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 UISTORIOAL NOTi ^.S RESPECTING THE ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY BY THE UNITED ST/ ^Tpo. rp„p 
 KKl'CTION OF EXISTING AND OBSOLETE POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE UNITED S" ' ' ' 
 THEIR SUCCESraVE CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND AREA/ 
 
 x'ATES, AND 
 
 I iCQtJISITION OF TElJlilTOEY BY THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 CESSIONS TA' States 'u—rrioi- to 1781, six ouly of tbo origiual tliirteeu States, viz : Xoa r Hanipsliire IJliodu 
 Islaiul, New Jersey, reiiu.- ylvania, llarylaiul, aud Delaware, bad exaetly denned boiiudaiies . Of the remainiiio- 
 seven States, some claimed' to extend to the Tacific Ocean and others to the Mississippi Itiv er. The States with 
 inexact boundaries ceded th .eir claims to lauds west of their present limits in succession, as ' .bllows : March 1 
 17 SI, New York. Marck 1, 1781, Virginia; the cession including the State of Kentu cky and the parts of 
 the States of Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana Avliich lie south of the Eortyfirst parallel. Virgic ia reserved from this 
 cession l.lOjOOO acres of land, near the rapids of the lUver Ohio, and about 3,500,000 acres hcU ,-ecn the Rivers Scioto 
 and Miami for military boui ity lands. April 19, 1785, Massachusetts; including her, claims to territory west 
 of t!ie present western bound'ary of the State of New York. September 11, l - 0<i tf;Co nnecticut- the cession 
 being the territory, between i^io parallels of 41° aud 40° 2', and west of a north and south lino drawn one 
 hundred aud twenty miles we st of the present western boundary of the State of Penn sylvania. Connecticut 
 then ceded all laud and jurisdlictiou west of that territory, now situated in the State of C hio, aud yet known as 
 " The Western Reserve of Conn ?cticut." August 9 , 1787, South Carolina ; the territ ory ceded being a strip 
 of land about twelve miles wide, south of the Tliirty-fifthi parallel aud extending along the sot ithern boundaries of the 
 Stales of North Carolina and Te anessee to the Mississippi Eiver. February 25, 1790, .'North Carolina- the ces- 
 sion constituting the State of Tennessee. This cession was accepted by Congress April 2, 1790. May .30 ISOO 
 Connecticut; yielding all rights to territory and jurisdiction west of her present western boi mdaiy, aud reserving- the 
 ownership of the soil of the ^v^estern Reserve, bounded as above recited. June IG, 18 2, Geor-Tia- receiving 
 that p;u-t of the cession of Sotth Carolina lying within her present limits, ceded all betv/een her present western 
 boundary and the 3Iississippi R ivcr, and between the South Carolina cession and the Thirty-first parallel. The fore- 
 going cessions secured to the G«3ueral Government all territory ceded by Great Britain, net included in the oriniual 
 thirteen States, as in the jnaiu now bounded. November 25, 1850, the State of "Texas ceded'all her claims 
 to lauds west of the Twentj'-sixtli meridian (103d Greenwich) aud between 32° and 36^ 3(1' of latitude. 
 
 Cessions by Foreign Povy^KS.— B e p t e m b e r 3 , 17 8 3, by Treaty with Great :Britaiu the territory of the 
 United States was declared to extend from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the Mississippi River, aud from a line 
 along the great lakes on the north, southward to the Thirty-first parallel and the southern border of Georgia. 
 
 April 30, 1803, by Treaty with France the " Province of Louisiana " was ceded. Its western bo^uudary as 
 finally adjusted, February 22, 1819, by Treaty with Spain, ran up the Sabine River, to and along the Seveuteeuth 
 meridian, (94th Greenwich,) to aud along the Red River, to and along the Twenty-third meridian, (100th Green- 
 wich.) to aud ak)ng the Aikansas River, to and along the Rocky Mountains, to and along the Twenty-ninth meri- 
 dian, (lOGth Greenwich.) to aud along the Forty-second parallel to the Pacific Ocean. Its northern boundary has 
 conformed to the bonudary established between the British possessions and the United States. On the east it 
 was bounded by the Mississipjii River as far south as the Thirty-first parallel, where different boundaries were 
 claimed. The United States coustrued the cession of France to include all the territory between the Thirt3--fii-st 
 parallel aud the Gulf of Mexico, aud between the liivers Mississippi and Perdiuo, tbo latter of which is now the 
 western boundary of the State of Florida. Under this construction of the cession, the "Province of Louisiana" 
 is now covered by those portions of the States of Alabama, D, aud Mississippi, An, which lie south of the Thirtv- 
 first parallel; by the States of Louisiauii, Arlcausas, Missouri, l5wa, Nebraska, Oregon, JMinnesota west of the Mis- 
 sissippi River, and Kansas, [except, AJc, the small portion thereof south of the Arkansas River and west of the 
 Twenty-third meridian, (100th Greenwich;)] by the Territories of Dakota, Jlontana, Idaho, Washington, aud that 
 known as the Indian Country ; aud by the portion of the Territory of Colorado lying east of the Roclcy Mountains 
 and north of the Arkansas River, and all of the Territory of Wyoming north of the Forty-second parallel, and that 
 portion of the Territory of Wyoming which is south of that parallel and east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1800, how- 
 evcr, the "Province of Louisiana" ha d been ceded by Spain to France, Spaiu claiming that she cethxl to France no 
 
 •The italic letters .appe.iiing tbiougliout tlieso Notes desiguato the parcels of territory wliicU arc desctibea on pages 581 to 587, which 
 are includca iu the table on pages 588 to 591, and ai'o delineated on tho juap which faces page 571, 
 
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 territory cast of tho Mississippi Eivcr excep t tlie "Island of ISI'cw Orleans," and also contending that liev province 
 of West; Florida included all of tlio territory south of the Thirtytirst parallel and between the Perdido Tind IMissis- 
 sippi Kivcrs, except the "Island of New Orleans.", Under this construction, tho "i'l'ovince of Louisiaun" included 
 on tho eas-t of the Mississippi River only tin"', territory bounded on the north and cast by tho "Itivers Iberville and 
 Amite and by the Lakes Maurepas and I'ontchartrain." 
 
 February 22, 1819, Spain formal] y ceded the territory now covered by the State of riorida and by those 
 portions of the States of Alabama, D, and 1 lississippi, Alt, which lie south of the Tbirty-lirsfc iiarallcl, and by that 
 portiop of Louisiaua, Ah, Avhich lies east of tli e Mississippi Eivcr and is not included in the "Lslaud of New Orleans." 
 This territory was styled by Spain the "Provinces of East and West Florida." Pre\ious to this cession, by the 
 authority of the Joint JKesolutiou of January 15. 1811, and the Acts of January 15, ISll, and March 3, 1811, passed 
 in secret session, anil first published in 181S, th e United States had taken possession of the Ea3"'j and "West Floridas. 
 By Treaty of January 12, 1828, between tho Unilted States and the United Mexican States, the boundary (see ante) 
 of the " Province of Ijouisiana," which was esta'olishcd by treaty with Spain when Mexico was a part of the Spanish 
 monarchy, was agreed upon as the boundary bet."\^^eeu the two republics. 
 
