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1836-11-16 DETROIT M T --CDS---AHMS 958/394 ---REV JOHN P CLEAVELAND AND E P HASTINGS----BROTHER WILLIAM PAGE HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM THE PEOPLE OF GRASS LAKE, JACKSON CO, MICH TO SUPPORT REV JOHN MOORE ELLIS AS THEIR MISSIONARY----BROTHER WILLIAM PAGE ALSO RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM THE PEOPLE AT STONEY [STONY] CREEK, MONROE CO, MICH REQUESTING REV EDWARD B EMERSON TO LABOR AS THEIR MISSIONARY---BROTHER ASHBEL S WELLS OF TROY, OAKLAND CO, MICH SALARY IS $100 LESS THAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY, AND COULD THE SOCIETY APPROPRIATE $100 SUPPORT FOR HIM AS THEIR MISSIONARY----GENEALOGY---3PGS----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Date: 1836-11-16 , Associated Pages:(3)
1833-07-18 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT---TOP--1833-07-18 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE--MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--POSTMASTER ALFRED ALLEN DID NOT USE PRAIRIE IN TOWN NAME--NAME CHANGED TO WHITE PIGEON 1835-01-21--FIRST POST OFFICE AND COUNTY SEAT IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY--AHMS 413 1/2 /234--BOTTOM--1836-11-16 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE M T--POSTMASTER CHAPMAN GATES--CDS FIRST APPEARED IN 1830 AND POSTMASTER GATES CONTINUED TO USE IT EVEN AFTER "PRAIRIE" WAS DROPPED FROM THE TOWN NAME--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--PRIVATELY OWNED Date: 1833-07-18 , Associated Pages:(0)
1836-11-16 WHITE PIGEON PRAIRIE M T--FANCY CDS--DATELINED BLOOMFIELD M T 1836-11-07--FROM LONSON N. DEWEY AT BLOOMFIELD TO HIS SISTER AND JONATHAN FAIRTOUT AT GOVERNOR STREET, NEW YORK CITY N.Y.-----I FEEL LIKE ONE FORSAKEN AND ALONE, THIS EVENING I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM MY SISTERS SECOND DAYS WEDDING SHE WAS MARRIED AT MY HOUSE YESTERDAY. AND NOW I AM DRIVEN TO THE EXPEDIENT OF SEEKING ANOTHER COMPANION MAY THE LORD DIRECT ME IN THE CHOICE THAT I MAY GET ONE THAT WILL FILL IN SOME MEASURE AT LEAST THE PLACE OF HER WHO HAS AS I HOPE AND TRUST GONE TO THE REGIONS OF BLISS.---I MEAN IF POSSIBLE TO GET SOME COWS ANOTHER SEASON AND GO INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS, IT IS VERY PROFITABLE HERE AT THE PRESENT, CHEESE IS WORTH $1 PER POUND AND BUTTER IS WORTH FROM $2 TO $3 PER POUND, THERE IS A FINE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY HERE----AMANDA WILL STAY WITH ME I SUPPOSE THOUGH THE WINTER, WE ARE ENJOYING COMFORTABLE HEALTH, GIVE MY LOVE TO MR FAIRTOUT AND ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS ESPECIALLY AMOS AND ISRAEL--------GENEALOGY 5------EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 182 $600-------PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1836-11-16 , Associated Pages:(5)
1836-11-16 JACKSONOPOLIS M.T.{1832-1838 NAME CHANGE-JACKSON----V8--DATE ESTIMATED--JACKSON CO.--RED 30MM CDS AND BLACK MS 20 RATE--COVER ONLY--TO S.T. MASON GOV. OF MICHIGAN AT DETROIT---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Date: 1836-11-16 , Associated Pages:(0)
