Boundaries, State
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana and Illinois boundary collection
Collection — Folder S1490
Identifier: S1490
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of letters copied from the General Land Office (GLO) records regarding the building of a monument at Lake Michigan to mark the Indiana-Illinois boundary line. Ranging from 1834 to 1838, the correspondence includes the following: Elijah Hayward, commissioner of the GLO, to Secretary of the Treasury R.B. (Roger B.) Taney - June 3, 1834; J.M.M. (John M. Moore), chief clerk of the GLO, to Surveyor General Micajah T. Williams at Cincinnati - September 29, 1834;...
Dates:
1834-1838, undated
Indiana and Michigan boundary collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1491
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of correspondence copied from the General Land Office (GLO) records ranging from 1816 to 1835 regarding the boundary between Indiana and Michigan. Correspondents include Josiah Meigs, commissioner of GLO (1814-1822); George Graham, commissioner of the GLO (1823-1830); Elijah Hayward, commissioner of the GLO (1830-1835); Edward Tiffin, Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, Chillicothe, Ohio (1814-1829); Micajah T. Williams, Surveyor General at...
Dates:
1816-1942
