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Elisha Ely wrote Nathan L. Miller of Bloomfield, Connecticut, that "Just about 6 miles north of your lands the Holland settlement has commenced, there are now from 2100 to 2400 already there, + I have but little doubt that they will settle in south of their present location, + that will soon bring your lands into market. The lands that they have settled upon are cheifiy [sic] purchased from the United States at $1.25 per acres, myself + another own 240 acres on Section 4, Town. 3 N. R. 15 West, which we hold at two dollars an acre + which we expect to sell them at that price in the course of next season." This is helpful information about the size of the Holland Colony within the first year of the Dutch settlement by Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte.
Date
11-12-1847
City
Allegan, Michigan
Source
Courtesy, Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History
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This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Western Michigan University Archives.
Recommended Citation
Ely, Elisha and Douma, Michael, "Letter from Elisha Ely to Nathan L. Miller" (1847). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 164.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/164
Notes
Transcribed by Michael Douma, 2005.
Description of the document and reference to Western Michigan University Archives by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.