Title: 1836-11-08 MONROE M T---CDS---FORWARDED FROM MONROE TO DETROIT---DATELINED HARMONY NEW YORK---FROM JON STEWARD AT HARMONY NEW YORK TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT DETROIT---REGARDING THE SUIT OF RIVERS VS. TUTHILL---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-08
County: Monroe , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-11-12 BERTRAND M T{1834-1901} DPO-----V3---BERRIEN CO-----#MANUSCRIPT--TO MR. JACOB TEN EYCK AT CASENOVIA, MADISON COUNTY NEW YORK FROM JNO. M. BARBOUR AT BERTRAND---REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF LAND AND NAVIGATION ROUTES IN THE AREA---"THE NAVIGATION IS UNINTERRUPTED FROM WERSAW (SIC) TO NEW ORLEANS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE FALL ON THE KAUKAKEE WHICH IS BEING LOCKED AND ANOTHER ON THE ILLINOIS"---MENTIONS MR. BURN---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-12
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-11-12 MONROE M.T.--BLACK CDS--RATE-20 CENTS--TO KINTZING PRITCHETTE SECRETARY OF STATE AT DETROIT FROM CARLOS COLTON AT CLERKS OFFICE AT MONROE SENDING A COPY OF 3 ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT----GENEALOGY----1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-12
County: Monroe , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Monroe
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-11-15 MANHATTAN M.T. (OHIO DESIGNATION INCORRECT)-----CDS AND MS 6 RATE-----TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT MONROE M T, FROM C C JACKSON AT MANHATTAN M T------MENTIONS VANBUREN AND JOHN BRYAN---ABOUT THE TOLEDO STRIP CONTROVERSY---OPENS WITH "HURRAH! HURRAH! HURRAH! THREE CHEERS FOR OLD PENNSYLVANIA" AND CONTINUES "SHE STANDS AS FIRMLY AS THE SUN IN THE HEAVENS, AND HAS GLORIOUSLY DEFENDED THE CAUSE OF VAN BUREN EQUAL RIGHTS AND 'UNCOMPROMISING HOSTILITY TO THE UNITED STATES BANK'"---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY 4---2 pgs------COURTESY OF BILL ALLEN AND CRAIG WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-15
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-16 JACKSONOPOLIS M.T.{1832-1838 NAME CHANGE-JACKSON----V8--DATE ESTIMATED--JACKSON CO.--RED 30MM CDS AND BLACK MS 20 RATE--COVER ONLY--TO S.T. MASON GOV. OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-16
County: Jackson , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Jackson
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-11-16 DETROIT M T --CDS---AHMS 958/394 ---REV JOHN P CLEAVELAND AND E P HASTINGS----BROTHER WILLIAM PAGE HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM THE PEOPLE OF GRASS LAKE, JACKSON CO, MICH TO SUPPORT REV JOHN MOORE ELLIS AS THEIR MISSIONARY----BROTHER WILLIAM PAGE ALSO RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM THE PEOPLE AT STONEY [STONY] CREEK, MONROE CO, MICH REQUESTING REV EDWARD B EMERSON TO LABOR AS THEIR MISSIONARY---BROTHER ASHBEL S WELLS OF TROY, OAKLAND CO, MICH SALARY IS $100 LESS THAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY, AND COULD THE SOCIETY APPROPRIATE $100 SUPPORT FOR HIM AS THEIR MISSIONARY----GENEALOGY---3PGS----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-16
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-16 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE M T--FANCY CDS--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD M T 1836-11-07--FROM LONSON N. DEWEY AT BLOOMFIELD TO HIS SISTER AND JONATHAN FAIRTOUT AT GOVERNOR STREET, NEW YORK CITY N.Y.-----I FEEL LIKE ONE FORSAKEN AND ALONE, THIS EVENING I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM MY SISTERS SECOND DAYS WEDDING SHE WAS MARRIED AT MY HOUSE YESTERDAY. AND NOW I AM DRIVEN TO THE EXPEDIENT OF SEEKING ANOTHER COMPANION MAY THE LORD DIRECT ME IN THE CHOICE THAT I MAY GET ONE THAT WILL FILL IN SOME MEASURE AT LEAST THE PLACE OF HER WHO HAS AS I HOPE AND TRUST GONE TO THE REGIONS OF BLISS.---I MEAN IF POSSIBLE TO GET SOME COWS ANOTHER SEASON AND GO INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS, IT IS VERY PROFITABLE HERE AT THE PRESENT, CHEESE IS WORTH $1 PER POUND AND BUTTER IS WORTH FROM $2 TO $3 PER POUND, THERE IS A FINE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY HERE----AMANDA WILL STAY WITH ME I SUPPOSE THOUGH THE WINTER, WE ARE ENJOYING COMFORTABLE HEALTH, GIVE MY LOVE TO MR FAIRTOUT AND ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS ESPECIALLY AMOS AND ISRAEL--------GENEALOGY 5------EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 182 $600-------PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-16
