Title: 1851-03-21 UTICA MICH----MACOMB CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK AND FREE FRANK---TO POSTMASTER AARON SMITH AT POTTERSVILLE NEW HAMPSHIRE----GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY-----ERNIES COLLECTION $50 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-21
County: Macomb
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-03-22 MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA*****W---LAPORTE CO---BLACK 34MM CDS & STAMPED 10 RATE----TO LEONARD SNOW, MARLBORO(UGH), CHESHIRE CO, NEW HAMPSHIRE----GENEALOGY----6PGS---ERNIES COLLECTION $26 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-22
County:
City:
Category: Ernie's Michigan Collection
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-03-24 EATON RAPIDS MICH----EATON CO-----BLACK 34MM CDS AND STAMPED 10 RATE--TO CHARLES G HAVENS, NEW YORK CITY-----FROM THOMAS HAVENS, EATON RAPIDS, EATON CO, MICH-----MENTIONS SARAH AND ELIZABETH HAVE THE AGUE------GENEALOGY---FROM THE CHARLES G. HAVENS FAMILY PAPERS---http://www.havensfund.org--------3 pgs--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-24
County:
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1851-03-26 +SPRINGVILLE MICH----LENAWEE CO-----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO F H. SARLES CARE OF HICKSON SARLES, 631 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y.----FROM PHEBE J. TOWER TO HER BROTHER-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 398 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-26
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-03-28 DETROIT MICH---WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & STAMPED 10 IN OVAL RATE----TO WILLIAM BARD AT WALL STREET, NEW YORK----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 951b Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-28
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-03-28 DETROIT MICH--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BLUE 10 IN OVAL--1 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-28
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-03-30 +KINDERHOOK MICH----BRANCH CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE----TO J.W. BROWN AT ANN ARBOR, WASHTENAW CO, MICH----FROM HELLEN TRIPP----REGARDING HOME SICKNESS----"WE LIVE IN THE SAME LOGHEAP WE DID WHEN YOU LEFT....WILLIAM WATERHOUSE HAS RETURNED FROM HIS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, HE IS BIGGEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE (AS THE OLD SAYING IS)..."----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 275 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-30
County: Branch , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-04-02 MACKINAC MICH--V3--MACKINAC CO.--WINTER INLAND ROUTE SOUTH TO DETROIT (VERY LIGHT RED DOUBLE OVAL UPPER LEFT) AND 10 RATE FORWARDED NORTH THROUGH SAGINAW ON ROUTE 3765--------VERY INTERESTING-------TO A. BINGHAM, SAULT STE MARIE, MICH---FROM L.Y.B. BIRIHAND AND M. STODDARD AT MACKINAC---REGARDING MONEY LEFT WITH THE UNITED STATES INTERPRETER------1 pg--ERNIES COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-02
County: Mackinac
City:
Category: Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , MI Genealogy , MI Covers
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-04-03 +BUFFALO N.Y.---BLUE CDS----BLACK STRAIGHTLINE HANDSTAMP "LAKES STEAMBOAT"----WATERWAYS-----TO W. PARKER, ST. CLAIR, MICH---FROM A. PARKER ABOUT LOSS OF SHIPMENT-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /BORN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1053 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-03
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , MI Waterways , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-04-05 OLIVET MICH------INGHAM CO.--BLUE CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 IN CIRCLE---EATON COUNTY---FROM P.F. HASFORD AT OLIVET TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL AT LANSING---GENEALOGY----2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-05
County: Ingham
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1851-04-07 DETROIT MICH--BLUE 30MM CDS AND BLUE 20 IN OVAL--JOHNSON'S HOTEL LETTERHEAD----TO H.O.KENT ESQ., LANCASTER, COOS CO., NEW HAMPSHIRE---FROM JOHN B. STICKNEY, DETROIT MICH---SPEAKS OF TRAVELS AND THE EXPRESS TRAIN FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO, THEN TAKING THE "MAY FLORAN" BOUND TO DETROIT ON LAKE ERIE-----3 pg--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1851-04-12 GALESBURGH MICH*****W--DATE ESTIMATED--KALAMAZOO CO.--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 10 WITH PLATE MARKINGS-----TO CAPT. JOHN CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN (1850,60,70 CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 1823 D. 1902, CIVIL WAR ENLISTMENT 1861, GUNSMITH, DENTIST, FATHER, SAMUEL BUCHANAN, MOTHER, ELIZABETH BUCHANAN, GRANDMOTHER, REBECCA BUCHANAN, SPOUSE, SOPHIA HASCAL BUCHANAN, CHILDREN, CLAUDE R BUCHANAN, MARY ANGIE BUCHANAN, BINGHAM STUART BUCHANAN, ROBERT RUSSELL BUCHANAN, CLARA BETTINE BUCHANAN, ANGIE MCKEE), GRAND RAPIDS, KENT CO, MICH----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $15 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-12
