NOBLE AT FRENCHTOWN M.T. ---HE GAVE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO COL. HUNT; THE SCHOONER "GENERAL JACKSON" HAD LANDED AT DETROIT, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFLOAD THE FREIGHT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL; HE RECOMMENDS KEEPING THE FLOUR SHIPPED ON THE SCHOONER AT DETROIT BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED HIGH COST IN THE FUTURE, AND THE DIFFICULTIES FORWARDING IT; HE AND MRS. NOBLE SEND THEIR WISHES TO MRS. MCCOY---MENTIONS MR. METTY, PRICES OF FLOUR AND SALT---GENEALOGY--- 4 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1823
Date: 1823-12-05
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1824-01-01 MICHIGAN MAP BY PHIL JUDD--1824-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-01-08 +SAGUINA BAY M T-----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS ON SERVICE/ H. BAINBRIDGE/LIET. 3d Infty. & 25 RATE PLUS DETROIT Mic. T. RED DOUBLE OVAL POSTMARK----DATELINED "PORT OF SAGUINA, JAN 8TH 1824-----TO LIEUT. R. LOWNDES, A.D. CAMP, HdQrs C. DEPT., GOVERNORS ISLAND, N.Y.------(REPORTED IN THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPAEDIA CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER--"SAGUINA BAY IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL THOSE WHICH INDENT MICHIGAN. THIS IS AN IMMENSE OPENING FROM LAKE HURON, OF UPWARDS OF 70 MILES IN LENGTH, AND GRADUALLY NARROWING FROM 35 MILES IN WIDTH, TO A SMALL RIVER OF THE SAME NAME, WHOSE SOURCES ARE ON THE INTERIOR TABLE LAND; THE GENERAL RANGE OF SAGUINA BAY IS FROM N.E. TO S.W. BORDERED BY EXCELLENT LAND.")------IN LETTER SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE STATING "I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT MYSELF IN COMMAND OF THIS POST, AND SHALL IN OBEDIENCE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MAJOR BAKER, AFFORD EVERY AID CONSISTENTLY WITH THE MEANS PLACED AT MY DISPOSAL TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OBJECT GOVERNMENT HAS CONTEMPLATED. TWO ENGAGES ON EXPRESS FROM MACKINAC, WHICH PLACE THEY LEFT ON THE 18TH OF LAST MONTH, HAVE THIS MORNING RECEIVED THE SEVERAL PACKAGES FOR THE UPPER POSTS, AND ARE NOW ON THEIR DEPARTURE..."-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 92 $220 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-01-08
County: Saginaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-02-12 ANN ARBOR MICH---JOHN ALLENS RECEIPT FOR THE LAND FOR ANN ARBOR--GENEALOGY 2---1 PG--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-02-12
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-03-11 +FRENCH TOWN M T-----MONROE CO-----RED FANCY #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & LARGE BLACK 12 RATE---------TO THE CLERK OF WOOD COMMON PLEAS, PERRYSBURGH, OHIO, TO THE CARE OF JOHN E. HUNT MAGSRY--ON FORT MEIGS & MARCH 13 TH 1824 FORWARDED TO PERRYSBURG/ FROM MAUMEE-----DOCKETING NOTING "THE DEPOSITION OF JOHN ANDERSON, TAKEN AT THE OFFICE OF CHARLES NOBLE ESQUIRE (HE NOT ACTING AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE) AT TWELVE OF THE O'CLOCK NOON, ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED & TWENTY FOUR; & THEN SEALED UP BY ME, PETER P. FERRY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, COUNTY OF MONROE IN THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN" ---IN ANOTHER HAND IS WRITTEN "AT THE REQUEST OF J.S.GAGE & SILAS LEE COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES THE ENCLOSED DEPOSITION WAS OPENED JULY 16TH 1825, T.N. McKNIGHT, CLK S.C. P. TERR."------GENEALOGY 8------COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 19 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-03-11
