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 Union |
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... and , if Congress had at any time granted Ohio , either positively or
contingently , or consented to the grant of any portion of country north of an east
and west line drawn from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan , we might here
expect to ...
... and , if Congress had at any time granted Ohio , either positively or
contingently , or consented to the grant of any portion of country north of an east
and west line drawn from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan , we might here
expect to ...
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In examining acts so clear , so positive , and so explicit as they are , it would be
impossible to conceive what the ingenuity of man could devise as a reasonable
foundation for the claim of Ohio to any portion of country north of the line here ...
In examining acts so clear , so positive , and so explicit as they are , it would be
impossible to conceive what the ingenuity of man could devise as a reasonable
foundation for the claim of Ohio to any portion of country north of the line here ...
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... should not attempt to change the boundary at the present time , for that fact is
not yet ascertained . I beg leave to state distinctly and positively that the fact that a
due east line from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan will not intersect the ...
... should not attempt to change the boundary at the present time , for that fact is
not yet ascertained . I beg leave to state distinctly and positively that the fact that a
due east line from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan will not intersect the ...
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Against so many positive laws , and the uniform and invariable bearing of so long
a course of legislation , it will hardly be seriously contended that the State of Ohio
can have any legal right whatever to any portion of country north of a line ...
Against so many positive laws , and the uniform and invariable bearing of so long
a course of legislation , it will hardly be seriously contended that the State of Ohio
can have any legal right whatever to any portion of country north of a line ...
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... which he proposed for the different States ; not a word was said against them
from any quarter , but there was a difference of opinion as to the expediency of
positively forming , at that time , so many States . The situation and circumstances
of ...
... which he proposed for the different States ; not a word was said against them
from any quarter , but there was a difference of opinion as to the expediency of
positively forming , at that time , so many States . The situation and circumstances
of ...
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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.
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| Titel | 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 Union Genealogy & local history Report, United States Congress |
| Autor/in | Lucius Lyon |
| Mitwirkende Personen | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories |
| Verlag | Gales & Seaton, 1834 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Dez. 2007 |
| Länge | 44 Seiten |
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