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 1838-01-06---YPSILANTI MICH --BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES ---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1838-01-05--GFP--BX1--#28---SAWMILL STATISTICS FOR 1837; EXPECTATIONS OF LUMBER NEEDED TO BUILD THE RAILROAD, WHICH WILL RUN THROUGH THEIR MILL YARD ABOUT WHERE THEY WANTED IT; ELECTION NEWS; BANKING NEWS; FOOD PRICES---NUMBER OF VOTES BY COUNTY RECEIVED IN THE ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR BY MASON AND TROWBRIDGE---"OUR ELECTION WAS VIGOROUSLY CONTESTED: THOSE THAT WERE TARDY ABOUT TURNING OUT TO VOTE WERE WAITED UPON OR SENT FOR AND HAULED TO THE POLLS IN WAGGONS"---"IRISH FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTHFIELD MARCHED IN ONE BODY FROM ONE TAVERN TO THE POLLS WITH A FLAG AND O'CONNELL FOREVER WRITTEN ON IT AND VOTED FOR MASON"--- MENTIONS MR. RASH, GOVERNOR RITNER, WILLIAM THE PRINTER, JANE AT YPSILANTI, ROBERT AND MARIA AT ANN ARBOR, MR. AND MRS. EWERS, UNCLE JAMES, JAMES AND AGRIPPA, THOMAS---REGARDING BANKING AND THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE "I AM OPPOSED TO HIS TEN DOLLAR NOTION AND THINK THAT FIVE DOLLAR BILLS OUGHT TO BE TOLERATED. INDEED I AM IN FAVOR OF SO SMALL A DENOMINATION AS ONE DOLLAR"---"MONEY IS SCARCE...WHEN I BUY ANYTHING AT THE STORES I TAKE THE CHANGE IN SOMETHING I CAN USE, SUGAR USUALLY"---CENSUS RESULTS FOR THE STATE---FINANCIAL---AG/ECON--POLITICS--VOTE---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Date: 1838-01-06 , Associated Pages:(3)