 States in that part of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan, That line, it was generally supposed, was to be the north boundary of Illinois.  Biennial Report - Page 87by Michigan. Geological Survey Division - 1916Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1836 - 650 pages
...may, if they see fit, 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 of Lake Michigan. Congress has exercised their power under this clause by saying that there shall be one or more States... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...the parties to the ordinance. If they had been acceeded to by the other party to that compact, the east and west line, drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan, would have been made a permanent and immovable boundary of the three States on the Ohio, and the same... | |
 | Thomas Ford, James Shields - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1854 - 456 pages
...should find it expedient, to form one or two States in that part of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan, That line, it was generally supposed, was to be the north boundary of Illinois. Judge Pope, seeing... | |
 | Thomas Ford, James Shields - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1854 - 464 pages
...should find it expedient, to form one or two States in that part of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan. That line, it was generally supposed, was to be the north boundary of Illinois. Judge Pope, seeing... | |
 | William Rudolph Smith - Wisconsin - 1854 - 432 pages
...they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan. On the 30th of December, 1788, Virginia gave her assent to the resolution of Congress in relation to... | |
 | William Rudolph Smith - Wisconsin - 1854 - 448 pages
...they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan. On the 30th of December, 1788, Virginia gave her assent to the resolution of Congress in relation to... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...that Congress in prescribing the northern boundary of Illinois, did not intend placing it north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan, the imperfect maps of that day placing the southern extreme of this lake in 45 degrees, 30 minutes... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1874 - 978 pages
...they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan." The line of 40 (leg. 30 min. extended the boundary 50 miles farther north. To the vigilance of Nathaniel... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - Chicago - 1880 - 580 pages
...should find it expedient, to form one or two States in that part of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan. That line, it was generally supposed, vas to be the north boundary of Illinois. Judge Pope, seeing... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - Chicago - 1881 - 812 pages
...should find it expedient, to form one or two States in that part of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend of Lake Michigan. That line, it was generally supposed, was to be the north boundary of Illinois. Judge Pope, seeing... | |
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