County: Oakland , Saint Joseph , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Fancy Cancels , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-11-19 SAGANAW M T---#MANUSCRIPT---FROM E.S. WILLIAMS AT SAGANAW TO KINTZING PRITCHETT AT DETROIT---REGARDING HOW REPRESENTATIVES ARE APPORTIONED BY COUNTY---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County: Saginaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-19--ANN ARBOR M T--CDS & MS 25 RATE---ANN ALLEN TO HER SON THOMAS McCUE-----AFC---BX1---DATELINED 11-19-1836--RECEIVED HIS LETTER BY MR. BARTLET; MENTIONS ALLEN, JAMES THE HOSTLER, RACHEL, UNCLE JAMES, MISS CHILD, MRS. RAMSDELL, SARAH, JOHN, AND MR. GOODSPEED---REGARDING HER PLANNED JOURNEY TO NEW YORK----"I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER BY MR BARTLETT AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. MR ALLEN RETURNED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK YOU LEFT. HE HAS PURCHASED A SMALL CARRIAGE FOR US TO GO TO NEW YORK IN. JAMES THE HOSTLER GOES IN A LUMBER WAGON AND CARRIES OUR BAGGAGE. I TRY AGAIN TO GET RACHEL TO GO BUT HER FATHER WON'T CONSENT. WE START NEXT MONDAY TO GO BY LAND TO NEW YORK. GO FROM HERE TO MONROW THEN INTERSECT THE NATIONAL ROAD SOMEWHERE IN OHIO, THERE WAS QUITE A FALL OF SNOW YESTERDAY A DULL PROSPECT FOR GOOD ROADS(I DREAD MY JOURNEY) BUT I THINK IT IS THE BEST TO GO BY LAND IT HAS GOT SO LATE TO CROSS THE LAKE. O MY DEAR SON HOW GLAD I SHOULD BE TO HEAR OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL AT YOUR UNCLE JAMES, BUT I MUST BE PATIENT AS IT CAN NOT BE I MUST LIVE ON HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AS I CANNOT DEVISE WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF MY REMOVAL OR YOUR JOURNEY, WHEN EVER I ARRIVE AT NEW YORK AND KNOW WHERE MY FUTURE HOME IS GOING TO BE I WILL WRITE THEN YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY AND RELIEF MY SUSPENSE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW TAKEN PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT, SARAH ANN IS WELL AT PRESENT MISS CHILD FEELS PRETTY BAD ABOUT OUR GOING. WILLIAM RAMSDALE SAYS SHE CANNOT BOARD FOR ANY LONGER. SARAH PROMISE VERY FAIRLY SHE WILL WRITE WHEN SHE GETS TO HER DESTINATION. HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN YET. WHEN YOU WRITE TELL ME EVERY PARTICULAR ABOUT JOHN AND YOURSELF AS EVERY THING THAT INTERESTS MY DEAR CHILDREN WILL INTEREST THEIR MOTHER. YOU MUST WRITE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF YOUR JOURNEY HOW IS YOUR HEALTH, I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THAT COLD...WHEN YOU STARTED. THEY ARE ALL WELL OVER AT...MA ALLENS. I HAVE NOT SEEN WILLIAM GOODSPEED SINCE YOU LEFT AND I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I NEVER DO, ON YOUR ACCOUNT, IF CAN READ THIS SHORT LETTER IT WILL BE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO, I WRITE BY CANDLE LIGHT AND IN SOME HASTE. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO WRITE ABOUT AT PRESENT MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS MY DEAR CHILDREN MAKE THEM ALL THAT IS GOOD....THING MY FOND HEART COULD...SARAH SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND JOHN REMEMBER ME AFFECTIONATELY TO YOUR UNCLE JAMES FAMILY AND ALL THAT MAY THINK WORTH WHILE TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR MOTHER YOUR ATTACHED EVERY YOU AFFECTIONATE MOTHER TO DEATH. ANN I. ALLEN"----WATERWAYS---RAILROADS---WEATHER-------GENEALOGY 10---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-20 HOWELL M T---#MANUSCRIPT---WAY LETTER---FROM HIS SISTER CHARLOTTE AND PAMELIA B. NORTHRUP AT HOWELL TO POLLY ADAMS, ADDRESSED TO JOSEPH ADAMS, AT BRIDGEPORT, MADISON COUNTY NEW YORK---GIVES NEWS ABOUT CROPS AND THE FAMILY; MENTIONS BABY MARY, AUNT BETSY AND HER FAMILY, WILLIAM, AND JOHANNAH---5 PAGES----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-20