 December 29, 1815, Texas, formerly a portion of Mexico, and later an jjidependenfc republic, was 
 admitted to the Union. 
 
 February 2, ISIS, Mexico ceded the territory now covered In- the States of California and Nevada^ also 
 her claims to the territory covered by the present State of Texas, by the Territories of Utah, Arizona, ar.d New 
 Mexico, by portions of the Territories of AVyoniiiig and Colorado, and by the unorganized territory west of the In- 
 dian Country, except that part of the Territory of Arizona, CI; and that part of the Territory of New Mexico CI 
 lying south of the lUver Gila and west of the old bouvidary of New Mexico, which lauds were ceded by Mexico 
 December 30, 1853, and are known as the Gadsden Purchase. 
 
 By Treaty of March 30, 18G7, exchange of ratification and transfer of title having baen made June 20, 1SG7, 
 Eussia ceded Alaska. This cession made the line between tho continent of Asia, and America . the northwestern 
 boundary of the territory of tho United States, and extended the territory of the United States northward to the 
 Arctic Ocean. On the east this cession was bounded by a line beginning at the southernmost point of Prince of 
 Vv'ales Island (parallel of 51° 40') and running north along Portland Channel to the junction of the Fifty-sixth par- 
 allel of north latitude with the continent, and thence, along the summit of the mountains parallel to the coast to 
 and along the One hundred and forty-first meridian, to the Arctic Ocean. But where the crest of the mountains 
 skirting the coast from tho speciiied parallel to the meridian is more than ten marine leagues from the ocean there 
 the boundary is a line not more than ten marine leagues from the coast and parallel to its windings. This cession 
 is separated from tho main territory of tho United States by the western part of the British possessions between 
 the parallels of 54o 10' and 19^ of north latitude. 
 
 THE POLITICAL DIVISIONS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 The Original Thirteen States ratified the Constitution of the United States in succession, as follows: 
 December 7, 1787, Delaware; December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania; December IS, 1787, New 
 Jersey; January 2, 17 88, Georgia; January 9, 17 88, Connecticut; February C, 1788, Massa- 
 chusetts; April 28, 17 88, Maryland; May 23, 1788, South Carolina ; Juno 21, 1788, New Hamp- 
 shire ;l June 20, 17 88, Virginia; July 20, 17SS, New York; November 21, 1789, North Carolina • 
 May 29, 17 90, Ehode Island. ' 
 
 The other States and tho Territories were successively organized as political divisions of the United States as 
 follows : 
 
 The Territory North^vest of the Eiver Ohio.— By Ordinance of July 13, 178 7, formed out of the 
 cession from Virginia, being that part of the Territory south of the Forty-first parallel, and out of other territory 
 acquired from Great Britain by the Treaty of 17S3, being the part of the Territory north of the Forty-first parallel. 
 Article V of this Ordinance provided that there should be formed from this territory not less than three nor moro 
 than five States; that three of the States should extend from the Ohio Eiver northward; that the boundaries 
 between these three States should be established as in the Ordinance described; and that Congress should have 
 authority to form one or two other States out of that part of the Territory which lay north of an east and west lino 
 drawn througli the soulherumost extremity of Lake Michigan. The provisions of this article have been carried into 
 effect by the erection, on the Ohio Eiver, of the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, separated by tiie boundaries 
 prescribed by the ordinance, and out of the land north of them of the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and that part, 
 Z, of the State of Minnesota which lies cast of tho Mississippi Eiver. 
 
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 The Terkitoby South of the Eivek Ohio. — By Act of May 20, 1790, declared to be "one district ""ibr 
 the purpose of temporary governuient, and its goverumeut cojistituted like that of the Territory Kortlnvest of tJie 
 Kiver Oliio, except as otherwise provided iu the Act of April 2, 1790, accepting from North Carolina tlie cessioa •of 
 the State of Tennessee. The district included the territory comprehended in the present States of Kentucky a ud 
 Tennessee and the territory {T, A, and C'w) ceded to the United States by the State of South Carolina. It -was 
 limited on the south by the original State of Georgia, U, and by J. s and B, which were ceded by the State of (Af orgia 
 in 1S03, and which by Act of Mai'ch 27, 1S04, became a part of Mi ssissippi Territory. 
 
 The Distuict of Columbia. — By Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States, Co'jgress is 
 empowered " to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatso.3ver over such district (not exceeding ten miles 
 s(iuare,) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat of gov ernment of 
 the United States." The State of Maryland, by Act of December 23, 1788, ceded to Congress territory ten miles 
 si|uare for the seat of government of the United States. The Statb of Virginia, by Act of Deceniber "3, 1789, ceded 
 territory ten miles square, or a less quantity, to the United States in Congress assembled, for the same purpose. 
 By Act of J u 1 y 10, 1790, amended March 3, 1791, these cessions were accepted, and made tho pcrmanen t seat 
 of government of the United States; and by the latter act tlio President was empowered to fix the boundaries 
 within certain limits. By Proclamation of the President, March 30, 1791, a district ten miles square-— from the State 
 of Maryland, Co, sixty-four square miles, and from the State of Virginia, Cn, thirty-six square mi les — was located 
 and bounded. By Act of February 27, 1801, Congress assumed exclusive jurisdiction. By Act of July 9, 1846, the 
 cession of Virginia (Cn) w'as retroceded. 
 
 Vermont.— By Act of February IS, 1791, to take effect Blarcb 4, 1791, admitted as a Svate ; formed from 
 New York. 
 
 Kentucky.— By Act of February 4, 1791, to take effect June 1, 1793, admitted as a State; formed from 
 Virginia. 
 
 Tennessee. — By Act of June 1, 1790, admitted as a State ; territory ceded by North Carolina. 
 
 MissisSHTi Territory. — By Act of A p r i 1 7 , 17 9 8, formed subject to the claims of the State of Georgia 
 to the jurisdiction and soil thereof, afterward ceded by the State of Georgia to the United States; bounded west 
 by the Mississippi Elver, north by a line from the moutl of the Yazoo Kiver duo east to the Chattahoochee Eiver, 
 cast by the Chattahoochee Eiver, and south by the Thirty-first parallel. Consisted of Cand^^. From 1704 to 
 ViSS these parcels were part of the British Province of West Florida, which included also all of the territory south 
 of tlic 31st parallel and between the Eiver Appalachicola on the east, and Lakes Pontchartrain and IMaurepas and 
 the Eiver Mississippi on the west. By Treaty with Great Britain, in 1783, the portion of this Province north of the 
 31»t par.TJlel {.C and A/) was ceded to the United States, while the remainder was, by Treaty of the same year-, ceded 
 to Spain. These facts secured to the United States a title to the parcels in question {C and At) anterior to, and 
 independent of, the cession by Georgia. By Act of March 27, 1804, there was added all that territory [A, B, An, 
 and Cm) ceded by the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and lying between the Mississippi Eiver and the 
 State of Georgia, and between the territory as above bounded and the State of Tennessee. By Act of May 14, 1812, 
 tliere was added the territory (2> and Alt) ceded by Spain, lying between the Pearl and Peidido Eivers. The whole 
 Territory has since been absorbed by the States of Alabaiua and Mississippi. 
 
