Title: 1837-01-15 +WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE M T----ST. JOSEPH CO----V9---BLACK CDS & MS PAID 25 RATE---LETTER FROM CHARLEY KELLOGG AT WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE TO HIS WIFE MRS. R.R. KELLOGG CARE OF E. REECE AT COXSACKIE, GREENE CO, NY----MR JOHN A. DEWEY HAS TAKEN HIS NANCY UP INTO THE WOODS TO HOUSE, THEY WERE MARRIED SUNDAY LAST IN CHURCH (1870 CENSUS-OWOSSO, SHIAWASSEE CO, MICH-CHILDREN, GEORGE JENKINS, ELLEN DEWEY)---YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN MY LETTER CONTAINING THE SAD NEWS OF SISTER ELENORES DEATH. EDWIN IS VERY LONELY. THE FAIR MADE ABOUT $90, THE LADIES THINK OF GIVING THE AMOUNT TO THE TRUSTEES TO HELP PAY THE DEBT AFTER PAYING A LITTLE BALANCE ON THE CHURCH BELL. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE BELL & GOT IT UP INTO THE STEEPLE. IT IS QUITE AN ADDITION TO OUR NEW COUNTRY, MAKING IT APPEAR QUITE LIKE THE OLD NEW ENGLAND VILLAGES.---MENTIONS DEA CLARK, MR. PRESTON, MRS. BALUS CHAPRI HAS A DAUGHTER, MRS. ELIZ STANLEY HAS A SON, MRS. WARREN, MRS. DIFORE, MRS. HASEY, MRS. HERMAN, SARAH AND GEORGE---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 108 $250 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-15
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-01-17 NILES M.T.--BERRIEN CO.--BLACK 31MM CDS AND BLACK MS 25 RATE---TO WILLIAM D. WESTERVELD AT JENEVA NEW YORK---ONLY A PART OF THE LETTER IS AVAILABLE---1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR -N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-17
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-01-18 CLINTON M T--LENAWEE CO--REDDISH-BROWN CDS & MS 12 1/2 RATE----TO JOSEPH R WILLIAMS AT TOLEDO, OHIO---FROM W W DODGE AT CLINTON MICH REGARDING BANKING, HASKELL WOULD NOT LET HIM HAVE THE SPECIE-----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 50---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY----2 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-18
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-01-18 CLINTON M T--LENAWEE CO--PAGE 1--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-18
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: Michigan Territorial
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-01-20 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---1837-01-20 COLDWATER M T--FREE FRANK GOING TO POSTMASTER OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS--POSTMASTER PETER MARTIN--CDS FIRST APPEARED IN EARLY 1836 AND THIS EXAMPLE IS DATED LESS THAN 1 WEEK BEFORE STATEHOOD WAS OFFICIAL ON JANUARY 26,1837.--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-20
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-01-20 COLDWATER M T--BRANCH CO--SIX DAYS BEFORE STATEHOOD--FREE FRANK--FROM S.N. GAYLORD AT COLDWATER TO THE POSTMASTER AT DANVILLE, VERMILLION COUNTY ILINOIS---ASKING ADVICE REGARDING OPENING A BUSINESS AS A PHYSICIAN THERE AND THE HEALTH OF THE AREA---2 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-20
County: Branch
City: Coldwater
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-01-21 KALAMAZOO M T--#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 1267/469---JAMES PORTER, MARTIN HEYDENBERK, L. H. TRASK OF THE CHURCH AT KALAMAZOO----REQUESTING $100 AID SUPPORT FOR REV SILAS WOODBURY AND THE CHURCH WILL ADD $400 FOR THE COMING YEAR---GENEALOGY----2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-21
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-01-22 +DECATUR M. T.{1838-1849-DPO-V9}---VAN BUREN CO----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE-----TO JOSEPH BULLARD, GRAND RAPIDS, KENT CO, MICH------GENEALOGY----ALLEN/WHITFORD 2001 LOT 251----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 210 $25 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-22
County: Kent , VanBuren , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-01-24 +MENOMONIE M T----ACTUALLY WISCONSIN TERRITORY AT THAT TIME----BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL &MS PAID 18 3/4 RATE----TO GEORGE BEATY, BELMONT, IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN TERRITORY----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 74 $300 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-24
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-01-24 +SO. PLYMOUTH M T{1830-1870 NAME CHANGE-DENTON----WAYNE CO-----V6-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO JAMES M McAPES AT LAVRENCEVILLE, TIOGA CO, PA------FROM JOHN & EMELIA JACKSON TO FRIENDS -----REGARDING WEATHER, HOUSE FINISHED, PRICES FOR GRAINS, ETC.---MENTIONS MAHALA, RYAN, HIRAM, HUTCHINSON AND SARAH---"WELL BROTHER JAMES ABOUT YOUR COMING TO MICHIGAN WE WOULD BE EXTREMELY GLAD TO SEE YOU BUT I AM DOUBTFUL ABOUT FINDING A WIFE FOR YOU WITH ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS YOU REQUIRE BUT WE HAVE SOME VERY FINE GIRLS HERE"----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 40----GENEALOGY----3PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR P-ID-42818 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-24
