Ernies Michigan

Title: 1830-07-10 DETROIT M T--BLACK OVAL CDS & STAMPED FREE---FREE FRANK OF JAMES ABBOTT POSTMASTER---JAMES ABBOTT TO JOHN ALLEN AT ANN ARBOR---PRIVATELY OWNED---GENEALOGY--EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 72 $110---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-07-10
County: Washtenaw , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor , Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 1-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----BEGINS WITH "AND REALLY, IF A MAN WON'T LET US KNOW THAT HE'S ALIVE, HE'S DEAD - OR SHOULD BE SO"---MENTIONS LAURA BARNES, NOW LAURA WILLARD; ALMIRA; SHE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HILEA AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE; MRS. WILLARD OF SALEM AND HINGE; THEREGER; HER SCHOOL IS FLOURISHING, WITH MANY EXTREMELY INTERESTING GIRLS; A PARTY A MRS. MACK'S; THE ARRIVAL OF MR. BURY FROM ALBANY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH; MAY BOARDNER; MRS. FITCH; THE CONVERSES; MARY B.; MISS SCUDDER; CHARLOTTE---"WE ARE NOT YET QUITE CHIPPEWA OR WINNEBAGO - AT LEAST WE HAVE LOST MUCH OF THE DREAD WITH WHICH WE AT FIRST... THESE MONSTERS. I CAN NOW MEET 50 OR 100 OF THEM WITHOUT SHRINKING. OH YOU CAN HAVE NO IDEA OF THE GROTESQUENESS OF THEIR APPEARANCE OR THE WILDNESS OF THEIR CRIES AND GESTICULATIONS - THEN THEIR LODGES OR HUTS ARE VERY CURIOUS TOO"---“I WENT DOWN INTO THEIR ENCAMPMENT OTHER NIGHT. IN A LARGE YARD WERE PITCHED A DOZEN TENTS, -A POLE IN THE MIDDLE, OTHER POLES DRIVEN IN THE EARTH AROUND IT AND DRAWN TO MEET IT AT THE TOP, MATS THROWN OVER- A LARGE FIRE IN THE CENTRE OVER WHICH DEPENDING FROM TWO CROSSED STICKS HANGS A KETTLE, AROUND EACH FIRE WITHIN THE TENT ARE STRECTHED A DOZEN __ INDIANS THEIR EYES GLEAMING THROUGH THE SMOKE RAISED BY THEIR FIRES & THEIR PIPES- THEIR CONOES WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL ARE RANGED AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE TENTS”---GENEALOGY----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---5PGS-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Northern Michigan
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 2-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 5-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 4-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-07-13 DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO------BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 25 RATE------TO JOHN D. WILLARD (GRAVE INDEX, B. 1799, D. 1864, SPOUSE, LAURA BARNES WILLARD, CHILDREN, CLARENCE WILLARD, EDWARD WILLARD, HENRY WILLARD, MASONIC WORLDWIDE 1860 DIRECTORY, APOLLO LODGE 6307, TROY N.Y.), TROY, RENSSELAER CO, N.Y.------FROM ARABELLE, DETROIT, M T-----GENEALOGY----5PGS---PAGE 3-----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS $50 Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-07-13
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 5

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M T --DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT--AHMS LETTER 512/114---REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES---PRIVATELY OWNED-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M T---#MANUSCRIPT---AHMS# 512--COVER ONLY--REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M T---OAKLAND CO---BLACK *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE--AHMS LETTER 512/114---TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY FOR AHMS, 144 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK-----REPORT OF REV. ISAAC W. RUGGLES AT PONTIAC---MENTIONS MESSRS. WELLS AND HASTINGS, REV. VINCENT GOULD AT SOUTHAMPTON---"A MAN OF THIS PLACE, THE ONLY MAN WHO PRACTICED VENDING THE LIQUID POISON, HAS BECOME A MEMEBER OF THIS [TEMPERANCE] SOCIETY"---PICTURE OF ORIGINAL COVER COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR----PICTURES OF PAGES Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---GENEALOGY---2PGS - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M.T.--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--3 pg--AHMS 508/101--REV. GEORGE HORNELL--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M.T.--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--3 pg--AHMS 508/101--REV. GEORGE HORNELL--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD--PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M.T.