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1836-11-21 BRANCH C.H. M T--#MANUSCRIPT--ELECTION RESULTS--HIRAM ALDEN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF BRANCH CO.---FROM WALIS ADAMS COUNTY CLERK AND LEONARD ELSWORTH AT BRANCH C.H. TO THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT---CERTIFYING THAT HIRAM ALDEN WAS ELECTED A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNTY OF BRANCH---2 PAGES--- GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-21
County: Branch
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-21 DEXTER M T---#MANUSCRIPT--FROM JAMES E. HAYES AT DEXTER TO A.W. PURDY AND FRANKLIN ADAMS AT MANSFIELD, RICHLAND COUNTY OHIO---ABOUT THE SETTLING OF A DEBT OWED BY WOOD---INCLUDING A NOTE TO FRANKLIN ADAMS ASKING HIM TO PAY $2 TO A.W. PURDAY---3 PAGES---GENEALOGY 3---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-21
County: Washtenaw
City: Dexter
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-23 ANN ARBOR M T--RED CDS--FROM .E.FIELD AT ANN ARBOR TO R. SEDGWICK AT NEW YORK---TESTIFYING TO THE GOOD CHARACTER OF DR. R.J. CHASE, WHO HAS BEEN CONFINED FOR THE CRIME OF LARCENY, AND SUGGESTING IT WAS DUE TO "A STATE OF INSANITY"---3 PAGES---GENEALOGY 2---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-23
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-23 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-11-23 GRAND HAVEN M T--OTTAWA CO--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--FREE FRANK OF POSTMASTER WILLIAM M FERRY--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT IN OTTAWA CO.1 OF 3 KNOWN EXAMPLES--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-23
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-11-23 ST CLAIR M T --#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1021/449---REV. OREN C. THOMPSON---MY JOURNEY TO THE UPPER LAKES WAS BENEFICIAL TO ME, AND I TRUST TO THEM AS I HEARD SINCE I RETURNED-----GENEALOGY---3PGS----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-23
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-24 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----YEAR ESTIMATED-----RED CDS & MS 10 RATE-----TO JOHN ALLEN, ANN ARBOR, WASHTENAW CO, M T-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 44 $25 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-24
County: Washtenaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor , Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-11-25 FARMINGTON M T ---#MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 1092/404--REV GEORGE EASTMAN---PROFANE SWEARING AND SABBATH BREAKING IS SHOCKING AND PREVALENT HERE. BUT I TRUST THAT STANDARDS WILL BE LIGHT AGAINST IT-----GENEALOGY---1PG----WHITFORD 2010 AUCTION LOT# 116---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan--AND PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-25
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-11-28 GRAND HAVEN M T---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM WILLIAM FERRY AT GRAND HAVEN TO STEPHEN VICKORY, REGISTER OF DEEDS, AT KALAMAZOO FROM WILLIA M. FERRY AT GRAND HAVEN---REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSACTIONS MADE BY HIRAM A. HATHAWAY, MR. BUTTS, AND MR. HATHAWAY IN BEHALF OF THE GRAND HAVEN CO.---1 PAGE---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-28