County: Wayne
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-01-28 +BERTRAND MICH {1834-1901} DPO-----V3------BERRIEN CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS PAID 18 3/4 RATE---TO LEVI JENKS AT JULIET ILLINOIS FROM EDWIN GARNSEY AT BERTRAND---REGARDING PROPERTY VALUES---MENTIONS BROTHER ELOUS---"I SW YOUR FATHER HE APPEARS SMART FOR SO AGED A MAN"---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED--2PGS--—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 156 $46 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-28
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-01-30 MONROE MICH---BLACK CDS---POSTMARKED WITH THE TERRITORIAL MARKING FOUR DAYS AFTER STATEHOOD---FROM S. HUMPHREY AT MONROE TO CENTER LAMB ESQ. AT MONTPELIER VERMONT ---REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF LANDS AND THE BUILDING OF THREE RAILROADS---MENTIONS GRANT AND BROWN, THE CHICKERING PURCHASE, THE MONTGUMRY FARM, MR. BACON---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-30
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-01-30 GRASS LAKE MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1309/507---REV JOHN M ELLIS--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-01-30
County: Jackson
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1837-02-01---DETROIT MICH---CDS---*AHMS LETTER 1408/530---REV. JOHN P. CLEAVELAND---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-01
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-02-01 +CONSTANTINE MICH*****W----ST. JOSEPH CO----BLACK CDS & MS 12 1/2 RATE & SINGLE----WRITTEN JUST 5 DAYS AFTER MICHIGAN ATTAINED STATEHOOD-----TO JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS ESQ., TOLEDO, OHIO-----FROM JOHN C. FORY---ABOUT POOR & WRECKED CONDITION OF THE GRIST AND SAW MILLS AND NEEDED REPAIRS, CONDITION OF THE WORKERS ETC.---"IN THE FIRST PLACE THE GRISTMILL HAS BEEN VERY MUCH DAMAGED BY A MILLWRIGHT WHO I AM TOLD DID NOT UNDERSTAND HIS BUSINESS...THE GRISTMILL IS IN BAD REPUTE FOR MANY MILES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A MAN AT MILLS WHO WAS SATISFIED WITH THE MANNER HIS GRAIN WAS FLOURED"---"IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HORSE BELONGING TO THE CONCERN HERE TO RIDE ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM CUTTING WOOD ON YOUR LAND"---MENTIONS JUDGE MEEK, AGENTS W. HOUSE AND CO., MR. GILBERT, RUSSELL, HUNT, MR. HOUSE AND ULLMAN, MARGARET, RICHARD MOTT, MR. AND MRS. BAKER AND LITTLE GEORGE----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 149 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-01
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-02-07 MANCHESTER MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1364/525---REV. ALEX B. CORNING---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-07
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-02-08---AUBURN MICH ----#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1369/495---LETTER DATELINED 1-26-1837 THE 1ST DAY OF STATEHOOD---REV GEORGE HORNELL---DATELINED WHITE LAKE----REQUEST TO DISCONTINUE PREACHING PART TIME AT GRAND BLANC AND CONCENTRATE ON MILFORD AND WHITE LAKE----GENEALOGY----2PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-08
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-02-08 MONROE MICH (M.T.)*****W--MONROE CO.--BLACK CDS--FROM CARLOS COLTON (GRAVE INDEX, US 1860,70 CENSUS, FAMILY HISTORIES, B. NEW YORK 1800, D. 1882, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, FATHER, WALTER COLTON, MOTHER, NANCY BRACE COLTON, M. SOPHIA A BRIGHAM COLTON 1833, CHILD, ABRAM WALTER COLTON, KATE COLTON, ALPHA COLTON, CARLOS COLTON, ANNETTE E COLTON, HAMILTON COLTON) TO ALPHEUS FELCH---REGARDING THE CHARGES AGAINST ADAMS; MR. NORVELL WRITES TO MCCLELLAND REGARDING THE APPLICATIONS OF PRENTICE MURPHY AND RIGGS; LYON AD GRAY; MANNING; ADAMS HAS RELINQUISHED THE COLLECTORSHIP AND HUBBLE HAS BEEN APPOINTED; JUDGE FLETCHER; MR. ELLIS---DISCUSSES THE DELAY CONSTRUCTING THE RAILROADS---"I TRUST YOU WILL EXERT YOURSELF TO PREVENT THE APPOINTMENT OF RIGGS OR MURPHY AS I CANNOT FOR THE SOUL OF ME, SEE ANY CLAIMS THEY EITHER OF THEM HAVE TO IT"--- 3 pg--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $85 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-08
