Newsletter Special Articles
- July-September, 2005 = 1836 "Farmersville" Letter Found at Hack House
A box of corresponsdence stored at the Hack House yielded an unexpected
treasure; an 1836 letter addressed to Bethuel Hack, one of Milan's founders. The letter,
written by Hack's mother-and sister-in-law to Hack and his wife Sally, is folksy and
full of family news. Interestingly, the letter was addressed to Farmersville: one of
Milan's early names. By the time it arrived, the settlement had assumed the name of the
neighboring township. The correspondence, dated eight months before Michigan became
a state, could be the earliest personal document, relating to our community, to survive to the present.
A full transcript of the letter is found here:
1836 Hack Letter
Last Changed on September 22, 2005.
