Month: February 2010
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SOCIETY PLANNED PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A SEMINARY
Thanks to Barbara Triphahn, the source of the article. * * * * * SOCIETY PLANNED PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A SEMINARY Site of Colony Obtained for Poor Farm After Long Controversy Kalamazoo Gazette, Sunday Jan 24 1937 The Alphadelphia Association was not a local affair, but comprised several hundred members throughout the state. Headquarters were…
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DEATH OF E. B. KEITH IN 1934 REVEALS SOCIETY’S RECORDS
Source of article, Barbara Triphahn * * * * * DEATH OF E. B. KEITH IN 1934 REVEALS SOCIETY’S RECORDS Complete Data Obtained from Survivor of Communistic Association’s Last Chief Executive Kalamazoo Gazette, Sunday Jan 24 1937 Note: The following reminiscences concerning the Alphadelphia Association formed near Galesburg in 1844, are written by Smith H.…
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WHY GALESBURG WAS MADE ALPHADELPHIA SOCIETY HOME
Source of article was Barbara Triphahn. Transcribed by me. * * * * * WHY GALESBURG WAS MADE ALPHADELPHIA SOCIETY HOME Villagers’ Enthusiasm Determined by Dr. H. R. Schetterly and Association to Locate There Kalamazoo Gazette, Sunday Jan 14 1937 The Alphadelphia Society which located its community enterprise in Kalamazoo County in 1844 had its…
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Farm Society Sought Utopia in 1844; Lasted Four Years
Article source, Nancy Benton. Transcribed by me. * * * * * Farm Society Sought Utopia in 1844; Lasted Four Years Alphadelphians Attracted Much Attention Through Their Colony Founded in Comstock Township Kalamazoo Gazette, October 18 1925 The theory of holding property in common through the operation of a domestic and industrial domain, was tried…
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EDGAR ALLEN POE ON THE ALPHADELPHIA TOCSIN
EDGAR ALLEN POE ON THE ALPHADELPHIA TOCSIN [Text: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Alphadelphia Tocsin,” from The Weekly Mirror (New York), January 18, 1845, p. 227.] THE ALPHADELPHIA TOCSIN. — (Phbus, what a name, to fill the sounding trump of future fame!) — is the title of a new journal published at Alphadelphia, Michigan, and “devoted…
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Alphadelphia Association, a 1958 Paper by Catherine Livingston
The below history of the Alphadelphia Association by Catherine Livingston is from 1958. Thank you to Nancy Benton for supplying the paper, which I have transcribed. * * * * * ALPHADELPHIA ASSOCIATION By CATHERINE LIVINGSTON 1958 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to express my appreciation for the privilege of reading these interesting and valuable documents which…
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Alphadelphia Shareholders
ALPHADELPHIA SHAREHOLDERS The names were difficult to read. Corrections are welcome. Richard MCOMBER Charles BRADFORD Jacob MILLER Cerydan M. SAWYER Alfleda KEITH Harvey KEITH Joshua ROBINSON Cornelius W. VINING Elesta WILCO Daniel S. SACCO ? Lucius N. NEWS ? P. H. BOWMAN ? Lyman TUBBS David FORD John CURTISE Henry D. HALL Rebecca HALL William…
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The Alphadelphia Association
The following article was supplied by Nancy Benton and transcribed by me. * * * * * THE ALPHADELPHIA ASSOCIATION From a History of Kalamazoo Co., MI by Everts and Abbott, published 1880. Graciously supplied by Nancy Benton “History of Alphadelphia.–The theory of holding property in common was advanced by Pythagoras, and was fully advocated…
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Pioneer Account Mention of James Noyes in the Blackhawk War
This article was provided courtesy of Nancy Benton and transcribed by me. It is a pioneer account with a mention of James Noyes in the Blackhawk War. * * * * * Pioneer and Historical Collections Vol. XXX 1903-1904 Autobiographical Notes concerning E. Lakin Brown who went to Kalamazoo Co. in 1829 Page 454-455. In…
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Early Settlement of Ann Arbor
This article was courtesy of Nancy Benton. From “The Pioneer Society of Michigan, Volume VI, 1884, 1907 reprint, pg. 443. Mention is made of the Noyes sawmill in it. Transcription by me. * * * * * WASHTENAW COUNTY Early Settlement of Ann Arbor Account Given to Mrs. E. M. S. Stewart in 1852 by…