 Indiana.— By Act of May 7, 1800, to take effect July 4, 1800, formed as a Territory frora the Torritorv 
 Northwest of the Eiver Ohio. It consisted of all of the last-mentioned territory west of the present eastern bound- 
 ary of the State of Indiana extended northward to the international boundary line, (Ab, Ac, A<], Ae, C(j, IF, A', Y 
 and Z.) By Act of April 30, 1802, that part [Ar, Bs) of the Territory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio which was 
 not included in the State of Ohio was annexed to the Territory of Indiana, which, by this increase, was extended 
 eastward to include the whole of that now known as the lower peninsula of Michigan. By Act of March 20, 1804 
 to take effect October 1, 1804, (the act dividing the "Province of Louisiana," ceded by France, into the Territory of 
 Orleans and the District of Louisiana,) the District of Louisiana, being all of the French cession west of the Mis- 
 sissippi Eiver except the present State of Louisiana, (see cession by France, ah ^r,) was committed to the govern- 
 ment of the oflicers of the Territory of Indiana. By Act of April 19, 1810, the southern portion of the Territory of 
 Indiana was enabled to become a State. By Joint Eesolutiou of December 11, 1810, the same was admitted as a 
 State. 
 
 Ohio.- By Act of June 30, 1802, formed as a State out of that part (7? *•) of the Territory Northwest of 
 the Eiver Ohio, which remained after the erection of the Territory of Indiana, by excluding all of that remainder 
 lying north of a line drawn due east through the southernmost extremity of Lake Michigan. By the Act of June 15, 
 183G, (the enabling act for the State of Michigan,) and the Act of June 23, 1830, the northern boundary of the State 
 was "established by and extended to" a direct lino running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the 
 
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 most nortberly capo of Miami Bay, tbcnco in Lake Erie to tin 5 inteniatioiial bouiulary line and to the Peimsylvauia 
 liuc. By this legislatiou B» was added to the State. 
 
 Louisiana.— By Act of March 2G, 1804, to take effect October 1, 18 1, tho sonthern part (Am) of the 
 "Province of Louisiana," ceded by France, was constitutei I the Territory of Orlcan.s, which, on tho cast of tho 
 Mississippi Hiver, iucUiiled only tho land south of tho "Kivt rs Iber\illo and Amito and the Lakes Maurepas and 
 routchartrain." By Act of February 20, 1811, the same was enabled to become a State; by Act of April 8, 1812, 
 ♦o take effect April 30, 1S12, the same was admitted as a Stale, with the T.ame of Louisiana. By Act of April 14, 
 1812, there was added the territory [An) east of the Mississippi Eirer and north of tho '-'Eivers Iberville and Amite 
 and Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain." 
 
 Missouri.— By Act of March 20, 1804, to take e fleet October 1,1804, formed from the northern part of 
 the "rroviiice of Louisiana," and styled the District of Louisiana, butcomm;.tted to the ft-overnment of the oflicers 
 of the Territory of Indiana. Its southern boundary was tlio present .'joiilliern boundary of Arkansas, and it con- 
 tained all the lands of tho United States west of the Mississippi Eiver not within the State of Louisiana. By Act 
 of March 3, 1805, the samo vTas organized as the Territory of Louisiana- by Act of June 4, 1812, to take effect ou 
 the lirst Monday of December, 1812, the same was reorganized as the Territory of Missouri. By Act of Mai'ch C, 
 1820, tho northern part, Ar, of the Territory of Missouri, bounded as the present State of Missouri, except on the 
 west, where it was limiied by the meridian passing through tho conlluence of the Kansas and Missouri Eivers, was 
 enabled to become a State under the name of Missouri. By Joint Eesolution of March 2, 1821, admission of the 
 same as a State further provided for; by Proclamation of August 10, 1821, admitted as a State. By Act of June 
 7, 1S.3G, which took effect by the Proclamatiou of JIarch 28, 1837, the western boundary of the State was extended to 
 the Missouri Eiver. 
 
 MicmCvAN.— By Act of January 11, 1805, to take effect June 30, 1805, formed as a Territory from the Ter- 
 ritory of Indiana. It then consisted of Bs, Ab, Ad, and Ar, being mainly that known as tho lower peninsula of 
 Michigan, and bounded on the west and northwest by a line "through the middle of said lake [Michigan] north- 
 wardly to its northern extremity, and thence duo north to the northern boundary of the United States, and on the 
 south by a luio drawn duo east from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan." By Act of April 10, 1810, and 
 Joint Eesolution of December 11, ISIG, Ab was taken into the State of Indiana. By Act of April 18, 1818, (the en- 
 abling act for, the State of Illinois,) there was added to the Territory J.c, C(j, X, Y, and Z, being all that part of the 
 former Territory of Indiana lying north of and not included in the State of Indiana, and tbat part of the Territory 
 of Illinois which was not included in the State of Illinois. This addition extended the Territory westward to the 
 Mississiyipi Elver. By Act of June 28, 1S34, there was added to the Territory the territory {Af, A(j, Ah, Ai, and i\") 
 between the ilississippi Eiver on tho east and the Missouri and White Earth Eivers on the west, and between the. 
 northern boundaries of tho States of Missouri audlUinois on the south and the international boundary lineou the north. 
 The Territory then extended from Lakes Huron and Erie westward to the Missouri Eiver. By Act of June 15, 1S3C 
 enabled to become a State as novf bounded ; by Act of January 26, 1837, the same was admitted as a State 
 The remainder of the Territory of IMichigan was afterward absorbed by the States of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, 
 and a part (N) of the Territory of Dakota. 
 
 Illinois.— By Act of February 3, 1809, to take effect March 1 , 1 S 9 , formed as a Territory from the Ter- 
 ritory of Indiana; was then bounded on the east by the present eastern boundary of the State of Illinois, extended 
 northward to the international boundary line, on the north by British America, and on the west and southwest by 
 the IMississippi Eiver. By Act of April IS, 1818, enabled to become a State as now bounded ; by Joint Eesolution 
 of December 3, 1818, tho same was admitted as a State. 
 
 Mississippi.- By Act of March 1, 1817, formed from the western part^of the final Territory of Mis- 
 sissippi and enabled to become a State; by .Joint Eesolution of December 10, 1817, admifted as a State. 
 
 Alabama.— By Act of M a r c h 3 , 1817, formed as a Territory from the easi oru part of tho final Territory of 
 ■Mississippi; by Act of March 2, ISIO, enabled to become a State; by Joint Eesolution of December 14, 1819, 
 admitted as a State. 
 
