[Michigan]:

$900 · Offered by William Reese Company

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF THAT ... The appeal of Michigan Territory governor William Hull and territorial judge August Woodward to Congress, requesting action from them on the deplorable conditions of the proposed capital in Detroit and the status of several peoples found to be inhabiting the territory. The official government of Michigan was set to begin on June 30, 1805, but when the Governor arrived, he found Detroit nearly entirely destroyed by fire and numerous people both squatting on the ruins and dispersed throughout the nearby area, including into the British territory. Hull and Woodward claim that the various treaties signed with the British do not clarify who has proper claim to the land, and they add that the continuance of an indulgence for the Wiandot Indians to stay in Maguaga and Brown's town remains in question. They tentatively propose that Congress might make citizens of the Wiandot to settle the matter permanently. An excellent and concise history of the situation in Michigan at the time. Quite rare, with OCLC and Shaw & Shoemaker together locating only five copies.

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