Title: 1836-08-11 ADRIAN M T---BLACK CDS WITH MS 18¾ ---TO SAMUEL WHITSLEY ESQ. AT ASHTABULA OHIO FROM CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK AT ADRIAN---FAMILY LETTER OF CORNELIA AND S.H. MERRICK ABOUT THEIR TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN AND FAMILY---BOARDED THE "THOMAS JEFFERSON" AT ASHTABULA AND RODE IT TO TOLEDO, WHERE THEY SAW DR. COLEMAN, WITH A STOP AT GRAND RIVER WHERE THEY'D HOPED TO VISIT BROTHER THOMAS BUT HE'D LEFT TO GO WEST; THEY RAN INTO ONE OF MR. PIERCE'S SONS THERE THAT HAD BOUGHT FATHER'S FARM OUT EAST; SABAN WENT HOME BEFORE THEM; THEY RODE THE NORTH AMERICA TO DETROIT; ELIZA AND BETSEY SEND THEIR LOVE; MENTIONS WILLIAM, MR. WARRINER, PHEBE AND REBECA, AND MR. HILLS---GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF ERNIE/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 $95 - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-11
County:
Lenawee
City:
Adrian
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 5
Title: 1836-09-18 MACKINAC M T--SHIP LETTER FROM GREEN BAY--FROM JOHN CATLIN AT GREEN BAY TO THOMAS J. ORMSBEE ESQ. POST MASTER AT RUTLAND VERMONT---MENTIONS MR. STRONG OF RUTLNAD AND JUDGE DOTY OF GREEN BAY---DOTY SAID MINERAL POINT WILL BE THE FUTURE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT; THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE FIRST LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLY WILL CONVENE AT BELMONT--- PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-09-18
County:
Mackinac
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Free Franks
, Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1836-09-18 MACKINAC M T--PAGE 2--SHIP LETTER--DOCKETING ON BACK OF LETTER--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-09-18
County:
Mackinac
City:
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1836-09-18 MACKINAC M T--PAGE 1--SHIP LETTER FROM JOHN CATLIN AT GREEN BAY DATELINED 1836-09-06--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1836-09-18
County:
Mackinac
City:
Category:
Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1836-10-01 +GRAND HAVEN M T---OTTAWA CO-----FAINT RED #MANUSCRIPT &MS 25 RATE---TO HENRY CURTIS, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO----ABOUT POLITICS, DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE---MENTIONS T.W. CHAPMAN----ABOUT POLITICS, LAND SPECULATING, DIESCRIPTION OF THE WATERWAY ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL OF KENT COUNTY, GRAND RAPIDS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY AND HOW IT IS GROWING----GENEALOGY----WATERWAYS---STEAMBOATS----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 56-----ERNIES COLLECTION $53 - N E Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-10-01
County:
Ottawa
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 3
Title: 1836-10-24 TOLEDO M T (WITH OHIO DESIGNATION)--CDS---FREE FRANK---TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT MONROE M T FROM EMERY D. POTTER AT TOLEDO WHO REPRESENTS MR BISSELL AND WALBRIDGE, ABOUT THE SUIT FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AT THE MOMENT HERMAN WALLBRIDGE WAS LEAVING ON A STEAM BOAT TO BE ABSENT ONE WEEK WHEN HE WILL BE AT MONROE AND PUT IN SPECIAL BAIL.-----GENEALOGY 4----ALLEN-WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 110 $ 2750---GENEALOGY----2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-10-24
County:
Monroe
City:
Monroe
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Free Franks
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Ohio Toledo Strip Letters
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2
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: 1836-11-19--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: 1836-11-19--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---PAGE 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Railroads