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-04-01 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS& RED MS 25 CROSSED OUT----BLACK BOXED LIVERPOOL/ SHIP LETTER & RED /26 MY 26/1824 BISHOP MARK & MS INLAND PORTAGE PAID, NEW YORK ON FRONT----TO REVEREND ANTHONY HAMILTON A.M., NO 24 AMHERST, LANCASTER SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND-----GENEALOGY----TRANSATLANTIC WATERWAYS----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 28 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Letters to Foreign Destinations , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-04-15 DETROIT M T---RED OVAL CDS---#MANUSCRIPT SHIP---FROM WILLIAM B. ASTOR AT NEW YORK TO ROBERT STUART AGENT AMERICAN FUR COMPANY AT MICHILIMACKINAC---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-15
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINE MONROE---TO MISS AMELIA PHELPS AT PULTNEYVILLE, WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK FROM HER BROTHER AUGUSTUS---RELATES TRAVELS THROUGH NEW YORK TO MICHIGAN WITH WALTER, ---TOOK A POSITION ON A TEAM OF SIX MEN SURVEYING "THE WILDS OF MICHIGAN" DURING WHICH THEIR "FARE WAS VERY HARD HAVING NOTHING BUT PORK AND BREAD AND BEANS TO EAT AND SPICE BUSH TEA TO DRINK"---"WE WERE ABOUT 60 MILES FROM ANY WHITE INHABITANTS HAVING PLENTY OF INDIANS FOR NEIGHBORS" WITH WHOM THEY TRADED FOR SUGAR; SOME WERE FRIENDLY AND SOME THREATENING, BUT NONE HURT THEM---MENTIONS LUKAS, GEORGE AND HIS WIFE, HENRY, HE IS BOARDING WITH THE WHITNEY FAMILY---5 PAGES---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-04-23
County: Monroe
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1824-05-12 DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO-----RED DOUBLE OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS PUBLIC SERVICE/ MAJ. HENRY STANTON AT DETROIT--------TO BRIG. GENERAL THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, 13TH QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY----REGARDING A SHIPMENT OF UNITED STATES CLOTHING FROM PHILADELPHIA, LISTING THE ITEMS AND QUANTITIES, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO SAULT DE STE. MARIE AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY; ALSO BLANKETS MARKED FOR GAYAND, MACKINAC, AND GREEN BAY, WHICH HE BELIEVES WERE INTENDED TO ARRIVE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF NAVIGATION THE PREVIOUS FALL---GENEALOGY----3PGS--------COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $75 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-05-12
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-07-25 +MACKINAC M.T.*****W--RED 26 MM CDS--FROM B. CHAPMAN(HE WAS VILLAGE WARDEN-PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF MACKINAC IN 1846 AND 1849) AT MACKINAC TO HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN CHAPMAN AT CORNISH N.H.---GIVING GENERAL NEWS OF HIS LIFE---"I HAVE BEEN SO LONG WITH THE INDIANS THAT I HAVE ALMOST BECOME ONE MYSELF..."---"IT IS VERY DOUBTFUL WHETHER I SHALL EVER VISIT MY NATIVE PLACE AGAIN AS I AM GETTING ENCUMBERED WITH A LARGE FAMILY AND THE NATURE OF MY BUSINESS IS SUCH THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO LEAVE IT"---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----GENEALOGY----2 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $225 - N Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-07-25
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1824-08-11 DETROIT MICH DESTINATION---FROM WASHINGTON CITY D.C.----RED CDS & STAMPED FREE & BLACK MS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GEORGE GRAHAM FREE FRANK----AUTOGRAPH OF COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE----CONTENT REGARDING LAND PATENTS AND THE -TREATY OF SAGINAW- TO JOHN BIDDLE, REGISTER, DETROIT M T---FROM GEORGE GRAHAM---SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED BY THIS DAYS MAIL YOUR CERTIFS IN FAVOR OF THE HEIRS OF TAWCUMEGAQUA FOR 640 ACRES AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE & FOR NOWOKESHIK FOR 640 ACRES AT THE SAME PLACE, RESERVED BY THE TREATY OF SAGINAW ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1818, ON WHICH PATENTS WILL BE ISSUED AND SENT TO YOU. -----MENTIONS JACOB SMITH, JOHN TODD, & LYMAN STOW------GENEALOGY 11----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY----PEWANAGOWINGSEBA, MUSCATAWANIGH, TAWCUMEGOQUA, NOWOKESHIK, NOWOKESHIK, & PETABONAQUA---------3 PG----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 15- $1250 Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-08-11
