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Title: 1803-06-01---DETROIT M T--#MANUSCRIPT--FREE FRANK OF FREDERICK BATES---EARLIEST RECORDED FEDERAL-PERIOD POSTMARK FROM DETROIT, INDIANA TERRITORY AS FIRST POST OFFICE IN WAYNE COUNTY----FREDERICK BATES-1777-1825--JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN 1805-8, TREASURER OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY 1805-6. IN 1795 HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT IN THE QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST AND LEFT HOME FOR THE FRONTIER, DETROIT BEING HIS HOME, OFTEN VISITING MACKINAW AND OTHER OUTPOSTS. IN A FEW YEARS HE MADE A LITTLE CAPITAL, AND WENT INTO TRADE AS A STOREKEEPER IN DETROIT, STUDYING LAW IN SPARE HOURS. GENEALOGY--EBACH- WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 54----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR------2 PGS---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED Item ID: E0-35584 View Map
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