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Michigan Land Changes Through the First Half of the 19th Century

Resources

Burr, D. H. (ca. 1830). A map, exhibiting the relative positions, of Lake Erie & Michigan according to recent surveys. William L. Clements Library Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-1011/WCL001105?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=20;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=wcl1ic_ct;select1=phrase;q1=Wheat+Maps

Carey, M. (1814). Upper territories of the United States. David Rumsey Map Collection. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~634~50073:The-Upper-Territories-of-the-United

Cass, L. (1835, May 9). Handwritten letter from Lewis Cass to Stevens Thomas Mason. Bentley Historical Library. 

Cass, L. (1835, May 9). Typed letter from Lewis Cass to Stevens Thomas Mason. Bentley Historical Library.

Chippewa - Saginaw, Ratified Indian Treaty 109. (1819). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/101784571

Finlayson, J. (1822). A complete historical, chronological, and geographical American atlas. Carey and Lea. Retrieved from MSU Libraries, https://lib.msu.edu/branches/maps/MSU-Scanned/Michigan/843-A-1822/

Forsyth, J. (1835, July 22). Letter detailing Stevens Thomas Mason’s decisions regarding Ohio’s claim to Toledo. Bentley Historical Library.

Goodrich, S. G. and Bradford, T. G. (1841). Michigan (with) northwest part of Michigan. David Rumsey Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps2181.html

Greenleaf, J. (1840). Michigan. David Rumsey Map Collection. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2967~220107:Michigan-

Hinkley, D. (2019 Sep 23). Tuesday marks 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Saginaw. The Alpena News. https://www.thealpenanews.com/life/2019/09/tuesday-marks-200th-anniversary-of-the-treaty-of-saginaw/

Michigan State University. (n.d.). The evolution of Michigan’s legal boundaries. MSU Libraries. https://lib.msu.edu/branches/map/Miboundaries/

Mitchell, J., Kitchin, T. & Jefferys And Faden, L. (1773) A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations. [London, Printed for Jefferys and Faden, geographers to the King] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74693176/

Michigan. David Rumsey Map Collection. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~246705~5515058:Michigan-?qvq=w4s:/when%2F1864%2F1859%2F;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=14&trs=48

Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi - Chicago, Ratified Indian Treaty 117. (1821). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/100378017

Royce, C. C. & Thomas, C. (1899) Indian land cessions in the United States. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/13023487/

Smith, L. T. (1999). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Zed Books.

Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, Signed at La Pointe of Lake Superior, Wisconsin Territory, with Schedule of Claims, Ratified Indian Treaty 242. (1842). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70168724

United States Creator. (1807) Treaty Between the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -11-17] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667584/

Wyandot - Washington, D. C. Ratified Indian Treaty 206. (1836). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148027183