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1824-10-11 ANN ARBOR MICH---OFFICIAL RECEIPT FOR JOHN ALLEN PURCHASE OF ANN ARBOR LAND---GENEALOGY 1--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1824-10-11
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1824-10-26 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1824-10-26 TECUMSEH M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--AHMS 748/139---FIRST POST OFFICE (EKU) AND COUNTY SEAT OF LENAWEE COUNTY--BOTTOM--1836-01-02 TECUMSEH M T--CDS CANCEL FIRST APPEARED IN 1833--POSTMASTER DANIEL PITTMAN--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1824
Date: 1824-10-26
County: Lenawee
City: Tecumseh
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 OHIO INDIANA,ILLINOIS,AND A PORTION OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY MAP--1825-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 MICHIGAN PORTION OF OHIO,INDIANA,ILLINOIS,AND MICHIGAN MAP--1825-- Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 OHIO PART OF OHIO,INDIANA,ILLINOIS,AND MICHIGAN TERRITORY MAP--PAGE 2-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 INDIANA PORTION OF OHIO,INDIANA,ILLINOIS,AND MICHIGAN TERRI9TORY MAP--1825--PAGE 3-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 ILLINOIS PORTION OF OHIO,INDIANA,ILLINOIS,AND MICHIGN TERRITORY MAP--1825--PAGE 4-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County:
City:
Category: Maps
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-01 WASHTENAW COUNTY POSTMASTERS------FROM U.S. APPOINTMENTS U.S. POSTMASTERS------ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-01
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1825-01-05 +GREEN BAY M T----BROWN CO----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO NATHAN H. LORING ESQ., LEBANON, LEBANON CO, PENN----DOCKETING NOTES FROM LT. H.H. LORING, FORT HOWARD, JAN. 1, 1825------GENEALOGY 2----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 58 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---GENEALOGY 4---TOP--1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER AND FOUNDER JOHN ALLEN--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY--AREA CONTAINED MANY NATURAL GROVES OR ARBORS AND NAMED FOR THE WIVES OF THE FOUNDERS,ANN ALLEN AND MARY ANN RUMSEY--BOTTOM--1828-01-30 ANN ARBOR M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL OF POSTMASTER JOHN ALLEN--AHMS 762/39--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-01-18 ANN ARBOR M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED PONTIAC----GENEALOGY 4----TO REV. MATTHIAS BRUEN, COR. SEC. OF THE U.D.M.S. CITY OF NEW YORK---AHMS LETTER 5/29-REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES--REV CRAWFORD AND DEACONS BURG AND HODGES---"THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY IS IN IT'S SITUATION, PLEASANT, AND POSSESSES VERY NATURAL PRIVILEGE INVITING TO IMMIGRANTS"----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 25 $155-----PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-01-18
County: Oakland , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1825-02-22 ANN ARBOR M T--PPP #7 picture doesn’t work --(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT---GENEALOGY 2---FROM JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR TO HIS AUNT JANE TRIMBLE (U.S GRAVE INDEX, B. AUGUSTA CO. VIRGINIA 1755,D. 1839,FATHER, JAMES ALLEN, CHILD, CYRUS W TRIMBLE) AT HILLSBOROUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY OHIO--"THE COUNTRY MODERATELY UNEVEN, OUR RIVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I EVER BEHELD, AND ABOUNDING WITH THE MOST VALUABLE FISH"---ALLEN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE---GENEALOGY---CENSUS--6 