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 1830-03-11--- ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & 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 ---BHL-GFP-BX1-#5---GENEALOGY---TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO MICHIGAN, NOW IN YPSILANTI, ANN ARBOR AND DEXTER TWP.--- "IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THE PEOPLE IN THE TIMBER LANDS ARE NOT AS RESPECTABLE AS THE PEOPLE IN THE OPENINGS. THOUGH WE WISH WELL TO THE CAUSE WE HAVE NEITHER OF US JOINED THE SOCIETY NOT REQUIRING REFORM IN THAT PARTICULAR. WE WILL CHEERFULLY ASST THEM IN RAISING THEIR BUILDINGS AND SUPPORT THEM BY WORDS AND ACTIONS BUT DO NOT INTEND TO ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT OF IT WITH THE ZEAL WE SUPPORT OR ADVOCATE ANTI-MASONRY---TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES HAVE DONE SOME GOOD ALREADY, AND WILL PROBABLY DO MUCH MORE GOOD AS THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE LAND ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETIES---MORE DISCUSSION OF TEMPERANCE AND BARN RAISING---DISCUSSION OF ROAD TAX---TEMPERATURE LOWS AND AVERAGES FOR THE WINTER---"THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN IS A VERY LIBERAL AND CONDESCENDING MAN THOUGH A FREEMASON---MORE DISCUSSION OF FREEMASONS AND ELECTIONS---"THE SUPERVISORS HAVE FIXED THE VALUE OF WILD LAND AT THREE DOLLARS AN ACRE...IMPROVED LAND IS FIXED AT FIVE DOLLARS AN ACRE---DISCUSSION OF TAXES ON LAND---MENTIONS MR. OWENS, ROBERT, MARIA, JAMES CLARK, WALTER, ADAM GRITTINGER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MR. SIMPSON'S PAPER SUPPORTED AND EDITED BY DEXTER AND ALLEN ----WEATHER----GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Date: 1830-03-11 , Associated Pages:()