County: Kalamazoo
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Scott-10,11,25,26,26a , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-04-23 ST.CLAIR MICH---ST CLAIR CO-----BLACK CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE----TO JOHN SHEPELEY AT PLAINSVILLE, LAKE CO, OHIO----FROM JOHN CLEMANS, ST CLAIR, MICH----GENEALOGY---1PG---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $30 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-04-23
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: Michigan Advertising , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-05-01 +HOWELL MICH --- BLACK CDS 31MM & STAMPED "X"---CROSSED OUT AND RE-RATED MS 5--- LETTER TO JOHN G MASON AT NEW BUFFALO MICH FROM HIS FATHER G. MASON AT HOWELL---MENTIONS FILLMORE, DAVID, & CHARLES----YOUR MOTHER IS BETTER SOME---I AM NOT ABLE TO DO BUT LITTLE THE REST AS WELL AS COMMON----I HAVE NOT EXTRACTED THE APPOINTMENT TO THE CARE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE....I THINK I MAY BE SUCCEED----I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHARLES OLSO THEY ARE GOING TO REMAIN AT THE RAPIDS AT PRESENT, HE IS BETTER THAN FOR TWO YEARS BACK----GENEALOGY---1PG-- ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-01
County: Berrien , Livingston , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Unusual Postage
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-05-01 +HOWELL MICH----LIVINGSTON CO----BLUE CDS & STAMPED X IN CIRCLE RATE----TO A. J. WYNKOOP, CHEMUNG, CHEMUNG CO, N.Y.------FROM JAMES CHARLES COLEMAN DATELINES (WEST) MARION---REGARDING LIVINGSTON & ST. CLAIR LAND, TAXES----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 248 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-01
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-05 ST. CLAIR MICH-SAINT CLAIR CO.--BLACK 31MM CDS--4pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-05
County: Saint Clair
City:
Category: MI Covers , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1851-05-07 +SOMERSET MICH----HILLSDALE CO---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO ARZA FINNEY (1850 CENSUS, B.NEW YORK 1805, D. 1880, WIFE HANNAH FINNEY, CHILDREN, JANE FINNEY, MARIAN FINNEY, WILLIAM W FINNEY), WESTPORT, ESSEX CO, N.Y.----FROM HIS BROTHER T. FINNEY-----ABOUT BUSINESS----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 492 $35 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-07
County: Hillsdale
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-13 ANN ARBOR MICH--BLUE CDS & BLACK STAMPED FANCY 10 RATE----TO GUY B. PHELPS, HARTFORD, HARTFORD CO, CONN----FROM F.J.B. CRANE, ANN ARBOR MICH----GENEALOGY---PRIVATELY OWNED-----MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-13
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-14 COMMERCE MICH--DATE ESTIMATED---#MANUSCRIPT & MS FREE FRANK OF F.A. SMITH P.M.----TO JOHN COMSTOCK,HUDSON, ST. CROIX CO, WISCONSIN----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-14
County: Oakland
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-10-21 MORENCI MICH--YEAR ESTIMATED---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 5 RATE----LENAWEE CO.---TO GEORGE W TOMPKINS, TREMANSBURGH, TOMPKINS CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY-----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-16
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-26 ALMONT MICH---RED 32MM CDS AND STAMPED 10 RATE---LAPEER CO.--FROM M.E. HOUGH AND EDWIN DILL AT ALMONT TO EUNICE C. HOUGH AT LEBANON, GRAFTON CO, N.H.-------GENEALOGY 3------3 pgs--COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year:
Date: 1851-05-26
County: Lapeer
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1851-05-26 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & CIRCLE GRID TIES SCOTT 1 & MS PAID-----TO STEVENS & CHAPOTEN, MT. CLEMENS, MACOMB CO, MICH-----FROM HOLMES & CO. DESIRING TO PURCHASE "...GOOD SEASONED ASH FLOORING..."-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 454 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-26
