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Title: 1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T--#MANUSCRIPT---DATELINE MONROE---TO MISS AMELIA PHELPS AT PULTNEYVILLE, WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK FROM HER BROTHER AUGUSTUS---RELATES TRAVELS THROUGH NEW YORK TO MICHIGAN WITH WALTER, ---TOOK A POSITION ON A TEAM OF SIX MEN SURVEYING "THE WILDS OF MICHIGAN" DURING WHICH THEIR "FARE WAS VERY HARD HAVING NOTHING BUT PORK AND BREAD AND BEANS TO EAT AND SPICE BUSH TEA TO DRINK"---"WE WERE ABOUT 60 MILES FROM ANY WHITE INHABITANTS HAVING PLENTY OF INDIANS FOR NEIGHBORS" WITH WHOM THEY TRADED FOR SUGAR; SOME WERE FRIENDLY AND SOME THREATENING, BUT NONE HURT THEM---MENTIONS LUKAS, GEORGE AND HIS WIFE, HENRY, HE IS BOARDING WITH THE WHITNEY FAMILY---5 PAGES---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N   Item ID: E0-25558    View Map

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1824-04-23 FRENCHTOWN M T---BOTTOM PAGE 1--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Date: 1824-04-23
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