 AilKANSAS.— By Act of 51 a r c h 2,1819, formed as the Arkansaw Territory from the .southern part of tho 
 Territory of Missouri; by Act of June 15, 183C, the samo Avas admitted as the State of Arkansas. 
 
 Maine.— By Act of March 3, 1820, to take effect March 15, 18 20, admitted a,s a State; formed from Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 Florida.— By Act of March 30, 1822, made a Territory ; by Act of March 3, 1845, admitted as a State ; 
 territory ceded by Spain. 
 
 The Indian Country is a geographical but not an organized political division of the United States. By Act 
 of June 3 0, 1834, regulating trade and intercourse with Indians, thi.s Country was declared to be "all that 
 
 
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 part of tbe United States west of tlie Mississippi [River] and not witbiu tlie States of Missouri and Louisiana and 
 the Territory of Arkansas." This Act limited the Indian Country on the east by tlie present western boundaries of 
 the States of Missouri and Arkansas, and north of these boundaries by the Mississippi Elver, on the west by the 
 racific Ocean, and ou the north and south by international boundaries. As the different tracts of land, which from 
 time to time have been set apart, for the use of Indians, ou the east side of the Eiver Mississippi, have always 
 been included within the boundaries of some political division, so this Indian Country on the west of this river 
 was, when first bounded by the above-cited statute, identical in extent with the organized Territory of :Missoun. 
 The Country and the Territory have alike suffered successive losses of the .same areas, and the Territory the loss of 
 organization, until the government and the name of the Territory of Missouri have become obsolete, and the present 
 Indian Country contains all of the land of the once Territory of Missouri which has not been abssol'bed by other 
 political divisions. In ISiJO the boundaries of the Indian Country were as follows : On the east, the present western 
 boundaries of the States of ^Missouri and Arkansas; ou the south^ the Eed lliver; on the west, the Twenty-third 
 meridian (100th Greenwicli) as far north as the Arkansas lliver, and along that river to the intersection of the 
 Eocky IMountains and the Twenty-ninth meridian, (lOCth Greenwichj) and along that meridian northward to the 
 ]iroposed southern boundary of the original Territory of Nebraska, which became the northern- limit of this Country. 
 AVithin these limits, however, is included that part of the territory ceded by Texas to the United States which 
 was not included in the Territory of New Mexico, being a paicBl of land between the Arkansas lliver on the north 
 and the present northernmost boundary of the State of Texas, and between the Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth 
 meridians, (lOOth and 103d Greenwich.) Including this latter territory, the area of the Indian Country at 1850 
 was 19o,'27i scpiare miles. By Act of May 30, lS.j-1, the Territory of Kansas was erected, and its southern boundary, 
 from the State of Missouri to the Twenty-third meridian, (lOOth Greenwich,) became the northern limit of the 
 Indian Country. The limits of the Indian Country remain as they were left by that act; area, GS,991 square miles. 
 A part of the territory above mentioned as ceded by the State of Texas was included in the Territory of Kansas. 
 The residue, bounded on the north by the Territory of Colorado and the State of Kansas, on the east by the 
 Indian Country, on the south by the State of Texas, and ou the west by the Territory of New Mexico, and included 
 between 30° 30' and 37° of latitude and the Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth meridians, (lOOth and 103d Greenwich,) 
 having an estimated area of 10,800 square miles, still remains an unorganized portion of the public donwin. In 
 the coustructiou of the subsequent Area table, for couvenience, the area of this last-mentioned unorganized territory 
 has been included in that of the Indian Country. 
 
 Wisconsin.— By Act of April 20, 1836, to take effect July 3 , 1830, formed as a Territory out of lands orig- 
 inally acquired by Treaty of Teace with Great Britain, in 1783, and other lands which were a part of the"^?rench 
 cession. At the date of this act all these lands were in the Territory of Michigan. The part east of "tbe Missis- 
 sippi, (X, Z, and Cij,) had formerly been su ccessively iu the Territory Northwest of the lliver Ohio, and the Territories 
 of Iiuliana, Illinois, and Michigan. The part of the Territory [Af, A(j, Ah, Ai, and N) west of the Mississippi River 
 had formerly been in the Territory of Mi shigan. As so constituted the Territory of Wi.scou.siu was bounded on the 
 east, northeast, and on tbe south as far co the west as the Mississippi River by tbe present boundaries of the State 
 of Wisconsin ; on the south, going westward from the Mississippi River, by thX3 present northern boundary of the 
 State of Missouri ; ou the west by the Idissouri River, and ou the north by the international boundary line. By Act 
 of June 11', 1838, all of tbe Territory {Af, Ag, Ah, Ai, and i\') west of the Mississippi IHver and of a line due uorth 
 from the sources of that river to tbe iuternational boundary line, was taken to fomi the Territory of Iowa. By Act 
 of August G, ISiC, the Territory tlius reduced in size was enabled to become a State, as now boiuided; by Act of 
 May 20, 1848, admitted as a State. Tbe remainder of tbe Territory of Wisconsin not included iL the Territory of 
 Iowa or iu tbe State of Wisconsin was, in 1840, included in tbe Territory of Minnesota. 
 
 Io^yA.— By Act of June 12, ir,38, to take effect July 3, 1838, formed as a Territory from the Territory of 
 Wisconsin, and included all tbe tei.Titory (4/, ^1(/,A/(,A(, and iV^) between the Mississippi and Missoiu'i Rivers and 
 north of the present northern bou ndary of the State of Missouri. By Act of March 3, 1845, admitted as a State, [Af 
 and Ah,) having tbe same boundf iries as at present, except that to the west the State extended only to the meridian 
 of 17° 30', while ou the north it extended to tbe parallel passing through tbe mouth of tbe Maukato or .Blue Earth 
 Eiver. By Act of August 4, 1^', 40, tbe State of Iowa was extended westward and restricted on tbe nc rtb to its 
 present boundaries : by Act of December 28, 184G, re-admitted as so enlarged. 
 
 Texas.— By Joint Eesoluti on of December 29, 1845, admitted as a State; had previously been t, u inde- 
 pendent republic, and at an ea riier date a portion of Mexico. 
 
 Okegon.— By Act of August 14, 18 48, formed as a Territory out of the French cession, exteudiuff ,fi'om 
 the Forty-second parallel to 1 lie international boundary line, and from the PacKic Ocean eastward to the Rot'lv^ 
 Mountains; area, 288,345 squ are miles. By Act of February 14, 1859, admitted as a State as now bounded ; are. b 
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 95,274 square miles. The part of the" Territory uot included iu the State, 193,071 square miles, {Bit, V, Ax, Hj, and 
 Be,) became the original Territory of WasUiugton. 
 
