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- Typewritten letter from Foote, Pierson and Company of New York to Thomas E. Clark, the general manager of Electric Service and Appliance Company, dated May 10, 1902. It contains a brief message asking when Clark would be able to go to Washington. It is printed on Foote, Pierson and Company letterhead. An illegible signature or set of initials is just below the closing.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Letter from General William Hall requesting Major James Witherell in Detroit to send a man to the quarters of General Hull dated 20th July 1812. The text reads, "I wish you to send a man immediately to my quarters, who is acquainted with the farm I purchased of Mr. Meldrum on the River Rouge-- he will not return to Detroit until this evening. I am respectfully, Mr. Wm Hull." On the reverse side is the address to Major Witherell at Detroit, From General Hull.
- Date Issued:
- 1812-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Half-folded handwritten letter from Sarah A. Sibley to her brother Alexander Hamilton Sibley in California, dated July 8, 1850, thanking him for gifts, including two shawls (1949.272.015 and 1949.272.016), and relating news about friends and family in Detroit. The letter reads: July 8th, 1850 My Dear Alexander, I intended to have written to you by the last steamer but the time for me to write passed by without my knowing it so I was obliged to defer my letter for a couple of weeks. I can hardly express to you our delight at the beautiful presents you sent us by the Brady. They arrived quite safely and the taste you have shows in selecting the shawls for us all is quite wonderful. I had no idea that you knew so well what color to select as appropriate. Miss Trowbridge has carried her shawl from one end of the avenue to the other to exhibit it as she said it was so warm that she could no wear it at present, and she could not wait she was so anxious to show it, so every friend & acquaintance she has, has had a peep at it. She is as tickled as a child with a new plaything. The color of mine is exquisite, and so is the embroidery and the crimson ones you sent the children are perfectly gorgeous. I never saw anything more beautiful. They are enchanted with them. The nice paintings are very beautiful also. You was not wrong in supposing that I would appreciate them, for they have been quite a study for me ever since I received them. All of us unite in thanking you most sincerely. I think Mama likes the Daguerreotype as well as anything you sent, it is so excellent. I do not think you look any older, for we heard that the war and tear of California life has made you prematurely gray. Still my dear Alexander, we are dreadfully disappointed in hearing from you, that you would certainly stay a year longer in California. Mr. Beady has tried to persuade us it is all for the best, but it is a very, very long time to look forward to. Mama gets very impatient and lonesome sometimes, in thinking of the long distance that intervenes between her and her absent sons. She misses poor Fred sadly. She had a long letter from him yesterday. He finds it very lonesome there, and Henry and his wife have not yet returned. He likes the country very much, but the state I think if he could either take the quarry or enter into any good business here, he would be quite willing to return. Devereux Williams has gone to add to the list of Detroiters in California. He came to see if we had any letters or any package to send, but we could not think of any thing we could send, which you had not already in California, and you have so often told us not to write by private hand that we never think of doing so. I suppose you have heard of the marriage of your friend Mary Steward. She was married in May in Washington. She had a grand wedding according to Mrs. Steward's notions, and she and William Gray are now in Ireland. They took out letters of introduction to a great many grant people in England and France, and expect to enjoy their trip much. They will return in September. Mr. Gray has engaged a house opposite to Mr. Trowbridge's so Kate will enjoy herself much when they return. Mr. Macomb and Nannie are settled down quietly at housekeeping in her[?] M's house on Congress Street, next to Dr. Pitcher's. I think Nannie will make a very nice housekeeper. What is William Rodgers doing now? Is he in San Francisco? If you see or hear of him let us know occasionally, for Nannie always asks us when we receive a letter from you. Detroit has been unusually gay this summer. There have been a number of strangers here already, and many more are expected. Mrs. Elbert's mother and their sisters are here spending the summer. I do note think Emily is as pretty as she was, her sister Mary looks exceedingly well, not a day older than when she was here last. Not one of them is so pretty as Mrs. Coxe[?]