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly 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---PAGE 1---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-11-19
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Railroads
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 2
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: 1836-11-29 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: 1837-04-23 DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----TWO RED CDS CANCELS & ARC PAID STAMP & RED STRAIGHTLINE STEAM BOAT & MS PAID QUADRUPLE 75 RATE-------TO I SALTON, BROKER, BUFFALO N.Y.----DATELINED BK ST CLAIR, SAINT CLAIR CO,MICH 1837-04-24---BRIEF ACCOUNTING DOCUMENT----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1147 $150 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-04-23
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1837-06-19 DETROIT MICH (DATELINED)--BUFFALO NY (1ST POSTAL PORT)--BLUE 22X31 MM OVAL CDS--TO ARTHUR BRONSON AT NEW YORK FROM JAMES B. MURRAY AT DETROIT---A.G. ELLIS HAS ARRIVED BACK IN DETROIT ON HIS WAY HOME FROM NEW YORK, AND TOMORROW THEY SHALL PROCEED IN THE STEAM BOAT "COLUMBUS" ROUND THE LAKES; ELLIS HAS TWO NOTES OF RICHARD ALLEN'S, ENDORSED BY WILLIAM P. HALLETT; MENTIONS JUDGE EDWARDS; "ELLIS SAYS EVERYTHING IS VERY FLAT IN WISCONSIN"---GENEALOGY---2 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-06-19
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1837-08-05 SAGINAW MICH----STEAMBOAT----AHMS LETTER--1075/484---REV. HIRAM L. MILLER---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County:
Saginaw
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-05 SAGINAW MICH---STEAMBOAT----CLOSE-UP---AHMS LETTER--1075/484---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County:
Saginaw
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-05 SAGINAW MICH--STEAMBOAT---AHMS LETTER--1075/484---PAGE 1 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County:
Saginaw
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-05 SAGINAW MICH---STEAMBOAT---AHMS LETTER--1075/484---PAGE 2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County:
Saginaw
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-05 SAGINAW MICH---STEAMBOAT---AHMS LETTER--1075/484---PAGE 3 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-05
County:
Saginaw
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-25 NORTHBRIDGE NY TO ANN ARBOR MICH*****W---MANUSCRIPT---TO PERRY GOLDTHWAIT AT ANN ARBOR FROM HIS BROTHERS E. GOLDTHWAIT AND L.B. GOLDTHWAIT; HIS SISTER, MARY; AND HIS FATHER, THOMAS AT NORTHBRIDGE NEW YORK---FAMILY NEWS---"MARRIED IN SHELBURN JAN. 1 C. SHELBURN TO MISS LAURA HARDY"---MENTIONS LURANA, GEMIMA, CONSTANTINE, CAPT. B. TAFT, BUSH, THOMAS AT JAMESTOWN, JOHN, HARVEY, MR. A. TAFT AND JOEL BATCHELOR, LEVI FULLER, AND MR. ADOLPHUS TAFT---GENEALOGY 6---4PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 - N Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-25 NORTHBRIDGE NY TO ANN ARBOR MICH-----PAGE 1 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-25 NORTHBRIDGE NY TO ANN ARBOR MICH----PAGE 3 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-25 NORTHRIDGE NY TO ANN ARBOR MICH-----PAGE 2 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-08-25 NORTHBRIDGE NY TO ANN ARBOR MICH-----PAGE 4 - ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-08-25
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
Ernie's Michigan Collection
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 4