 Minnesota.— By Act of Marcli 3, 1819, formed as a Territory out of land east of tUc Mississippi Eiver 
 ceded by Great Britain, which was first in the Territory Northwest of the Biver Ohio, afterward successively iu 
 the Territories of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, (Z,) and out of other lauds west of the Mississippi Elver, 
 ceded by France, which were successively in the Territories of Louisiana, (afterward organized as the Territory of 
 I\ris.souri,) Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, [N, Ai, and Ah.) At the passage of this act, this Territory consisted of the 
 parts of the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin which were not respectively included iu the States of the same names. 
 As thus constituted the Territory extended from the northern boundary of the State of Iowa northward to the inter- 
 national boundary line, and from the western boundaries of the States of Wisconsin and Iowa to the Missouri and 
 White l^arth Elvers ; area, 105,491 square miles. By Act of ]?ebruary 20, 1857, the portion of the Territory east 
 of the present western boundary of the State {Z, Ah, and ^ i) Was enabled to become a State; by iVct of May 11, 1858, 
 the same was admitted as a State; area, 83,531 square miles. The palt of the Territory uot included iu the State, 
 81,900 square miles (X) became a part of the Territory of Dakota. 
 
 California.— By Act of September 9 ^ 1850, admitted as a State ; from territory ceded by Mexico. 
 Utah.— By Act of September 9, 1850, formed as a Territory, extending from the Eocky Mountains 
 westward to California, and from the southern boundary of the Territory of Oregon-, being the Forty-second parallel, 
 southward to the Thirty-seventh parallel ; area, 220,190 square miUjS. By Act Of February 28, ISGl, 29,500 square 
 miles, (Z) set off to the Territory of Colorado. By Act of March 2; 18G1-, 10,710 square miles {Bf ) set off to the Terri- 
 tory of Nebraska. By Act of March 2, 1801, 73,571 square miles {Bg) set off to thb Territory of Nevada. By Act 
 of May 5, ISGG, 18,326 square miles {Bh) set off to the State of Nevada. By Act of July 25, 18GS, 3,580 square miles 
 (Ct?) set off to the Territory of Wyoming. The remainder, 81,170 square miles, forms the present Territory of Utah. 
 New Mexico.— By Act of September 9, 1850, which, by Proclamation of J3ecember 13, 185 0, was 
 declared to take effect at the date of proclamation, constituted a Territory; extending from Califbtnia -eastward to 
 the Twenty-sixth meridian, and from the northern boundary line of Mexico northward to the Thirty-seventt parallel, 
 while between the Eocky Jlountains and the Twenty-sixth meridian it extended northward to the Thirty-eighth 
 parallel; area, 21.''j,S07 square miles. By Act of August 1, 1851, the territory acquired from Mexico by the Gadsden 
 treaty, 45,535 square miles {CJc and CI) was annexed. It thus had a total area of 201,342 square miles, wholly con- 
 stituted from cef isious from Mexico and from the State of Texas. By Act of February 28, 1801, 14,000 square miles, 
 (/] set off to the. Territory of Colorado. By Act of February 24, 1803, 120,141 square miles [E, Bi, and Glc) set off 
 as the Territory- of Arizona, (see Arizona, i^osf,) leaving 121,201 square miles, the present area of the Territory. 
 
 WAsniNCfxON.— By Act of March 2, 185 3, formed as a Territory from the Territory of Oregon, and 
 included all of the Territory not afterward included iu the State of Oregon; area, 193,071 square miles, (B«, T, Ax, 
 Bj, and Be.) By Act of March 2, 1801, 4,038 square miles {Be) set off' to the Territory of Nebraska, fey Act of 
 March 3, 1.^63, all of its territory then east of the Fortieth meridian and the Snake Eiver, 118,439 square miles, set 
 off to the Territory of Idaho, (see Idaho, xmst.) The remainder, 09,994 square miles, constitutes the present Terri- 
 tory of Washington. 
 
 Kijv^SAS.- By Act of M a y 3 0, 1854, formed as a Territory, extending from the western boundary of Missouri 
 westward to the Eocky Mountains, then the eastern boundary of the Territory of Utah'; and from the Thirty- 
 seventh northward to the Fortieth parallel, excepting that part of the Territory of New Mexico north of the Thirty- 
 .seventh parallel; area, 120,283 sqnare miles, {E, J, Aj, and Ah) By Act of January 29, I80l, that portion of the 
 Territory east of the Twenty-lilth meridian, 81,318 square miles, {Aj and Al,;) was admitted as a State. By Act of 
 February 28, 1801, the remainder of the Territory, 44,905 .square miles, (if and J,) was included iu the Territory of 
 Colorado. 
 
 Nebraska.— By Act of May 30, 1854, formed as a Territory from the public domain included between the 
 western boundary (mainly the Missouri and White Earth Rivers) of the then Territory of Minnesota and the 
 .Ilocky Mountains and between the Fortieth parallel and the international boundary line : area, 351,558 square milcSj 
 {Ay, A::, Be, B(l, K, 0, and P.) By Act of February 28, 1801, 10,035 square miles {K) set off to the Territory of Colo- 
 rado. By Act of March 2, 18G1, 228,907 sqnare miles {0, 1', Aij, and Bd) set off to the Territory of Dakota. Hith- 
 erto this area has been reported, officially as 244,942 S(iuare miles through failure to deduct 10,035 square miles 
 mentioned above, which had beeui set off from the Territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Colorado iu the mouth 
 before the Territory of Dakota. Avas organized. By the same act the Territory of Nebraska received from the 
 original Territory of Washington 4,038 square miles, {Be,) and from the Territory of Utah 10,740 scpiare miles, {Bf.) 
 As thus constituted the Territory of Nebraska extended from the Missouri Eiver westward to the Thirty-third 
 
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 meridiau, and from the present nortliern boundary of the State of Xebraslca, and west thereof from the Forty-third 
 parallel southward to the present southern boundary of the State of Nebraska, and west thereof to the Forty-first 
 parallel ; its area was 121/J94 square miles. I3y Act of March 3, 1SG3, there were set off to the Territory of Idaho 
 45,999 square miles, made up— 1st, of 30,021 stpiare miles (7>'c') at first in the origiual Territory of Nebraska; 2d, of 
 4,038 square miles (Be) once iu the Territory of Oregon and afterward in the original Territory of Washington ; 
 and, 3d, of 10,740 square miles {Bf) originally in the Territory of Utah. These reductions left the area of the Terri- 
 tory of Nebraska 75,995 square miles. By Act of April 19, 1804, the same Territory enabled to become a State ; by 
 Act of February 9, 1807, admitted as a State. 
 
 Colorado.— By Act of F e b r u a r y 2 8, 1801, formed as a Territory with an area of 104,500 square miles, 
 consisting— 1st, of 14,000 square miles (i) from the Territory of New Mexico j 2d, of 29,500 sipmre miles (7.) from 
 the Territory of Utah; 3d, of 10,035 square miles (K) from the origiual Territory of Nebraska: and 4th, of 44,905 
 square miles (H and J) from the Territory of Kansas. 
 
