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Title: 1849-10-27 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 IN CIRCLE----TO I. HEARTWILL TREADWELL AT BUCHANAN, BERRIEN CO, MICH-----FROM HIS BROTHER JEROME---OFFERS LIFE ADVICE ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT COMPANIANS WHILE AT SCHOOL----MOTHER IS GAINING HER HEALTH & LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN SHE DID A FEW WEEKS AGO---THE WHIG & FREE SOIL CONVENTION THAT MET HERE YESTERDAY NOMINATED FATHER AS A CANDIDATE OF THE TWO PARTIES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATURE NEXT WINTER & I THINK HE WILL BE ELECTED---THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE EDWARD L JONES-THE DRUGGIST- & TOWNSEND E GIDLEY OF SANDSTONE---ELIZA, LOUISA, HARRIET, & MARTHA ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL IN ADRIAN--SEVERAL PERSONS LEFT HERE YESTERDAY FOR CALIFORNIA, JONATHAN WOOD & HIS TWO SONS, MR O C FREEMAN AT THE PRISON, JOSHUA PALMER & ONE OR TWO OTHERS---SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INTENDING TO GO IN A FEW DAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY TO GO. IT TAKES ABOUT $500 TO PAY THE PASSAGE THERE AND IT TROUBLES THEM TO RAISE IT. THIS CALIFORNIA FEVER LOOKS TO ME VERY MUCH LIKE THE COPPER MINE FEVER A FEW YEARS AGO. SOME FEW MADE THEIR FORTUNES & A MAJORITY LOST THERE FORTUNES---GENEALOGY 15----3PGS----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS   Item ID: E0-45295    View Map

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1849-10-27 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 IN CIRCLE----TO I. HEARTWILL TREADWELL AT BUCHANAN, BERRIEN CO, MICH-----FROM HIS BROTHER JEROME---OFFERS LIFE ADVICE ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT COMPANIANS WHILE AT SCHOOL----MOTHER IS GAINING HER HEALTH & LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN SHE DID A FEW WEEKS AGO---THE WHIG & FREE SOIL CONVENTION THAT MET HERE YESTERDAY NOMINATED FATHER AS A CANDIDATE OF THE TWO PARTIES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATURE NEXT WINTER & I THINK HE WILL BE ELECTED---THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE EDWARD L JONES-THE DRUGGIST- & TOWNSEND E GIDLEY OF SANDSTONE---ELIZA, LOUISA, HARRIET, & MARTHA ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL IN ADRIAN--SEVERAL PERSONS LEFT HERE YESTERDAY FOR CALIFORNIA, JONATHAN WOOD & HIS TWO SONS, MR O C FREEMAN AT THE PRISON, JOSHUA PALMER & ONE OR TWO OTHERS---SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INTENDING TO GO IN A FEW DAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY TO GO. IT TAKES ABOUT $500 TO PAY THE PASSAGE THERE AND IT TROUBLES THEM TO RAISE IT. THIS CALIFORNIA FEVER LOOKS TO ME VERY MUCH LIKE THE COPPER MINE FEVER A FEW YEARS AGO. SOME FEW MADE THEIR FORTUNES & A MAJORITY LOST THERE FORTUNES---GENEALOGY 15----3PGS---PAGE 2----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Date: 1849-10-27
1849-10-27 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 IN CIRCLE----TO I. HEARTWILL TREADWELL AT BUCHANAN, BERRIEN CO, MICH-----FROM HIS BROTHER JEROME---OFFERS LIFE ADVICE ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT COMPANIANS WHILE AT SCHOOL----MOTHER IS GAINING HER HEALTH & LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN SHE DID A FEW WEEKS AGO---THE WHIG & FREE SOIL CONVENTION THAT MET HERE YESTERDAY NOMINATED FATHER AS A CANDIDATE OF THE TWO PARTIES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATURE NEXT WINTER & I THINK HE WILL BE ELECTED---THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE EDWARD L JONES-THE DRUGGIST- & TOWNSEND E GIDLEY OF SANDSTONE---ELIZA, LOUISA, HARRIET, & MARTHA ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL IN ADRIAN--SEVERAL PERSONS LEFT HERE YESTERDAY FOR CALIFORNIA, JONATHAN WOOD & HIS TWO SONS, MR O C FREEMAN AT THE PRISON, JOSHUA PALMER & ONE OR TWO OTHERS---SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INTENDING TO GO IN A FEW DAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY TO GO. IT TAKES ABOUT $500 TO PAY THE PASSAGE THERE AND IT TROUBLES THEM TO RAISE IT. THIS CALIFORNIA FEVER LOOKS TO ME VERY MUCH LIKE THE COPPER MINE FEVER A FEW YEARS AGO. SOME FEW MADE THEIR FORTUNES & A MAJORITY LOST THERE FORTUNES---GENEALOGY 15----3PGS---PAGE 3----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Date: 1849-10-27
1849-10-27 JACKSON MICH----JACKSON CO----BLACK CDS & STAMPED PAID 5 IN CIRCLE----TO I. HEARTWILL TREADWELL AT BUCHANAN, BERRIEN CO, MICH-----FROM HIS BROTHER JEROME---OFFERS LIFE ADVICE ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT COMPANIANS WHILE AT SCHOOL----MOTHER IS GAINING HER HEALTH & LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN SHE DID A FEW WEEKS AGO---THE WHIG & FREE SOIL CONVENTION THAT MET HERE YESTERDAY NOMINATED FATHER AS A CANDIDATE OF THE TWO PARTIES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATURE NEXT WINTER & I THINK HE WILL BE ELECTED---THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE EDWARD L JONES-THE DRUGGIST- & TOWNSEND E GIDLEY OF SANDSTONE---ELIZA, LOUISA, HARRIET, & MARTHA ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL IN ADRIAN--SEVERAL PERSONS LEFT HERE YESTERDAY FOR CALIFORNIA, JONATHAN WOOD & HIS TWO SONS, MR O C FREEMAN AT THE PRISON, JOSHUA PALMER & ONE OR TWO OTHERS---SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INTENDING TO GO IN A FEW DAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY TO GO. IT TAKES ABOUT $500 TO PAY THE PASSAGE THERE AND IT TROUBLES THEM TO RAISE IT. THIS CALIFORNIA FEVER LOOKS TO ME VERY MUCH LIKE THE COPPER MINE FEVER A FEW YEARS AGO. SOME FEW MADE THEIR FORTUNES & A MAJORITY LOST THERE FORTUNES---GENEALOGY 15----3PGS---PAGE 1----COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Date: 1849-10-27