PGS---BX1--PHOTOCOPY--DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1825-02-20 ----OPENS WITH "MY MORE THAN MOTHER" AND CONTINUES "WHAT A STATE OF WRETCHEDNESS ANN AND MYSELF HAVE EVER LIVED IN BUT FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTERFERENCE" (REFERENCING JANE TRIMBLE'S HELP IN CONVINCING THE MCCUE FAMILY TO LET ANN GO TO MICHIGAN WITH JOHN ALLEN - COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)---"BUT AS TO MY HAVING THE MOST DISTANT IDEA OF DEFRAUDING ANY ONE, OF THEIR JUST RIGHTS I DENY IT WITH UPLIFTED HANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOST SEARCHING GOD - AND WAS IT NOT MY DEAR AUNT, THAT I HAVE THIS MOST COMFORTABLE ASSURANCE IN MY HEART THE ONE WHO SEEST AND KNOWEST ALL THINGS AND KNOWEST THE INTENTIONS OF HIS CREATURES AND JUDGEST NOT AS MAN JUDGED, I COULD NOT BEAR UP UNDER THE LOSS OF REPUTATION AND EVERY THING THAT A SOCIAL BEING SETS A VALUE ON...I ALSO FEEL CONFIDENT (BY THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE) THAT THE DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT, IN WHICH I SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT I ONLY DETAINED FROM THEM A FEW PENCE TO ENABLE ME TO PAY THEM THE POUNDS"--- "IT IS NOW TWELVE MONTHS SINCE I SETTLED HERE, WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN INHABITANT WITHIN TEN MILES - HOW DIFFERENT IS THE SCENE NOW, IN THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FAMILIES MANY OF WHOM ARE OF THE FIRST RESPECTABILITY, ROADS HAVE BEEN OPENED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, MILLS OF EVERY KIND STARTED, TRADESMEN PUTTING THEIR SHOPS IN OPERATION FOR THE FLOOD OF EMIGRATION THAT IS EXPECTED NEXT SUMMER, FARMERS BUSILY ENGAGED IN FENCING FARMS WHICH NATURE HAS PROVIDED ALREADY CLEARED FOR THEM - IN SHORT IT ALREADY WEARS THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD SETTLED COUNTRY EXCEPT THE WANT OF HOUSES AND BARNS"----DESCRIBES THE LAND AND THEIR HOME---MENTIONS FATHER, MOTHER, ELIZA AND SARAH ANN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-02-22
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1825-03-05 +GREEN BAY M T----BROWN CO, WISCONSIN----RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 50 RATE----TO REV GEORGE BOYD, PHILADELPHIA, PA-----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 60 $310 Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-03-05
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1825-03-18 +PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO----#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE--AHMS 7/2 --REPORT OF REV ISAAC W. RUGGLES---I KNOW NOT OF ANOTHER PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN THE TERRITORY EXCEPT AT MACKINAC--A CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED AT PONTIAC ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY BROTHER GOODMAN CONSISTING OF 13 MEMBERS---THE IMMIGRATION TO THIS TERRITORY IS AT PRESENT RAPID & IT IS A MATTER OF JOY & GRATITUDE THAT A GOOD PROPORTION ARE PIOUS OR FRIENDS TO THE REDEEMER'S CAUSE.----I THINK IT PROBABLE THAT WITHIN THE YEAR IT WILL BE ADVISABLE TO ORGANIZE ONE OR TWO OTHER CHURCHES IN THIS COUNTRY.---MACOMB CO. NEEDS A MISSIONARY ---I WILL VISIT RIVER RAISIN---AND DETROIT ALSO NEEDS A MINISTER---BROTHER GOODMAN IS AT BETHANY PA AND WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE---THERE IS ONE BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE TERRITORY & THE ELDER TOLD ME THERE HAD NEVER YET BEEN ANY ONE BAPTIZED IN THIS TERRITORY---MENTIONS BROTHER SCHUMAN AND BROTHER MOORE AT DETROIT------TO REV MATTHIAS BRUEN, CITY OF NEW YORK -----GENEALOGY---4PGS------IN FOX SCHMALZRIEDT 1957 AUCTION LOT 121 PRICE $16.50---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED----ELLIS/WHITFORD 2018 AUCTION LOT 34 - N Read More..
Year: 1825
Date: 1825-03-18
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

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