 Nevada.— By Act of March 2 , 1 S 1, formed as a Territory from a strip of the State of California and that 
 part of the Territory of Utah west of the Thirty-eighth meridiau. California, however, has not ceded the part of her 
 teiritoi y included in the statutory boundaries of Nevada ; area, exclusive of this pol-tiou of California, 73,574 square 
 miles, {Bg.) By Act of March 21, 1SG4, enabled to become a State ; October 31, 1804^ proclaimed a State. By Act 
 of May 5, 1800, there was added to the State of Nevada 18,320 .square miles (L'A) frOhi the. Territory of Utah, and 
 12,225 square miles (Bi) from the Territory of Arizona. Present .irea of the State of Nevada^ 104,125 square miles. 
 
 Dakota.— By Act of March 2 , 1801, formed as a Territory, extending from the Western boundaries of the 
 States of Minnesota and Iowa westward to the llocky Mountains, and from the present northern boundary of the 
 State of Nebraska and to the west thereof from the Forty-third parallel northward to the interuatloiial .boundary Hue. 
 It contiisted of the portion of the original Territory of Nebraska north of the last-mentioned boundAry-, 22l',907 square 
 miles, (0, P, Ai/, and Bd,) and of all of the Territory of Minnesota remainiug after the erection of the State .of Minne- 
 sota, 81,900 S(ptare miles, (N;) having thus a total area of 310,867 square miles. By Act of March 3, 1803, tht' Terri- 
 tory of Dakota gave to the Territory of Idaho, of land at first in the origiual Territory of Nebiraska, 101,935 sq.'i^i'o 
 miles, {B(l, P, and Ay.) Hitherto this area has been officially reported as 177,970 squate mileSj erroneously includir'o 
 l(i,035 square miles (K) which had passed from the origiual Territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Colorado beforO 
 the organization of the Territory of Dakota. There then remained au area of 148,932 square miles. Hitherto this 
 area has been officially reported as 150,932 square miles, which is the present area of the Territory of Dakota, the 
 ditterence of 2,000 square miles (P) being accounted for by a strij) of the present Territory of Dakota west of the Ter- 
 ritory of Wyoming, which, at the period referred to, was not embraced iu the Territory of Dakota. By Act of May 
 20, 1804, (the act erecting the Territory of Montana,) the Territory of Dakota received from the Territbry of Idaho — 
 1st, land whieh had been first in the origiual Territory of Nebraska, next in the Territory of Dakota, afterxthrd in the 
 Territory of Idaho; in extent, 45,000 square miles, {Bd and P;) 2d, laud which had been at first iu the oHginal Ter- 
 ritory of Nebraska, afterward in the Territory of Idaho; in extent, 30,021 square miles, {Be;) 3d, laud which had been 
 originally in the Territory of Utah, next in the Territory of Nebraska, afterward in the Territory of Idaho; in 
 extent, 10,7-40 square iiules, (iJ/'y) 4tli, land originally iu the Territory of Oregon, next in the original Territory of 
 Washington, next iu the Territory of Nebraska, and afterward iu the^ Territory of Idaho; iu extent, 4,038 scpiare 
 miles, {Be.) Total received from the Territory of Idaho, 91,005 square miles. The area of the Territory of Dakota 
 was thus 240,597 square miles. By Act of July 25, 1808, tlie Territory of Dakota gave to the Territory of Wyom- 
 ing 89,005 square miles, being all of the above-mentioned 91,005 square luiles, excepting 2,000 square miles (P) from 
 the item 45,000 square miles. The present area of the Territory of Da'kota (150,932 square miles) is thus obtained, 
 but a tract containing 2,000 ,s(piare jniles (P) lies separated fi'om the main body of the Territory by the eutire 
 extent east to west of the Territory of Wyoming. The present area of i';he Territory of Dakota is made up of A^, 0, 
 and P. 
 
 Arizona.— By Act of February 24, 1803, formed as a Territory {E, Bi, and Clc) from the western part 
 of the Territory of New Mexico ; area, 120,141 square miles. By Act of May 5, 180C, 12,225 square miles {Bi) set 
 off to the State of Nevada. Preseiit area, 113,910 square miles. 
 
 Idaho.- By Act of March 3, 1803, formed as a Territory ; then c-ousisted of— 1st, 118,439 square miles, (7, 
 Ax, and Bj.) Hitherto this area has been officially reported as 123,077' sqU are miles through failure to deduct 4,038 
 square miles {Be) which, by Act of March 2, 1801, had been set off from the- original Territory of Washington to the 
 T( rritory of Nebraska. It was at first a part of the Territory of Oregon, an .d next in the original Territory of Wash- 
 ington, being what remained after the present Territory of Washington h: ul been carved from it, less 4,038 square 
 miles above mentioned; 2d, of 101,935 square miles {Bd, P, and Jy)' once or the original Territory of Nebraska and 
 subsequently iu the Territory of Dakota; 3d, of 30,021 square' miles {Be) directly from the Territory of Nebraska; 
 
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 4th, of 10,740 square miles {Bf) originally in the Territory of Utah, afterward iu the Territory of Nebraska; 5tb, of 
 4,C3S S(iuare miles {Be) once iu the Territory of Oregon, next of the original Territory of Washington, and afterward 
 of the Territory of Xebraska ; making the total original area of the Territory 320,373 square miles. By Act of May 
 20, 1SG4, the entire Territory of Montana, 143,770 square miles, {Ax and Ay,) was formed out of the Territory of Idaho. 
 By the same act 91,00.j square miles (see Dakota, ante) further were set off to tlie Territory of Dakota, leaving an 
 area of 90,'J32 square miles. By Act of July 20, 1808, 4,038 square miles (7^"} once in the Territory of Oregon, next 
 iu the original Territory of Washington, and afterward in the Territory of Idaho, [not to be confounded with the 
 4,038 square miles {Be) twice mentioned just above,] were set off to the Territory of Wyoming. This transfer reduced 
 the Territory to its present area, 80,294 square miles, all of which was once iu the Territory of Oregon, and after- 
 ward in the original Territory of Washington. 
 
 West Virginia.— By Act of December 31, 1802, declared to be a State,- to be admitted at a date sixty days 
 after proclamation to be made by the President. By Proclamation April 30, 1803, said act made to take effect 
 June 9, 1803; from Virginia; area, 23,000 square miles. 
 
 Montana.— By Act of May 20, 18 04, formed as a Territory from thfe northeastern part of the Tenitory of 
 Idaho. It consists— 1st, of 110,209 square miles, Ay, at first part of the original Territory of Nebraska, next iu the 
 Territory of Dakota, and afterward in the Tenitory of Idaho ; and, 2d, of 27,-507 square miles. Ax, first iu the Territory 
 of Oregon, next iu the original Territory of Washington, afterward iu the Territory of Idaho. Aggregate area of 
 the Territory, 143,770 S(]uare miles. 
 