County: Macomb , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Michigan Advertising , MI Covers , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-26 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO---BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 10 IN CIRCLE RATE----TO CARTER WHITCOME AT SWANZEY, CHESHIRE CO, NH----FROM SALLY THOMPSON AT JACKSON MICH---MY DOWER WAS SO SMALL THAT I DO NOT FEEL ABLE TO PAY THE FUNERAL CHARGE OF MY DECEASED HUSBAND SAMUEL THOMPSON---CHARLES RAMSDALE OWES ME 50 CTS FOR THE USE OF A BED SHOULD YOU THINK TO MENTION IT TO HIM I THINK HE WILL PAY IF OVER SOME TIME WHEN YOU SEE HIM-----GENEALOGY----2PG----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-26
County: Jackson
City: Jackson
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1851-05-28. BATTLE CREEK MICH---YEAR ESTIMATED---CALHOUN CO---BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 3 RATE----TO LEMAN SANFORD(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 1803, D. 1979, FATHER, WALT SANFORD, MOTHER, LURA SANFORD, SPOUSE, EMELINE PRATT SANFORD{B. NEW YORK 1808, D. 1890}, CHILDREN, THERON E SANFORD, BYRON GREEN SANFORD, MARY J SANFORD, HARRIET SANFORD, FARM LABORER, PETER VALORN{B.HOLLAND 1852}, DOMESTIC SERVANT, WILMINA TULERE{B. HOLLAND 1857}), MARION, WAYNE CO, N.Y.----GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY------ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-28
County: Calhoun
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-05-30---DETROIT MICH TO P.B. BARBEAU AT SAULT STE MARIE---CHIPPEWA COUNTY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-05-30
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1851-06-02 ANN ARBOR MICH--BLUE CDS AND BLUE STAMPED STRAIGHT PAID AND FANCY 10 RATE--TO MISS CAROLINE E COWLES AT TIONESTA, FORREST CO, PENN---MENTIONS WHITNEY, SOPH, ELIZA AUSTIN; JIM FINLEY HAS BEEN EXPELLED FROM COLLEGE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME---GENEALOGY 5---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $20 Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-06-02
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1851-06-02. ALLEGAN C.H.*****W----ALLEGAN CO-----BLACK CDS & STAMPED 5 RATE---FROM ELISHA BOURNE BASSETT (1850,60 CENSUS, B. MASS 1823, APPOINTED POSTMASTER OF ALLEGAN 1853, LAWYER, ENLISTED IN CIVIL WAR AS 2ND LIEUTENANT 1862, WIFE, ANNE E BASSETT {D. 1896}, CHILDREN, MARIA F BASSETT, MARY E BASSETT LUCAS, ESTHER BASSETT, JOHN BASSETT), CLERK OF ALLEGAN CO, MICHIGAN, AT ALLEGAN TO ALPHEUS FELCH AT ANN ARBOR, WASHTENAW CO, MICH-----"ANY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE TOWN MAY BE ADDRESSED - TIMOTHY S. COATES ESQ. PAST POSTMASTER PINEPLAINS ALLEGAN CO., MICH"---(1850,60 CENSUS, GRAVE INDEX, B. ILL 1808, D. 1873, FATHER, LINTSFORD B COATES, MOTHER, MARY ALICE COATES, MERCHANT, WIFE, MARY COATES, CHILDREN, LINSFORD B COATES, AMARIAH H COATES, ELSIE M COATES, JOHN COATES, TITUS COATES, CHARLES COATES, LEWIS COATES), POSTMASTER, PINEPLAINS, ALLEGAN CO, MICH" ---GENEALOGY ----1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 - N Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-06-02
County: Allegan , Washtenaw , , , , , ,
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-06-04 +LIVINGSTON MICH {1840-1852} NAME CHANGE-HAMBURGH #2---LIVINGSTON CO--V6---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 10 RATE---FROM SARAH BURNETT (B. NEW YORK 1819, HUSBAND SAMUEL G. BURNETT, CHILD JESSIE) AT LIVINGSTON TO HER DAUGHTER JULIA AMELIA SMITH (B.NEW YORK 1811, HUSBAND RICHARD SMITH, CHILDREN, RICHARD C SMITH, EPHRIM L SMITH, FIDELIA H SMITH, MARIA E SMITH, ALANSON D SMITH) AT MADISON, MADISON CO, NEW YORK ABOUT FAMILY NEWS; A SECOND LETTER INCLUDED FROM JULIA'S SISTER AT GREEN OAK---NEWS OF MR. MEAD, WHOM SHE SAW AT MAYNARD'S STORE IN ANN ARBOR; MENTIONS MR. EDWARDS AN EVANGELIST, ELDER GRAVES, DR. COMSTOCK, DR. HALLOCK, OLD MRS. HALLOCK, JAMES HALLOCK, AND AMELIA; MR. HALLOCK DEEDED THE 40 ACRES WHERE THE HOUSE AND ORCHARD IS TO FRANKLIN---GENEALOGY---7PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 350 $45----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-06-04
County: Livingston
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 7

Title: 1851-06-06 EATON RAPIDS MICH---EATON CO---BLACK 33MM CDS & STAMPED LARGE 10 RATE---TO CHARLES G. HAVENS, NEW YORK CITY---ADVERTISING ON REVERSE--RAND & HAVENS, DEALERS IN STAPLES AND FANCY DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, HARDWARE, CLOCKS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, EATON RAPIDS MICH----G.T. RAND, AND T.S.S. HAVENS----GENEALOGY---FROM THE CHARLES G. HAVENS FAMILY PAPERS---http://www.havensfund.org------1PG----PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-06-06
County:
City:
Category: Michigan Advertising , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-06-07--- DETROIT MICH TO SAULT ST MARIE, MICH---FROM A.H. NEWBOULD AT DETROIT TO P.B. BARBEAU AT SAULT ST MARIE, MICH---CHIPPEWA COUNTY---GENEALOGY---1PG---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-06-07
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 1