Michigan... admission to the union?
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October 04, 1836
SALEM GAZETTE, Salem, Massachusetts, October 4, 1836
* Michigan Territory to join the Union ?
A page 3 report about "Michigan" says:
* The convention to determine...whether Michigan shall to assent...to the terms...of her admission into the Union, consists of 50 delegates; and of these, 30 were...against the assent required...
Other news of the day includes: "The Railroad" "Daniel Webster" and more with many advertisements.
4 pages in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. This brought a large influx of settlers to Michigan because it made transportation by ships through the Great Lakes possible. By the 1830s, Michigan had some 80,000 residents, which were more than enough to apply for statehood.
In 1836 a state government was formed, although Congressional recognition of the state was delayed pending resolution of a boundary dispute with Ohio. Both states claimed a 468-square-mile (1,210 km²) strip of land that included the newly incorporated city of Toledo on Lake Erie and an area to the west then known as the "Great Black Swamp." The dispute came to be called the Toledo War. Michigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area but never exchanged fire. Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union on January 26, 1837.
* Michigan Territory to join the Union ?
A page 3 report about "Michigan" says:
* The convention to determine...whether Michigan shall to assent...to the terms...of her admission into the Union, consists of 50 delegates; and of these, 30 were...against the assent required...
Other news of the day includes: "The Railroad" "Daniel Webster" and more with many advertisements.
4 pages in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. This brought a large influx of settlers to Michigan because it made transportation by ships through the Great Lakes possible. By the 1830s, Michigan had some 80,000 residents, which were more than enough to apply for statehood.
In 1836 a state government was formed, although Congressional recognition of the state was delayed pending resolution of a boundary dispute with Ohio. Both states claimed a 468-square-mile (1,210 km²) strip of land that included the newly incorporated city of Toledo on Lake Erie and an area to the west then known as the "Great Black Swamp." The dispute came to be called the Toledo War. Michigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area but never exchanged fire. Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union on January 26, 1837.
Category: Pre-Civil War
