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1775 Michigan and Ohio Relative Positions
Map showing relative positions of Michigan and Ohio territories in 1775.
Letter detailing Stevens Thomas Mason's decisions regarding Ohio's claim to Toledo.
Letter from unknown source discussing Stevens Thomas Mason's possible actions in response to Toledo's claim to Ohio. The writer discusses advice from President Andrew Jackson.
Treaty of Detroit
In 1807, the Chippewa Nation, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Gaaching Ziibi Daawaa Anishinaabe, and Wyandot of Anderdon Nation ceded millions of acres of land to Ohio and Michigan. In exchange, the four designated tribes only received $10,000 collectively. After the treaty was signed, their lands in the area were reduced to reservation lands between 1 and 6 square miles.
Handwritten letter from Lewis Cass to Stevens Thomas Mason, May 9, 1835
Letter from Lewis Cass to Michigan governor Stevens Thomas Mason detailing Ohio's claim to Toledo.