. I suppose you have heard of John Stuart's marriage top a niece of Mr. Jo. Clarke, who spent the winter with them. She is not all pretty, but is quite intelligent and agreeable. The worst of it is that John was ordered off to the West Indies only a month after his marriage. Of Course she feels dolefully enough. Mr. Tillman is married again to a Miss Conant of Monroe. Henry Rucker has been married these two months to Miss Curtis, Col. Whistler's niece. Miss Louise Whistler flourished about here as usual. She is not much admired or respected however. No other marriages have taken place that I can remember. Simon Mandelbaum is here now, he arrived yesterday and will return immediately to Lake Superior. I have not seen him. I suppose you will receive letters from him by this steamer. Miss. Benson has been here for a month or six weeks. Report says that she and Alpheus Williams will make a match, but I do not know. He must hurry if he wants her, for she intends returning to New York in a week or so. Mary sends her love to you, and says she will not write to thank you for her shawl by this steamer as some letters should be reserved for the next as you will probably receive several at the same time with this, I know you hate crossed letters so it does[?] not go on, or I could write for some time yet. I have told you all the news however so you will not miss much. I hope you will continue as good a correspondent as you have been herefore. We look forward very anxiously to the arrival of each steamer. You must make haste and get rich, so as to be able to come home and get married. You are getting quite old enough, and we do not want you to marry in California as there can't be much choice. All the family are well and send their love. Mama cont[...] about as well as usual. Your affectionate Sister Sarah A. Sibley.
- Date Issued:
- 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Handwritten Letter to John J. Bagley from Thomas Nast, dated June 1st, 1885, regarding a portrait Nast did of Bagley: Morristown, N.J. June 1st, 1885 Mr. John H. Bagley Dear Sir, I sent with the etchings for you, a duplicate set for your mother. At least, I meant to, or have I made a mistake? Your letter which I have just received after an absence of two weeks, has reminded me, that I have not heard from hers, and so I write to ask. Yours very truly Th: Nast."
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One letter from the Baugh Steam Forge Company of Detroit to Ruhle Brothers of Philadelphia, dated February 9, 1878. The letterhead is printed in black script on white paper with a watermark that shows "Calvert Lith. Co., Detroit." The letter message is handwritten in black ink as follows: "Mssrs. Ruhle Brothers, Philadelphia. Dear Sirs. In reply to yours of the 6th. Your price is now so much in advance of other standard manufacturers that we felt obliged to place our orders elsewhere. Perhaps we may be able to do something with you at some future time, at present we are supplied. Yours truly, Baugh Steam Forge Co. Fil'd."
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Handwritten letter dated March 2, 1874, from Peninsular Iron Co. of Detroit, Michigan, to Eaton & Son concerning stock certificates and dividends. The paper is printed with light blue lines and the company letterhead.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A letter from Ralph Emery, a clerk working for the Detroit Stove Works, to his father, Robert T. Emery, in Belfast, Maine, dated September 28, 1886. The letter is written on Detroit Stove Works letterhead, which features a lithograph, credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company, depicting the Detroit Stove Works offices in Detroit and Chicago as well as the company's foundry in Hamtramck, Michigan. The letter reads: My dear Father, Was glad to receive your last letter + to learn you intended to take a trip to Boston, it will do you much good, when you return I hope Mother will go as she needs a rest + she will enjoy the tip very much. Please remember me to Dr Emery, the Crowninshields, + any others whom you see that I know. Am glad you were successful in getting something out of the Alabama claims. is the $955 - net, that is, free from commissions. Was much surprised to learn of [W?].E. Goulds defalcation, he was the last man I ever expected of such a thing. I used to know him quite well + see him often in Portland + Boston. His daughter is a great friend of [Sue?] Ross. If you have any papers at the Club or Press Office that vies full account of the affairs wish you would cut the articles and send them. If you have the Portland Press at the Office it would give probably fullest accounts - Like the "City Press" very much - You did not write me how you were succeeding in getting subscribers - Think it cannot help bring answers. Weather here quite cold + rather unpleasant for the last week - Give my fondest regards to all Hoping you will have a pleasant trip to Boston. Your affec. Son, Ralph Emery
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Cover page with a 12-page letter handwritten in black ink on slightly yellowed paper by Mrs. John Vallée Moran (née Emma Etheridge). The text of the letter has been transcribed as follows: "To Hon. Wm. C. Maybury Mayor of Detroit. A few reflections on the American Mother in Detroit. Compliments Mrs. John Vallée Moran née (Emma Etheridge) 1 The American Mother in Detroit. The divinely instituted order of Motherhood, into which so many of us have been initiated, imposes upon its members an obligation so serious, and withal so sweet, that one hesitates to enter upon a discussion of its real status, and influence, upon the social fabric of our city, at the close of this wondrous century, realizing as one must, that upon the mothers of our day rests 2 the destiny of many in the years to come. The pen of an angel or a sage might be worthily employed