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1815-12-09 MICHIGAN TERRITORIAL EXHIBIT--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR--TOP---1815-12-09--DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---P M JAMES ABBOTT---BOTTOM---1817-03-29---DETROIT M T---#MANUSCRIPT--- Date: 1815-12-09 , Associated Pages:(0)
1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT--AND RED MS 37 1/2 ---FROM GEORGE WATSON AT DETROIT TO ELKANAH WATSON ESQ AT PITTSFIELD MASS ABOUT ESTABLISHING A BREWERY AND DISTILLERY, FAMILY, ILLNESS, TRIP ON THE RIVER AND GALE STORM----MENTIONS DR. CHILDS, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, MR. HUNT, CAPTAIN WHITING LATE AIDE TO GENERAL BOYD AND NOW AIDE TO ENERAL MCC-, MAJOR MACK, G. GODFREY, MR. KING---DISCUSSES TYPE OF GROCERIES WHICH COULD BE SOLD TO THE INDIANS AND INHABITANTS "THE GROCERIES OUGHT TO BE SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE, PARTICULARLY LIQUORS", PRICES OF GOODS---PLEASE INFORM GEORGE THAT HIS BROTHER CHARLES IS FAST RECOVERING TO A SEVERE ILLNESS---WE STARTED IN A SNOW STORM & THE PASSAGE DOWN SEEM ON A REEF OF ROCKS WHEN WE ...14 HOURS THOUGH APPARENTLY IN NO DANGER AS THE VESSEL WAS MAINLY IN BALLAST--ON OUR RETURN WE STARTED IN COMPANY WITH 2 OTHER SCHOONERS- THREE DAYS AND A HALF LONGER, US TO THE MOUTH OF THE DETROIT RIVER, WE AND SHIPS IN A PERFECT CALM; ABOUT SIX HOURS AFTER (SAY NIGHTFALL) A MOST VIOLENT GALE AROSE FROM THE S W-WHICH OBLIGED US TO HEAVE BOTH ANCHORS; THOUGH IN THE RIVER- THE OTHER SCHOONER NOT SAILING AS FAST DID NOT MAKE THE RIVER BEFORE THE GALE COMMENCED, WHAT IS THEIR FATE IS YET UNKNOWN, SEVERAL SHIPWRECKS HAVE BEEN FOUND OF THOUGH NEITHER OF THEM EITHER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SCHOONERS-----GENEALOGY---WATERWAYS---6PGS---HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTION 2013 LOT 21 $260---WEATHER-----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---6 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1815-12-09 , Associated Pages:(6)
1815-12-09 DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---TO PETER B. PORTER, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, CITY OF WASHINGTON---PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Date: 1815-12-09 , Associated Pages:(2)
