Letter of Lucius Lyon to the Honorable Lewis Williams, Chairman of the Committee on Territories, Respecting the Boundary Line Between Ohio and Michigan: Also, the Report of Said Committee on the Subject of Admitting Michigan Into the UnionGales & Seaton, 1834 - 44 Seiten |
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... United States : SIR : After struggling through many years of colonial dependence , and sharing largely the privations , dangers , and desolation , consequent upon the late war with Great Britain and her savage allies , the Territory of ...
... United States : SIR : After struggling through many years of colonial dependence , and sharing largely the privations , dangers , and desolation , consequent upon the late war with Great Britain and her savage allies , the Territory of ...
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... United States . In relation to the justice , propriety , expediency , and even necessity of immediately organizing a State Government in the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan , there is , among our citizens , scarcely a ...
... United States . In relation to the justice , propriety , expediency , and even necessity of immediately organizing a State Government in the eastern division of the Territory of Michigan , there is , among our citizens , scarcely a ...
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... United States ; and the Territory of Michigan has , ever since , through a period of thirteen years , held peaceable and undisputed possession of , and jurisdiction over , the tract of country then claimed by Ohio . Nothing has since ...
... United States ; and the Territory of Michigan has , ever since , through a period of thirteen years , held peaceable and undisputed possession of , and jurisdiction over , the tract of country then claimed by Ohio . Nothing has since ...
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... United States northwest of the river Ohio , " after making various provisions , necessary and proper for the organization of a temporary Government over the said territory , contains the following declaration : " It is hereby ordained ...
... United States northwest of the river Ohio , " after making various provisions , necessary and proper for the organization of a temporary Government over the said territory , contains the following declaration : " It is hereby ordained ...
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... United States and Canada . The boundaries of these States are so well defined , and so clearly de- scribed , that they cannot be mistaken . There is then a proviso inserted , giving power to Congress , in the event that they shall deem ...
... United States and Canada . The boundaries of these States are so well defined , and so clearly de- scribed , that they cannot be mistaken . There is then a proviso inserted , giving power to Congress , in the event that they shall deem ...
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Seite 11 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Seite 4 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Seite 4 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Seite 5 - Miami aforesaid; and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line...
Seite 31 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid; provided always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect...
Seite 4 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession, and...
Seite 4 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Seite 4 - The western State in the said Territory, shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Seite 14 - State, the propositions set forth in "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes...
Seite 4 - Provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.