--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--3 pg--AHMS 508/101--REV. GEORGE HORNELL--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD--TOP OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M.T.--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--3 pg--AHMS 508/101--REV. GEORGE HORNELL--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-08-02 PONTIAC M.T.--OAKLAND CO.--BLACK MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND BLACK MS 25 RATE--3 pg--AHMS 508/101--REV. GEORGE HORNELL--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD--PAGE 3--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-02
County: Oakland
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-08-03 MONROE M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---DATELINE 1830-08-02---FROM DAN B. MILLER AND BEN J. DAVIS AT MONROE TO MILLS OLCOTT AT HANOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE---A STRANGER HAD BEEN IN TOWN LOOKING TO PURCHASE LAND, WHO TURNED OUT TO BE A MR. VERBECK WHO'D LEFT NEW YORK WITH MONEY BELONGING TO MILLS OLCOTT; THE MAN LEFT UNDER COVER OF NIGHT AND WAS SAID TO HAVE CROSSED THE DETROIT RIVER; SUGGESTS HE BE PURSUED THROUGH CANADA---3 PAGES---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-03
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-08-03 MONROE M.T.--DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--RED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL MS 25 RATE--DATELINE 1830-08-05-30--3 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-03
County: Monroe
City: Monroe
Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T---GENEALOGY 4---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--MANUSCRIPT----TO INFORM THE COUNTY CLERK AT ANN ARBOR, JAMES ALLEN, OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANDREW HAYS AND CAROLYN HALL BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELIAS SKINNER ON 1830-08-03---FROM THE ALLEN PAPERS ---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN--AND PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T---DUPLICATE--DUPLICATE--PAGE 1----TO INFORM THE COUNTY CLERK AT ANN ARBOR, JAMES ALLEN, OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANDREW HAYS AND CAROLYN HALL BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELISA SKINNER ON 1830-08-03---FROM THE ALLEN PAPERS ---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1830-08-05 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER MARK NORRIS DID NOT USE THE DESIGNATION M T ON THIS LETTER--BOTTOM--1832-03-10 YPSILANTI M T--STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK--POSTMASTER NORRIS WAS THE THIRD TO TRY THE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK. DATES OF USE INDICATE HE USED IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS BEFORE GIVING UP---PRIVATELY OWNED--GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Michigan Territorial Exhibit , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-05 +MACKINAC MICH-----MACKINAC CO-----RED CDS & MS 25 RATE-----TO ABSALOM PETERS AT AHMS, N.Y.----FROM SARAH G DAVIS, DATELINED MACKINAC, REGARDING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY-----GENEALOGY 2----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 120 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Northern Michigan , Privately Owned , MI Waterways , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS f-FOR FREE FRANK-----TO INFORM THE COUNTY CLERK AT ANN ARBOR, JAMES ALLEN, OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANDREW L HAYS AND CLARISSA S HART (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 3 APR 1814, D. 1899, FATHER, DR. LUTHER W HART{1778-1842}, MOTHER, SIBYL SELDON HART{1782-1840}, SIBLING, CHARLOTTE EATON HART GORHAM{1820-1902}, SPOUSE, M. DR. ANDREW L HAYES 2 AUG 1830{1803-1864}, CHILDREN, LUTHER HART HAYES{1832-1848, SARAH THOMPSON HAYES{1835-1890}, WALTER INGALLS HAYES{1841-1901}) BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELIAS M SKINNER ON 1830-08-03---GENEALOGY 4----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 184 $120---2PGS---PAGE 1-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS f-FOR FREE FRANK-----TO INFORM THE COUNTY CLERK AT ANN ARBOR, JAMES