 Alaska— By Treaty of M a y 2 8 , 1 S 7 , ceded by Eussia. A geographical bnt hot a political division of the 
 United States. Area 577,390 square miles. 
 
 Wyoming.— By Act of J u 1 y 2 5 , 18 68, formed as a Ten-itory from portibtfe bf the then Territories of Utah, 
 Dakota, and Idaho, aggregating 97,883 square miles, as follows: 1st, 30,021 sqiiare miles {Be) once in the original 
 Territory of Nebraska, next iu the Territory of Idaho, afterward in the . Territoiy of Dakota; 2d, 10,740 square 
 miles {Bf) originally in the Territory of Utah, next iu the Territory of Nebraska, next in the Territory of Idaho, 
 afterward in the Territory of Dakota; 3d, 4,038 square miles {Bj) once iu the Territory of Oregon, next iu the 
 , original Territory of Washington, next in tlie Territory of Idaho; 4th, 43,000 square miles {Bd) at first in the 
 ' original Territory of Nebraska, next in the Territory of Dakota, next in the Territory of Idaho, aftersvard in the 
 Territory of Dakota ; 5th, 3,580 square miles {Cd) originally iu the Territory bf Utah ; Cth, 4,038 square aniles (Be) a 
 tract the history and description of which are as follows : It is a. right-angled triangle, having for its baso the Forty- 
 second parallel, its perpendicular the Thirty-third meridian, aud its irregular hypothenuse the crest of the Rocky 
 Mountains. It was at first the extreme southeastern projection of the original Territory of Oregon. It then 
 occupied the same relative position in the original Territory of Washington, which extended westward to the Pacific 
 ! Ocean. It next became a part of the western extremity of the Territory of Nebraska, which reached eastward to 
 the iMissouri River. It was next attached to Idaho, afterward to Dalcota, from which it was set off to WvoiL'ing, 
 iwhere it remains for the present. The Territory of Wyoming, therefore, consists of two parcels from each of ihe 
 orignuil Territories of Nebraska, Utah, aud Oregon; and, while it has" received no territory from Montana aad 
 Colorado, which adjoin it on the north and south, it nevertheless contains lands which have at different times beeu 
 comprised iu six other Territories, Dearly oie-lialf of the Territory having twice formed a part of Dakota. 
 
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 DESCEIPTION OF PARCELS OP TEERITORT INTO WHICH THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED 
 STATES HAS BEEN DIVIDED BY THE SUCCESSIVE BOUNDARIES OF POLITICAL DIVISIONS. 
 
 Alabama, the State of: area, 50,722 square miles; is composed of il,-Z>, C, and D, ceded by the States of Georgia 
 and South Carolina, and by Spain. 
 
 A. Alabama, now in the State of: estimated area, 1,700 square miles. Being a strip of land twelve miles wide 
 across the northern part of the State and adjoining the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee. Ceded by the 
 State of South Carolina. Transfers : from the Territory South of the River Ohio to the Mississippi Territory and to 
 the State of Alabama. 
 
 B. Alabama, now in the State of: estimated area, 27,722 square miles. Lying between the States of Georgia 
 and Mississippi and between A and a line drawn due east from the mouth of the Yazoo River to the Chattahoochee 
 River. Ceded by the State of Georgia. Transfers: from the Mississippi Territory to the State of Alabama, 
 
 C. Alabama, now in the State of: estimated area, 19,000 square miles. Between the States of Georgia and 
 Mississippi and the southern boundary of B and the 31st parallel. Ceded by the State of Georgia. Transfers : 
 from the Mississippi Territory to the State of Alabama. 
 
 D. Alabama, now in the State of: estimated area, 2,300 square miles. Between the Perdido River and the 
 State of Mississippi and between the 31st parallel and the Gulf of Mexico. Ceded by Spain, Transfers : from the 
 Mississippi Territory to the State of Alabama. 
 
 Alaska, (the unorganized territory o:^:) area, 577,390 square miles. Ceded by Russia. (See page 571.) 
 Arizona, the Territory of: area, originally, 126,141 square miles. Consisted of U and U/; C'fc was added from 
 
 Mexico and Bi was transferred to the State of Nevada; now consists of B and Ck; area, 113,910 square miles. 
 
 Ceded by Mexico. Transfers: from the Territory of New Mexico to the Territory of Arizona. 
 
 E. Arizona, now in the Territory of: estimated area, 82,381 square miles. All of the Territory north of the 
 River Gila. Ceded by Mexico in 1818. Transfers : from the Territory of New Mexico to the Territory of Arizona. 
 
 Clc. Arizona, now in the Territory of: estimated area 31,535 square miles. The part of the Territory south of 
 
 the River Gila. Ceded by Mexico in 1853. Transfers : from the Territory of New Mexico to the Territory of Arizona. 
 
 Arkansas, the State of, or the Territory of, (the Territory obsolete :) area, 52,198 square miles. The State and 
 
 the Territory identical in extent. Ceded by France. Transfers : from the District of Louisiana to the Territory of 
 
 Louisiana, to the Arkansaw Territory. 
 
 California, the State of : area, 188,981 square miles. Ceded by Mexico. 
 
 Colorado, the Territory of: area, 104,500 square miles. Composed of S, I, J, K, and L. Ceded by France 
 and Mexico. 
 
 E. Colorado, now in the Territory of: area, 4,000 square miles. Bounded on the north by tlie Arkansas River, 
 cast by the 25th meridian, south by the 37th parallel, and west by the 2Cth meridian. Ceded by Mexico; also by 
 the State of Texas. Transfers : from the Territory of Kansas to the Territory of Colorado. 
 
 J, Colorado, now in the Territory of: area, 14,000 square miles, Bounded on the north and south by the 3Sth 
 and 37th parallels, cast by the 2Gth meridian, and west by the Rocky Mouuta.ins. Ceded, the part north of the 
 Ai-kausas River, (if any,) by France ; south of the river, by Mexico. Transfers : from the Tendtory of New Mexico 
 to the Territory of Colorado. 
 
 J. Colorado, now in the Territory of: area, 40,905 square miles. Bounded north by the 4(.»th parallel, east by 
 the 25th meridian, south by the Arkansas River westward to the 2Gth meridian a.ud by the 3S th parallel, and on 
 the west by the Rocky Mountains. Ceded from the original Territory of Kansas (being, with BT, the portion of the 
 Territory of Kansas which was not included in the State of Kansas) to the Territory of Colorado. 
 
 K. Colorado, now in the Territory of: area, 10,035 square miles. Bounded no rth and south Jjy the 41st and 
 40th parallels, east by the 25th meridian, and west by the Rocky Mountains. Ceded by France. Triinsfers : from 
 the original Territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Colorado. 
 
 L. Colorado, now in the Territory of: area, 29,500 square miles. Bounded nort h and south by the 41st and 
 37th parallels, east by the Rocky Mountains, and west by the 32d meridian. Ceded b.y Mexico. Transfers : from 
 the Territory of Utah to the Territory of Colorado. 
 Connecticut, the State of: area, 4,750 square miles.- One of the original thirteen States. 
 
