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... and to the gentlemen claiming to represent Michigan as a State in this body ,
as well as the gentleman claiming to represent the people of Michigan ,
considered as a State , in the other House , that they would hear all they could
respectively ...
... and to the gentlemen claiming to represent Michigan as a State in this body ,
as well as the gentleman claiming to represent the people of Michigan ,
considered as a State , in the other House , that they would hear all they could
respectively ...
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... were induced to cherish and indulge that desire by the peculiar difference in
the situation of those then called the parties to the controversy . Michigan , as a
Territory , was represented to be one of those . She was without any
representation ...
... were induced to cherish and indulge that desire by the peculiar difference in
the situation of those then called the parties to the controversy . Michigan , as a
Territory , was represented to be one of those . She was without any
representation ...
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By this also , the southern extreme of “ Lake Michigan or Illinois , " is represented
in latitude 40° 30 ' north , and a line drawn due east from it would pass above "
Lake Erie or Okswego , ” as that lake is here laid down . 5 . A map belonging to ...
By this also , the southern extreme of “ Lake Michigan or Illinois , " is represented
in latitude 40° 30 ' north , and a line drawn due east from it would pass above "
Lake Erie or Okswego , ” as that lake is here laid down . 5 . A map belonging to ...
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We can only answer , as is done by those who on the part of Ohio have
represented the fact to us , that , at the time of the session of the Ohio convention ,
a member of that body was induced to suspect that there was a mistake as to the
...
We can only answer , as is done by those who on the part of Ohio have
represented the fact to us , that , at the time of the session of the Ohio convention ,
a member of that body was induced to suspect that there was a mistake as to the
...
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... Michigan , and stand ready to support and defend its just rights ; they interested
themselves in the formation of the State government of Michigan , and were ably
represented by two delegates in the convention which formed her constitution .
... Michigan , and stand ready to support and defend its just rights ; they interested
themselves in the formation of the State government of Michigan , and were ably
represented by two delegates in the convention which formed her constitution .
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Página 3 - 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.
Página 26 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; 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.
Página 4 - 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...
Página 24 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Página 6 - 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...
Página 29 - June next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies north of a line drawn east from the southerly bend, or extreme, of Lake Michigan, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, and east of a line drawn from the said southerly bend through the middle of said lake to its northern extremity, and thence due north to the northern boundary of the United States, shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory, and be called Michigan.
Página 44 - Michigan : 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...
Página 40 - 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 the...
Página 3 - 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...
Página 29 - Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio...