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 1839-05-28 JACKSON MICH--#MANUSCRIPT & BLACK LARGE STAMPED 10 RATE--JACKSON CO--FROM B. PORTER AT THE STATE PRISON'S OFFICE TO HENRY HOWARD, AUDITOR GENERAL AT DETROIT----COMMENTING ON THE NEWS THAT THERE ARE NO FUNDS TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTING, FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND GUARDING THE CONVICTS---"NOW IT IS OBVIOUS UNLESS THE STATE SHALL SPEEDILY PROVIDE MONEY FOR THIS OBJECT, ONE OF TWO THINGS MUST RESULT, EITHER THE CONVICTS MUST STARVE IN PRISON, OR THEY MUST BE LET LOOSE TO SEEK THEIR LIVING ELSEWHERE"---GENEALOGY---3PGS--PRIVATELY OWNED--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1839-05-28 , Associated Pages:()