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Title: 1843-07-14 +DETROIT MICH----WAYNE CO----BLUE CDS & MS 12 1/2(?)----DATELINED FORT BRADY, SAULT DE STE MARIE, ENTRANCE OF LAKE SUPERIOR, JULY 10,1843------TO HIS WIFE MARTHA H TITUS AT GREENCASTLE, PUTNAM CO, INDIANA-----"I FIND HERE A MAN WHO WILL GO TO DETROIT IN A DAY OR TWO THAT HAS KINDLY OFFERED TO TAKE A LETTER FOR ME AND MAIL IT THERE."---THE LETTER DETAILS A VISIT IN DETROIT WITH GENERAL CASS AND A STORMY TRIP UP LAKE HURON TO FORT BRADY ANS WRITES,--"A LITTLE AFTER NOON WE ARRIVED AT THE METHODIST MISSION AT THE LITTLE RAPIDS TWO MILES BELOW THE FORT. WE THERE MET BROTHER BROCKWAY AND JEAN ORDER WHO RECEIVED US KINDLY AND JOYFULLY. IN THE EVENING I CAME UP TO THIS PLACE WITH BROTHER BROCKWAY WHO RESIDES HERE, BEING CHAPLAIN OF THE FORT. HERE I AMUSED MYSELF WITH SOLDIERS ANS FRENCHMAN AND INDIANS AND ALL SORTS. YESTERDAY I PREACHED TO THE INDIANS, THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, AND MADE OUT BETTER THAN I EXPECTED TO..."---GENEALOGY----NATIVE AMERICANS----ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 52 Item ID: E0-42821 View Map
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