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Title: 1847-08-25 UNION CITY****W----BRANCH CO------BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE-----TO DAVID ISHAM, AND BROTHERS & SISTERS, AT VICTORY, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----FROM THEIR SON AND BROTHER, WILLIS J. ISHAM AND JANE M. ISHAM, UNION, M T---RELATES NEWS OF CROPS AND PLANS FOR HIS FARM, CROP AND FARM ANIMAL PRICES, MAKING AND SELLING COAL BASKETS, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM WILLIAM SINCE COMING TO MICHIGAN, HUNTING, COSTS OF LAND, PAY FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF EMPLOYMENT, CLOTH AND OTHER PROVISIONS---MENTIONS HIS DAUGHTER SARAH ANN, ABRAM HOLLERDAY, UNCLE SILAS FIELD, WALTER HUNT, ISHAM SIMONDS, ED SCOTT, DAVID, CHAUNCY CARTER, AUBURN SCOTT, DAVID WETHERL WENT BACK TO HICKRY ISLAND, TRUMAN MONROE, IRA HOGAN, THE WIDOW MOSHER, KATHERINE IS MARRIED, SALLY AND ALZINA----"ABRAM HOLLERDAY...BOUGHT 80 ACRES IN TWO MILES OF UNION CITY, IT IS TIMBERED WITH MAPLE, BASS, WHITEWOOD, BLACK WALNUT, BLACK CHERRY, BEECH, WHITE OAK, BLACK OAK, BLUE ASH; IT HAS GOT A SHUGAR (SIC) BUSH OF ORE THAN A THOUSAND TREES; HE PAID 300 DOLLARS FOR IT; IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HERE"----"I HAVE MADE 6 OAK CORN BASKETS, I GOT 24 LBS. OF THE BEST PORK FOR 2 OF THEM; FOR 1 I GOT 25LBS. OF CORN MEAL 40 POUNDS FLOWER (SIC) COAL BASKETS IS ON GOOD DEMAND BUT THEY DON'T WANTER PAY ANY MONEY ON THEM"--- GENEALOGY-----4PGS-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 - N Item ID: E0-45440 View Map
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