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Title: 1838-06-12 +BELLVUE MICH----EATON CO---V8----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 25 RATE-----TO LUKE J. BOND AT DUMMERSTON, WINDHAM CO, VERMONT----FROM FROM FANNY &SAMUEL BOND TO HIS BROTHER DATELINED BELLVUE, JUNE THE 11TH-1838-----"...THIS PLACE IS 12 MILES FROM A ---- WEST 24 FROM A RAILROAD NORTH THIS TOWN IS NOT INCORPORATED YET THIS IS TOWN ONE RANGE FIVE WEST. WHEN I CAME IN HERE I FOUND BUT FIVE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AT THIS TIME I FIND 10 OR MORE....I HAD 160 ACRES OF LAND HERE..." PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE INCLUDING CROPS PLANTED, BUSINESS, MONEY, FAMILY AND "...HAD A RATHER HARD JOURNEY BUT GOT ALONG AS WELL AS I COULD EXPECT. WE WAS 22 HOURS COMING TO ALBANY 6 DAYS TO BUFFALO 2 TO TOLEDO ABOUT 60 MILES FROM DETROIT. WE CAME FROM TOLEDO BY LAND WE HAD ONE VERY ROUGH DAY ON THE LAKE MYSELF AND CHILDREN ALL SEA SICK AND MOST ALL THE PASSENGERS..."---AG/ECON----PIONEER LETTER----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 94 Item ID: E0-42618 View Map
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