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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... Congress , and to endeavor to procure the enactment of a law for that purpose , as early in the session as possible . The bill reported at the last session is such an one as will suit the circumstances of the Territory ; and the only ...
... Congress , and to endeavor to procure the enactment of a law for that purpose , as early in the session as possible . The bill reported at the last session is such an one as will suit the circumstances of the Territory ; and the only ...
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... act of Congress , that State , not content with the line as run , according to law , due east from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan , set up her claim to all our territory as far north as a line drawn from the southern extreme of ...
... act of Congress , that State , not content with the line as run , according to law , due east from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan , set up her claim to all our territory as far north as a line drawn from the southern extreme of ...
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... act of that body , from the ordinance of 1787 down to the present time , has ... act of cession , and consent to the same , shall become fixed and established ... Congress shall hereafter find it expedient , they shall have authority to ...
... act of that body , from the ordinance of 1787 down to the present time , has ... act of cession , and consent to the same , shall become fixed and established ... Congress shall hereafter find it expedient , they shall have authority to ...
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... Congress heretofore , its provisions have been too little understood , or too slightly regarded . Of these , however ... act of April 30 , 1802 , entitled " An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory northwest ...
... Congress heretofore , its provisions have been too little understood , or too slightly regarded . Of these , however ... act of April 30 , 1802 , entitled " An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory northwest ...
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... act of theirs in forming a constitution and State Government , three or four things are especially to be observed ... Congress may form one or two States . This is proof that Congress , on the admission of Ohio , construed the language ...
... act of theirs in forming a constitution and State Government , three or four things are especially to be observed ... Congress may form one or two States . This is proof that Congress , on the admission of Ohio , construed the language ...
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act of Congress admission of Ohio admitted aforesaid alter assent of Congress bend or extreme boundary line boundary of Ohio claim of Ohio committee consideration constitution of Ohio country north delegation divide the Indiana drawn due east due north east and west eastern division entitled An act enumeration established expedient expressly extreme of Lake fifth article form a constitution further enacted giving the assent Governor Cass House of Representatives Indiana territory intersect Lake Erie intersect the national Lake Michigan line drawn due LUCIUS LYON marshals Maumee bay Miami Michigan Territory north cape northern boundary Ohio and Michigan Ohio to form ordinance of 1787 passed proposition pursuance resolution river Ohio Secretary seventh article sixth section southerly bend southern extreme submitted territorial line territory northwest Territory of Arkansas Territory of Indiana Territory of Michigan Thomas Worthington tion tract of country Union United Virginia west line drawn WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE Worthington
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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.