to predict from present conditions how far maternal influence is to determine the fate of millions, in the mysterious gloom of futurity; a power of prophecy to tell what will be the effect of our present mothers upon the children of the new year. The honorable Mayor has asked for a brief expression of opinion on the "American Mother in Detroit" as she stands 3 today; the task is interesting, but not easy, especially in the limited hours allowed to a subject so far reaching, reaching indeed to eternity and which deserves profound reflection; to group facts and properly draw conclusions is impossible, but even in these last quivering moments of the closing year, a few distinct impressions may be noted, and they need not go very deeply into detail. In the first place, our Detroit mother may be declared a very fair product of her age 4 - an age however that has done more for the development of woman - per se - than for woman as mother; and the closing century finds her along with her sisters of the United States, a center of influence - social, intellectual, patriotic, philanthropic - if not strictly spiritual (the latter quality cannot always be denied her however, for we discover in our midst matrons who are examples of deep religious fervor that cannot fail to influence the child's mind.) The theatre of action for this modern nineteenth century mother is 5 not confined to the limits of home, she is recognized in the great world of activity and denied entrance to very few of its fields of advancement, where she plunges with intense zeal into the current of affairs, and readily becomes a devoted follower of the various cults - fads - and philosophies that distract our minds and destroy the serenity of existence. But in spite of these seeming inconsistencies, this same American mother carries in her heart a warm strain of devotion to 6 her children, ambitious earnestness in their behalf, and a fervid desire for their advancement, that taken all in all , has not been surpassed by the mothers of any age, even unequaled in many respects. If she be somewhat lacking in feminine virtues or the full measure of gentle composure, so needed to make her a perfect receptacle of childish confidence, she atones for it in the enthusiasm and tireless energy with which she assumes control in all that pertains to the health, comfort or mental development of her children, making herself their guide and directress from the cradle and kindergarten to the threshold 7 of social, business or professional life; and even further, she may follow as counsellor, and assistant in occupations which were closed to her in the early days of the century. Our fin de siecle mother does not cling to the traditions of those early days, but following the strong bent of her own convictions, is more frequently intense and earnest, than concentrated and composed - surprising the world by the multitude of her interests - she stops at nothing that to her seems worthy of human endeavor, and living as it were upon her nerves, finally exhausts them in the activity of her aims. 8 Stopping at nothing, she finally and naturally wearies of everything. It must follow that the care of a household - and the rearing of children to this product of a trying age, while nearest to her heart, and uppermost in her mind, must often become a burthen to the mother where interests cover so wide an area - and the boasted liberty of our great century [country?] - the liberty that has struck fetters from slaves in every land - unbound the realms of human thought and professed to emancipate woman and place her on an equal footing with man, 9 has really made of her a slave to its conflicting theories. Until our women have checked this tendency to substitute new for old methods, they have not learned the best lessons of the century. Reviewing the past we find that it is the domestic woman, the serene and motherly whose image we love to resemble because we loved her, and the enlightenment that deprives this sweet concentration of gentle forbearance, self control and pines to guide without egotism or excitement of a single 10 element of feminine charm, [?] us of the mother we need, and the nineteenth century must be responsible for some falling off in these qualities. Family life today is certainly less limited than in the old old times, where our fathers watched the yule log play its wondrous light upon the loving group that gathered round the warm hearthstone. But human hearts are all aglow with quickening love and sympathy and in this hurried greeting to the mothers of a new century, there goes a hope that its close may 11 find them as proud and happy in the kingdom of home as we are today - for whatever complex questions arise to vex the maternal mind, our "American Mother" sits enthroned upon a pedestal that is upheld by the loyalty and devotion of millions of sons - husbands - fathers, and her generation will bring her forth victorious from every trying ordeal of a brilliant and bewildering age - May God be with her in her mission and lead her gloriously through the 12 battles and scars and triumphs of the centuries! This is the wish of her sisters who send this greeting and benediction to her in the dying moments of a mighty age; this great nineteenth century that at this moment breathes its dying sigh and fades into eternity! Emma Etheridge Moran Detroit, Michigan December 31st 1900 Midnight."