Title: 1837-09-07 +DETROIT MICH---BLUE CDS & RED HANDSTAMPED STRAIGHTLINE STEAMBOAT & MS 2 CENTS FOR THE CAPTAIN---BROTHERS ARE TRYING TO BUY AN ESTABLISHED GROCERY BUSINESS IN PIGEON PRAIRIE OR TECUMSEH--WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE BOAT TO CLEVELAND TODAY BUT WILL HAVE TO PUT IT OFF TILL TOMORROW; MR. SWAN IS DOING THE BEST BUSINESS; HE LEFT EDWARD AND LAMBERT THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY IN ANN ARBOR; HE HAD DINNER WITH HIS FRIEND GROVIER AT MT. CLEMENS; MARY---TO CHARLES E HALL CARE OF SAMUEL COOPER AT MIDDLETON COUNTY NY---GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED---3PGS--MISSING PAGE 1-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-09-07
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1837-10-13 MACKINAC MICH---RED CDS---FROM G.W. ELLIOTT AT MACKINAC TO HIS WIFE AND HIS FATHER, REV. JOSEPH ELLIOTT AT PONTIAC ABOUT HIS TRAVELS AND FISHING---PLANS TO SAIL TO GREEN BAY WITH MR. SLOCUM TO FISH---ONE [FISH} TAKEN HERE THAT WILL WEIGH 80 POUNDS AND TROUT TOO, I THINK I SHALL NOT STARVE IF I DO NOT FREEZE TO DEATH"---GENEALOGY--PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF CRAIG A. WHITFORD AUCTIONS - N Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-10-13
County:
Mackinac
,
Oakland
,
,
,
,
,
,
City:
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, Northern Michigan
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
, MI Waterways
Associated Pages: 2
Title: 1837-11-16 DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO---DESTINATION----FROM BUFFALO N.Y. TO GROVELAND, OAKLAND CO, MICH-----BLUE STRAIGHTLINE "STEAM BOAT" (STEAMBOAT) MARKING & BLUE DETROIT CDS & RED 18 3/4 RATE FROM WRITER TO HIS SISTER MISS ELIZA S GOODRICH, DISCUSSING REMOVING TO MICHIGAN-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1148 $200 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-11-16
County:
Wayne
City:
Detroit
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Stampless Letters
, MI Waterways
, Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0
Title: 1837-12-10 +PORT HURON MICH----SAINT CLAIR CO-----RED STRAIGHTLINE STAMPED STEAMBOAT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----AHMS LETTER /679----TO REV MILTON BADGER AT AHMS NEW YORK, N.Y.----REPORT OF REV O.C.THOMPSON---GENEALOGY 2----1PG----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 1156 $46 Read More..
Year: 1837
Date: 1837-12-10
County:
Saint Clair
City:
Category:
American Home Missionary Society
, MI Covers
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Title: 1837-12-10 +PORT HURON MICH----SAINT CLAIR CO-----RED STRAIGHTLINE STAMPED STEAMBOAT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----AHMS LETTER /679----TO REV MILTON BADGER AT AHMS NEW YORK, N.Y.----REPORT OF REV O.C.THOMPSON---GENEALOGY 2----1PG----PAGE 1----COURTESY OF ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 1156 $46 Read More..
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Date: 1837-12-10
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Title: 1838-06-12 +BELLVUE MICH----EATON CO---V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO LUKE J. BOND AT DUMMERSTON, WINDHAM CO, VERMONT----FROM FROM FANNY &SAMUEL BOND TO HIS BROTHER DATELINED BELLVUE, JUNE THE 11TH-1838-----"...THIS PLACE IS 12 MILES FROM A ---- WEST 24 FROM A RAILROAD NORTH THIS TOWN IS NOT INCORPORATED YET THIS IS TOWN ONE RANGE FIVE WEST. WHEN I CAME IN HERE I FOUND BUT FIVE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AT THIS TIME I FIND 10 OR MORE....I HAD 160 ACRES OF LAND HERE..." PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE INCLUDING CROPS PLANTED, BUSINESS, MONEY, FAMILY AND "...HAD A RATHER HARD JOURNEY BUT GOT ALONG AS WELL AS I COULD EXPECT. WE WAS 22 HOURS COMING TO ALBANY 6 DAYS TO BUFFALO 2 TO TOLEDO ABOUT 60 MILES FROM DETROIT. WE CAME FROM TOLEDO BY LAND WE HAD ONE VERY ROUGH DAY ON THE LAKE MYSELF AND CHILDREN ALL SEA SICK AND MOST ALL THE PASSENGERS..."---AG/ECON----PIONEER LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 94 Read More..
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Date: 1838-06-12
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