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-02-09---ST CLAIR MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---*AHMS LETTER 1393/461 ---REV. OREN C. THOMPSON---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year:
Date: 1837-02-09
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1837-02-10 KALAMAZOO MICH ---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER 1392/474 ---DATELINED PLAINFIELD---REV GEORGE N SMITH---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-10
County: Kalamazoo
City: Kalamazoo
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-02-13 MORTON MICH*****W{1836-1838} DPO---V9----DESTINATION----KALAMAZOO CO-----(ORIGIN AT NEW YORK N.Y.)-----TO ABRAHAM REZEAU BROWN (GRAVE INDEX, B. NEW JERSEY 1816, D. 1904, FATHER, ELIAS BROWN, MOTHER, JOANNA BROWN, SPOUSE, JANE W. BROWN {B. 1817, D. 1857}, CHILD, KEREN H STANNARD)------FROM HIS BROTHER WILLIAM H. BROWN, NEW YORK CITY---CENSUS---"I THINK IT [A LETTER HE SENT 2 MONTHS BEFORE] HAS EITHER BEEN LOST OR SENT TO THE GENERAL P. OFFICE T WASHINGTON AND PROBABLY BURNED BEFORE THIS TIME"---MENTIONS MR. VANZANDT, POWELSON, WILLIAM BURKEE A MERCHANT LIVING IN MICHIGAN CITY, JONATHON INGLE, LEWIS BEACH, MR. BARBER, GEORGE JEROLOMAN, AUNT PEGGY VAN DORN, MRS. DEFOREST, ISAAC VAN AUSDALE, JACOB EOFF, MEHELEN, MRS. POULSON, SALLY WYCKOFF---"I AM GLAD YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THE LANDS WHERE YOU ARE NOW AS I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPOSED THE INDIAN LAND IS TOO WILD AND UNCULTIVATED TO SETTLE UPON AS YET"---DISCUSSES LAND PURCHASES, BANKING, RAILROAD PLANS---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY-----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---3PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-13
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-02-14 +KENSINGTON MICH---OAKLAND CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE----TO WILLIAM SHULER, AMSTERDAM, MONTGOMERY CO, N.Y.----DATELINED LYON, OAKLAND CO, MICH----FROM JOSEPH A. WENDELL----FAMILY LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 327 $25 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-14
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-02-17 +CLINTON MICH---1ST TIME CDS---TO GOV. STEPHENS T. MASON-----DOCKETING RECOMENDATION FOR D B WAREN AS AUCTIONEER---GENEALOGY--COVER ONLY--PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-17
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-02-21-FARMINGTON MICH----#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER -1428/512 --REV GEORGE EASTMAN---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-21
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-02-21 BAKER'S MICH--LENAWEE CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL---FREE FRANK TO W.W.W. SOUTH, POSTMASTER AT UNIONVILLE, LENAWEE COUNTY FROM JOHN BAKER AT FAIRFIELD---REGARDING NOTES ON THE PONTIAC BANK AND RIVER RAISIN BANK---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY---1pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-21
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1837-02-24--- BRIGHTON MICH--CDS----DATELINED BRISTOL---AHMS LETTER 1442/475---REV. LUTHER SHAW--- COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-24
County: Lapeer , Livingston
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-02-27 +JACKSONOPOLIS MICH----JACKSON CO----YEAR ESTIMATED----RED CDS & STAMPED PAID & BLACK MS 10 RATE-----TO HIS EXCELLENCY STEVENS T MASON AT DETROIT MICH----A ONE PAGE PRINTED NOTICE-----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 537 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-27
County: Jackson
City: Jackson
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1837-02-28 LANESVILLE MICH--LENAWEE CO--#MANUSCRIPT FREE FRANK ADDRESSED TO JEFFERSON P. MOORE, POSTMASTER ABBOT, AT PISCATAQUA AT MAINE---DATELINE HUDSON CITY----FROM FRANK TO HIS SISTER----IN REFERENCE TO HIS UNMARRIED STATE AND THE WOMEN OF THE AREA "THEY ARE RATHER SPHERICAL, HAVE BREADTH AS WELL LENGTH, ALSO CLEAN THE DIRT FROM BETWEEN THEIR TOES WITH THE FIRE SHOVEL"---MENTIONS TAYLOR, AND SUSAN BANDALL---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-02-28
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1837-03-01 KALAMAZOO MICH---OUTSIDE THE MAIL---AHMS LETTER 470/1699---REV. B. WOODBURY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-01
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1837-03-02 MT CLEMENS MICH----#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS LETTER--1499/522---REV. R.S. CRAMPTON---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-03-02
County: Macomb
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3