ALLEN, OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANDREW L HAYS AND CLARISSA SELDON HART (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 3 APR 1814, D. 1899, FATHER, DR. LUTHER W HART{1778-1842}, MOTHER, SIBYL SELDON HART{1782-1840}, SIBLING, CHARLOTTE EATON HART GORHAM{1820-1902}, SPOUSE, M. DR. ANDREW L HAYES 2 AUG 1830{1803-1864}, CHILDREN, LUTHER HART HAYES{1832-1848, SARAH THOMPSON HAYES{1835-1890}, WALTER INGALLS HAYES{1841-1901}) BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELIAS M SKINNER ON 1830-08-03---GENEALOGY 4----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 184 $120---2PGS-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1830-08-05 YPSILANTI M T--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS f-FOR FREE FRANK-----TO INFORM THE COUNTY CLERK AT ANN ARBOR, JAMES ALLEN, OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANDREW L HAYS AND CLARISSA S HART (1870 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 3 APR 1814, D. 1899, FATHER, DR. LUTHER W HART{1778-1842}, MOTHER, SIBYL SELDON HART{1782-1840}, SIBLING, CHARLOTTE EATON HART GORHAM{1820-1902}, SPOUSE, M. DR. ANDREW L HAYES 2 AUG 1830{1803-1864}, CHILDREN, LUTHER HART HAYES{1832-1848, SARAH THOMPSON HAYES{1835-1890}, WALTER INGALLS HAYES{1841-1901}) BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELIAS M SKINNER ON 1830-08-03---GENEALOGY 4----EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 184 $120---2PGS---PAGE 2-----PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year:
Date: 1830-08-05
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1830-08-20 +DETROIT M T----WAYNE CO----BLACK DOUBLE OVAL CDS & RED MS 10 RATE----TO HENRY COTTON JR., PLYMOUTH, WAYNE CO, M T-----FROM HIS FATHER HENRY COTTON INFORMING HIM THAT HE IS NOW AT DETROIT AND MUCH MORE----GENEALOGY-----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 32 $65 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-08-20
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-09-07 ANN ARBOR M.T.--#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--JOHN ALLEN PAPERS--3 pg---GENEALOGY 3---TO JAMES C. ALLEN AT LIMA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK FROM HIS BROTHER JOHN AT ANN ARBOR---MENTIONS UNCLE JAMES, PA AND GRANDMA---HE IS TENDING STORE FOR S. GOODSPEED--- COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-09-07
County: Washtenaw
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1830-09-25 +GREEN BAY M T-----BROWN CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 25 RATE-----TO REV. BENJAMIN B. SMITH AT PHILADELPHIA, PA-----FROM RICH F. CADLE-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 22 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-09-25
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS--Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-10-30
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1830-10-30 YPSILANTI M T---#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 837/120----DATELINED YPSILANTI 10-29-1830--REV. IRA M. WEAD----ONE MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH WHO OWNS ONLY 25 ACRES OF LAND & LIVES IN A LOG HUT WITH BUT ONE ROOM IN IT SAID; "THE LORD HAS MADE ME ABLE AND WILLING TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL; HAS GIVEN ME AND MY WIFE STRENGTH TO WALK SEVEN MILES TO HEAR IT PREACHED"----A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE FORMED A COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY & VOTED TO SUPPLY THE DESTITUTE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY WITH A COPY OF THE WORD OF LIFE------WE VOTED TO ESTABLISH A SABBATH SCHOOL IN EVERY SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE ONE COULD BE SUSTAINED WITHIN ONE YEAR------...PROFANITY, DRUNKENNESS, SABBATH BREAKING AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER VICE PREVAIL, TO AN ALARMING DEGREE...AS MUCH SEEM TO PLACE SOCIETY BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF REFORM-----MENTIONS TEMPERANCE---GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 4---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 44 Read More..
Year: 1830
Date: 1830-10-30
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: American Home Missionary Society , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

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