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      Seth Barney to Abraham Wendell re provisions are getting short and glass is needed for the lantern

      Detroit, July 18, 1839 Abram Wendell Esq. Dear Sir Capt. James Slemmen, the bearer will hand this to you. He is in command of the schooner Cambria and will touch at Mackinac with a view of getting out new papers. The Cambria was purchased by me from Enoch Jones the …

      A letter of Wm. Wright to Amos Wright.

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      Though the contract is dated 1841, Racey's signature is dated July 26th, 1841.

      A letter from Rev. Michael Robert Mills to Bp. Rémi Gaulin reporting that the Colonel of the local regiment no longer forces the children of his Catholic soldiers to attend Protestant churches. Fr. Mills will forward the deeds for church lots in London and Beechville. As well, he relates the …

      David E. Corbin to Abraham Wendell re the need to paint the Pottowatamie Lighthouse

      It is with pleasure we give place to the following letter from Mr. R. P. Whitney, a passenger on board the Girard, and recently a citizen of this place; for while it acknowledges the insult offered to our flag, it shows also conclusively that every thing that could be done …

      NEW ENTERPRISE. - FISHING EXPEDITION TO LAKE SUPERIOR. - Up to this period, the American Fur Company has principally monopolized the fisheries of the fresh water ocean of the north west, and that company, with the Hudson Bay company, the trade of the vast region beyond Lake Huron, ...

      The article was dated April 27.

      The Port Colborne Affair The officers who was sent express to Cleveland, by Col. Baldwin, passed through this village on Thursday last, on his return. He stated, that he arrived in Cleveland, four hours before the Stephen Girard, and that as soon as she came into port, he waited on …

      May 5 the Stephen Girard passed through the Welland Canal.

      NEW ENTERPRISE. - FISHING EXPEDITION TO LAKE SUPERIOR. - Up to this period, the American Fur Company has principally monopolized the fisheries of the fresh water ocean of the north west, and that company, with the Hudson Bay Company, the trade of the bast region beyond Lake Huron, ...

      DREADFUL SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE We received by the last western mail the following letter, giving an account of a melancholy shipwreck and loss of life on Lake Michigan: Muskegon, Ottawa Co., Mich. Nov., 29th, 1839 Editor of the Free ...

      Crew Perishes on Schooner New York Mr. Editor, Sir. To-day has been exhibited in this place an awful scene; during the severe gale of yesterday, a vessel was discovered 8 to 10 miles from shore, apparently in an ungovernable situation, at about 12 o'clock she neared the land so ...

      New Steamboat. - The steamer Great Britain, on her last trip up the lake, had in tow the new boat Ontario, which was launched at Prescott on the 7th inst. She is taken to Niagara, where she is to receive her engines and be completed. The Ontario is a beautiful …

      Shipwreck and Loss of Life. - - During the gale which occurred on the 14th and 15th inst., the schr. New York, of this port, owned by Messrs. Bronson & Crocker, was lost, and all on board probably perished. She was commanded by Capt. George Carlisle, who is said to …

      Column 1 The Schooner NEW YORK of Oswego went ashore and became a total wreck with the loss of 6 men September 15, 1839 near the abode of John Rose, Esq. Marysburg, Prince Edward County, ( the hull of what was called the NEW YORK was located in four fathoms …

      Explanation Of The Steam Boat Collision - The Oswego Herald contains an account of the collision between the United States and the Great Britain, mentioned in our last, by which it appears that the accident was not intentional, on the part of the former. The two boats have been ...

      Another Collision - The Canadian boats, Com. Barrie and Wm. IV, came in contact, about forty miles above Kingston, on Monday night last. Much damage was done to the Barrie, but no lives were lost.