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 1823-07-18 DETROIT M T---STEAMBOAT TO BUFFALO---ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE--FROM F.G. HOPKINS AT DETROIT TO CAROLINE PORTER AT NORTH HADLEY MASS.---DATELINE ON BOARD THE STEAM BOAT LAKE SUPERIOR, LAKE ERIE---APOLOGIZES FOR NOT CALLING ON HER, DESCRIBES HIS TRAVELS AND A VISIT TO A MISSION SCHOOL AT MAUMEE, OHIO AND SAYS OF THE INDIANS "I WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CHILDREN WHO LOSE MUCH OF THEIR SAVAGE APPEARANCE WHEN DRESSED IN A CIVILIZED HABIT"---"I SPENT SOME TIME IN DETROIT, THIS IS A PLACE ALMOST WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO WICKEDNESS"----MENTIONS MR. AND MRS. CUSHMAN---6 PAGES---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1823-07-18 , Associated Pages:()