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Title: 1846-10-25 +EAGLE RIVER MICH-----HOUGHTON CO----V5----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO H.B. CURTIS, MT. VERNON, KNOX CO, OHIO-----FROM ORVILLE W. HUBBILL (O.W.B.)---"...AFTER A LONG AND ROUGH JOURNEY WE LANDED OUR LITTLE BARK AT THE HEAD OF TORCH LAKE ON THE THIRTEENTH OF SEPTEMBER..." WRITING ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THEIR CREW NOT CLEARING THE LAND, NOR MINING AND NOTING "...THE HOUSE THAT HE HAD BUILT 16 X 40 HE HAD NOT BUILT AT ALL THEY HAD A THING SEVENTEEN FEET SQUARE PART OF THE WAY UP THE WORST LOOKING THING OF THE KIND..." AND CLOSING WITH-------"...CLIFF $17 (SHARE) I VISITED LAST SUNDAY THEY HAVE FOUND A SHEET OF COPPER 10 INCHES THICK & 7 FEET WIDE AND 15 FEET LONG..."----MINING----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 172 Item ID: E0-42887 View Map
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