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One letter from McNamee & Mann, Contractors, Montreal, to Dunbar & Sullivan, Port Colborne. The letter is handwritten in black ink on white linen paper that is watermarked "Standard, Pure Linen." The letter is transcribed as follows: "21st May 1901 Messrs. Dunbar & Sullivan Port Colborne Dear Sirs As nothing has been done under the 30% option on American Abbey Salts Stock it is now off - as the scrip has been endorsed by you and is now in Quebec Bank here. They wished to hand the certificate back to us, we think it would be just as well to write us a letter authorizing the Quebec Bank to forward you this scrip or certificate to your address in Port Colborne or you can have them to keep it in their vault subject to your order. Let us hear what you wish. With kind regards, We remain Yours truly, "McNamee & Mann."
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
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- Description:
- Letter. Hand-written letter "To Sister" from Lt. Colonel Ava Sprague, dated Oct. 15, 1862. Letter reads, "My Dear Sister, I have only one excuse for not writing to you before that in my time is all taken up with Camp duties, and drilling and moving so much that we have noting settled. We are now about one mile from Sharp burgh on the Potomac near the Battle field of Antietam in Gibbon's Brigade, 1st Army Corps. Several of the Michigan regiments are close by us although not in our Brigade. Our living consists of hard biscuits, fat pork, and coffee. Breakfast, Dinner and Supper all alike. Bed one blanket on the ground and over coat over us, we have shelter tents which we have to get down on our knees and crawl into them. You may think strange we do not have more blankets with us. The only reason is the Government would not carry them. I had to leave my trunk in Washington and take nothing but what I could carry on by back. We do not expect to stay here long. All are very anxious to leave this camp as soon as possible. We cannot buy anything here. The stores in town are all shut up, the citizens most all left. Every house shows the effect of shot and shell. The fields are all cleaned of fences, nothing to be seen, but camps of soldiers for miles. Sight of us lays about - One house and wounded Rebels, some groaning and dying, while others are limping around. Their friends come to see them from the other side of the river and bring them luxuries, so that they seem to live better than we do. We have a fire show every day which consists of Balloon ascension that with the constant blowing of Fifes and beating of drums from, 'early morn to dewy eve' in all the amusements that is on the fields. I see by the paper that Capt. William is on the new boat with Capt. Vigen, I hope the change is better for him. I red a letter from home a days ago, Father did not like it because I had gone in the army. The folks were all well I wish you would write to me often whether I write or not and go to my house often and see and see how they get along if they need anything that you can do for them I hope you will accommodate. I expect to be paid off on the first of the next month when I shall send them money. Give my respects to William and your children. Remember to me all enquiring friends. Don't fail to see Betty, tell her you have heard from me and give her my love, I wrote her a few days ago. I remain your brother, A. W. Sprague."
- Date Issued:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society