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Title: 1823-04-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1823-04-18 FORT CRAWFORD(PRAIRIE DU CHENE)M T /WISCONSIN--HELD TILL SPRING--CDS 1823-04-18--DATELINED 1823-01-14--FORT CRAWFORD WAS BUILT IN 1816 ON THE SITE OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE POST OFFICE FOR THE FORT PRIOR TO 1823-12-06(OPENING OF PRAIRIE DU CHEN POST OFFICE) WAS ST LOUIS VIA MILITARY COURIER OR RIVERBOAT.--EARLIEST KNOWN POSTMARKED LETTER FROM WISCONSIN AS MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN PRIVATE HANDS.--BOTTOM--1827-10-21 FORT CRAWFORD M T--LETTER HANDED DIRECTLY TO CAPTAIN OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT AND COVERED MAIL AT ST LOUIS ON 1827-11-15 FOR FORWARDING TO WASHINGTON CITY--ONLY KNOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT LETTER FROM MICHIGAN TERRITORY--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Item ID: E0-17598 View Map
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