County: Kalamazoo , Ottawa , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1836-11-29 CONSTANTINE M T--TO TOLEDO OHIO(MICHIGAN TERRITORY)--FORWARDED TO COLUMBUS--DURING TIME OF TOLEDO WAR--TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS ESQ. AT COLUMBUS OHIO FROM W.T. HOUSE AFO AT CONSTANTINE---DECLINING TO SIDE WITH THOSE WANTING TO MAKE THE POST OFFICE AT TOLEDO A DISTRIBUTING OFFICE BECAUSE THEY FEEL "THE INTEREST OF MOST OF THE TOWNS IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE TO BE IDENTIFIED IN GREAT MEASURE WITH THE PROSPERITY OF DETROIT. WE HAVE LIKEWISE A NUMBER OF PERSONAL FRIENDS IN DETROIT TO WHOM WE ARE INDEBTED FOR FAVORS. WE CANNOT COMENT(SIC) TO MAKE THEM OUR ENEMIES"---MENTIONS JUDGE MEEK, THE DEATH OF MR. GRINNELL---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Monroe , Saint Joseph , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-11-29 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1836-11-29 CONSTANTINE M T--SAINT JOSEPH CO--POSTMASTER JOHN S BARRY--FORWARDED FROM TOLEDO M T--IN THE DISPUTED TOLEDO STRIP--1836-12-07 TO COLUMBUS OHIO. CONSTANTINE CDS WITH MICHIGAN DESIGNATION FIRST APPEARED 1836-11-27. POSTMASTER BARRY LATER BECAME GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN(1842-1846). 1 OF 4 KNOWN EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-11-29 DETROIT M T --CDS----AHMS LETTER 996/393----REV JOHN B. CLEAVELAND AND E.P. HASTINGS----ASKING FOR AID FOR CHURCHES IN BROWNSTOWN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND NANKIN, WAYNE CO, MICH AND SUPPORT REV REUBEN ARMSTRONG LATE OF BLISSFIELD, LENAWEE CO, MICH, WHO NOW RESIDES IN NANKIN----THE CHURCH IN BROWNSTOWN MEETS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED SMOOTH ROCK OR FLAT ROCK OR VREELAND, THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER---THE CHURCH IN NANKIN IS CALLED THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NANKIN, OR SOMETIMES DERBY'S CORNER'S CHURCH SITUATED ON THE CHICAGO TURNPIKE ABOUT 15 OR 18 MILES FROM DETROIT---WHEN THE ST. JOSEPH'S RAIL ROAD IS BUILT OVER THEIR GROUNDS THEIR SETTLEMENT WILL GO "A HEAD"---REV ARMSTRONG IS NOW ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE HIS WHOLE TIME TO THE 2 CHURCHES------GENEALOGY---2PGS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-11-29 CHARLESTON M T---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE---FROM HENRY F. COCK AT CHARLESTON TO HENRY B. NOYES AT NEW YORK ABOUT PRICES, FINANCES AND MICHIGAN STATEHOOD----MR KINGSLAND SAID HE HAD A LINE FROM HIS BROTHER STATING HE HAD SOLD A SHIP FOR 15 THOUSAND CASH AND SHOULD PUT IT IN A GOOD MORTGAGE AT THREE PERCENT PER MONTH--MENTIONS MR SMITHS NOTE---FATHER WILL WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND MR PHELPS..ABOUT LAND----...THE BEST BUSINESS HERE AT PRESENT IS FARMING, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS IS NEGLECTED FOR SPECULATION, BUT THAT MUST SOON END AS THE LAND IN THIS DISTRICT WILL ALL BE TAKEN BY NEXT SPRING-----THE ROADS ARE VERY BAD-ALMOST IMPASSABLE FOR WAGONS, SHOULD THE GOING BE GOOD I MAY GO AS FAR AS CHICAGO.---THERE IS A REPORT HERE THAT HARRISON WILL GET PENNSYLVANIA BY THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND HOW HAS IT ALL GONE, I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TIME. THIS TERRITORY WILL GO FOR VAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. THEY ARE NOW CALLING AN ELECTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO BECOME A STATE. THEY HAVE REJECTED IT ONCE BY A WIDE MAJORITY, NOW THE VAN BURENS ARE THE STRONGEST----IF YOU GO TO AUBURN, PLEASE CALL ON MRS COCK... SHE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW THINGS DO AT HOME---PRIVATELY OWNED---4PGS--—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD/HAYES 2-13 AUCTION LOT 14 $150 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-29
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1836-12-01 DETROIT MICH--CDS & MS 25 RATE--DATELINED ANN ARBOR AND DETROIT---AHMS LETTER 1198/ 432---REV WILLIAM PAGE AT ANN ARBOR AND REV. E.P. HASTINGS AND REV. JOHN P. CLEAVEAND AT DETROIT---GENEALOGY-3---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-01
County: Washtenaw , Wayne
City: AnnArbor , Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-12-01 KALAMAZOO M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FROM JEREMIAH HUMPHREYS COUNTY CLERK AND JOSEPH MILLER DEPUTY AT KALAMAZOO TO ROBERT ABBOTT AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT---I FIND THAT MY PREDECESSOR MR S VICKERY HAS BEEN DELINQUENT IN REPORTING TO YOU THE NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF BLANK LICENSES NOW ON HAND UNISSUED. REQUESTS INFORMATION ON THE EFFECT OF GOING FROM TERRITORY TO STATE RULES----GENEALOGY 4---EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 115----3 PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR- N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-01
County: Kalamazoo , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit , Kalamazoo
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-12-01 CASSAPOLIS M T-----#MANUSCRIPT-----IN PHIL BANSNER 1995 AUCTION----PRIVATELY OWNED Read More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1836-12-01
County: Cass
City:
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-12-02 DETROIT M T--DATELINED BRISTOL (TO BECOME ALMONT)--AHMS LETTER 1107/443--REV LUTHER SHAW-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-02
County: Lapeer , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-12-02 ADRIAN M.T.--LENAWEE CO.--FORWARDED EXTRA RATE 25+6=31--BLACK 30MM CDS--TO EDWIN JEWETT AT SO. H. CANAL, MASS. FROM HIS SISTER HARRIET AT ADRIAN---CONCERNING THEIR JOURNEY FROM NORTHAMPTON TO MICHIGAN; SHE HAS ALSO WRITTEN TO AUNT BETSY AND HENRY; THEY SAW WILLIAM, BENJAMIN AND ENOCH IN ALBANY; THEY SAW LEWIS HUBBARD, WHO WILL BE "KEEPING STORE" IN TECUMSEH; HE FOUND A LOG CABIN IN THE WOODS, AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE ALL NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE; "LAND IS RISING IN VALUE VERY FAST, LAND THAT WAS BOUGHT HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FOR 1.25 AND ACRE NOW SELLS READILY FOR 5 DOLLARS"; ALSO MENTIONS ENOCH-- 3pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-02
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1836-12-05 DETROIT M T------WAYNE CO----RED 27MM CDS & STAMPED ARC PAID & MS PAID 12 1/2 RATE------TO SIDNEY SMITH ALCOTT (1860 US CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. NEW YORK 20 DEC 1803, D. 1 MAY 1867, FATHER, AMOS ALLCOTT, MOTHER, MEHETABEL ALCOTT, 1ST SPOUSE, M. DELIA C HUBBARD ALLCOTT 20 DEC 1825-B. 19 JUN 1810, D. 31 MAY 1834, FATHER, GEORGE HUBBARD, MOTHER, JULIA PORTER HUBBARD, 2ND SPOUSE, M. JULIA MARIA BECKLEY 8 SEP 1836-B. CONN 16 JAN 1813, D. 30 OCT 1860, FATHER, ORIN BECKLEY, MOTHER, HARRIET PATTISON BECKLEY, CHILDREN, JULIA MARIE ALCOTT, WILLIAM WASHINGTON ALLCOTT, WILLIAM SEYMOUR ALLCOTT, JULIUS LEE ALLCOTT, FRANK ALLCOTT, CHARLES HENRY ALLCOTT, AMOS ALLCOTT, GEORGE BROOKS ALLCOTT, WILLIAM EGBERT ALLCOTT, DOMESTIC, CATHERINE CORCORAN-B. IRELAND 1840), MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, M T------FROM GEORGE F. PORTER, DETROIT M T----REGARDING S KETCHUM'S NOTE FOR $2300 AND A DEED FOR LAND PURCHASED---GENEALOGY-----2PGS-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $40 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-05
County: Calhoun , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1836-12-05 +MARSHALL M T----CALHOUN CO----BROWN CDS & MS 12 1/2 CROSSED OUT AND MS 18 3/4 RATE ADDED-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS, TOLEDO,OHIO (ACTUALLY MICHIGAN TERRITORY)---THEN FORWARDED (TOLEDO OHIO DEC 9 BLACK CDS--BUT ACTUALLY M.T.) TO COLUMBUS OHIO---TOLEDO STRIP COVER-----FROM JAMES ANDERSON DATELINED IONIA, IONIA CO, M T---REGARDING LAND BUSINESS------GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 73 Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-05
County: Calhoun , Ionia , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1836-12-05 ANN ARBOR M T---FORWARDED-----------ORIGINALLY FROM RAISINVILLE M T (1836-12-05)---------#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF MONTGOMERY P.M.---TO JOHN ALLEN--FOUNDER OF ANN ARBOR--CARE OF JOHN STEWARD & CO-NEW YORK---GENEALOGY 3---COVER ONLY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-12-05
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0