 Daicota, the Territory of: area, 150,932 square miles. At first it consisted of N, 0, J', Bd, and Ay: area, 
 310,807 square miles; then Bd, F, zindAy were set off to the Territory of Idaho : area then, 148,932" square miles; next, 
 Bd, P, Bo, Bf, and Be were received from the Territory of Idaho : area then, 240,597 square miles; next were trans- 
 ferred to the Territory of Wyoming all of the parcels last above mentioned, excepting P. The Territory of Dakota 
 now consists of N, 0, and P, 
 
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 N. Dakota, now m the Territory of: area, 81,0C0 square miles. Boumled uortU by the lOth parallel, cast by 
 the western boundary of the States of Minnesota and Iowa, south by the Missouri Eiver, and west by the Missouri 
 and White Earth Eivers. Ceded by France. Transfers: from the "Province of Louisiana" and the District of 
 Louisiana (afterward successively called the Territory of Louisiana and the Territory of Missouri) to the Territories 
 of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota.* 
 
 0. Dakota, now in the Territory of: area, G6,'.)T2 square miles. Bounded north by the 49th parallel, east by 
 the White Earth and Missouri Eivers, south by the present northern bouiulary of the State of Nebraska west of the 
 mouth of Niobrara Eiver, and west by the 27th meridian. Ceded by France. Transfers : from the original Territory 
 of Nebraska to the Territory of Dakota. 
 
 r. Dakota, now in the Territory of: area, 2,000 square miles. Bounded north by the parallel of -t-fo ;50', east 
 by the 34th meridian, and south and west by the Eocky Mountains. Ceded by France. Transfers : from the orig- 
 inal Territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Dakota, to the Territory of Idaho, to the Territory of Dakota. 
 
 Delaware, the State of: area, 2,120 square miles. One of the origiual thirteen States. 
 
 District of Columbia, the : area, C4 square miles. Consisted of Co and Cn, 100 square miles. Ceded by the 
 States of Maryland and Virginia; Cn, 30 square miles, was afterward receded to the State of Virginia. 
 
 Florida, the State of, or the Territory of, (the Territory obsolete:) area, 59,208 square miles. Ceded by Spain 
 as " East Florida." 
 
 Georgia, the State of: area, 58,000 square miles. One of the origiual thirteen States. Was composed of U, B, 
 C, As; and At; now composed of T and U. 
 
 T. Georgia, now in the State of: estimated area, 1,500 square miles. Is a strip of land about twelve miles wide 
 across the northern end of the State of Georgia, adjoining the States of North Carolina and Tennessee. Ceded by 
 the State of South Carolina to the United States and received from the United States by the State of Georgia 
 when the latter State made her cession to the United States. Transfers : from the Territory South of the Eiver Ohio 
 to the State of Georgia, 
 
 U. Georgia, now in the State of: estimated area, 56,500 square miles. Is the State except T, being the eastern 
 part of the State as bounded when the State of Georgia ratitied the Constitution of the United States. 
 
 Idaho, the Territory of: area, 80,294 square miles. At first it consisted of V, Be, Bj, Ax, Ay, P, Bd, Be, and 
 Bf: area, 320,373 square miles; nest, Ay and Ax were taken from it to form the Territory of Montana, and Bd, 1', 
 Be, Bf, and Be were set off to the Territory of Dakota; area of the Territory then, 90,932 square miles; and, lastly, 
 Bj was transferred to the Territory of Wyoming. The Territory now consists of V, ceded by France. Transfers: 
 from the Territory of Oregon to the Territory of Washington, to the Territory of Idaho. 
 
 Illinois, the Territory of, (obsolete:) estimated area, 144,002 square miles. Was composed of W, X, Y, and Z; 
 ceded by Great Britain and the State of Virginia. Transfers : from the Territory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio 
 to the Territory of Indiana, to the Territory of Illinois. Absorbed by the States of Illinois and Wisconsin, the 
 State of Minnesota east of the Mississippi Eiver, and that portion of the State of Michigan west of the eastern 
 boundary of the Territory. 
 
 Illinois, the State of: area, 55,410 square miles. South of the 41st parallel ceded by the State of Virginia ; 
 north of the same, by Great Britain. Ti'ansfers: from the Territory of Illinois, siq>ni. 
 
 Indiana, the Territory of, (obsolete:) origiual estimated area, 205,151 square miles. Comprised W, X, Y, Z, 
 Ab, Ae, Ad, Ac, aud C(j ; afterward Bs and Ar were added ; estimated area then, 220,194 srfuare miles. Ceded as 
 was the Territory of Illinois, supra. Transfers : from the Territory Northwest of the Eivor 6hio to the Territory 
 of Indiana. Absorbed by the States of Indiana, Michigau, Illinois, Wisconsin, and that portion of Minnesota east 
 of the Mississippi Eiver, and by the parcel Bs, now in the State of Ohio. 
 
 Indiana, the State of: area, 33,809 square miles. Composed of Ah and Ac. Ceded as was the Territory of 
 Illinois, supra. 
 
 Al). Indiana, now in the State of: estimated area, 1,200 square miles. Bounded on the south by a line drawn 
 east from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the present eastern boundary of the State, a.Md on the east 
 by the present eastern boundary of the State; on the north by a line di-awn due east and west ten milt s north of the 
 southern boundary of this parcel; on the west by a line from the southern point of Lake Michigan noithward to its 
 intersection with the northern boundary line of this parcel. Ceded by Creat Britain. Transfers: from the Territory 
 Northwest of the Eiver Ohio successively f,o the Territories of Indiana and Michigan and to the State o.f Indiana. 
 
 Ac. Indiana, now in the State of: eslimated area, 32,009 square miles. Being the State of Indiana, less Ab, 
 with the same transfers as Ab, except that if was never in the Territory of Michigan, 
 
 * As all of the iiarcels of territory west of tlio Mi: 'sissippi River wliieli were ceded by France (sa^e tbat jiart of the State o f Louisiana 
 lying west of the River Mississippi) wore successively in the Province, tLe District; aud the Territory of Louisiaun, mention of lliesc traus- 
 fcrs will bo omitted iu subsequent descriptions of parcels. 
 
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 iNDUN CorNTRY, the imorgauizcd : area, 08,991 sqnare miles, (See page 576.) 
 
 Iowa, the Territory of, (obsolete :) estimated area, 194,53() square miles. Consisted of Af, Af/, Ah, Ai, and N. 
 Absorbed by the State of Iowa, by that part of the State of Minnesota lying west of the Kiver Mississippi, and 
 by the portion of the Territory of Dakota lying east of the Eiver Missouri. 
 
 Iowa, the State of: area, 55,0-15 square miles. As first admitted consisted of AfandAh; now consists of J/ 
 and Ag. Ceded by France. 
 
 Af. Iowa, now in the State of: estimated area, 30,720 sqnare miles. Bounded north, east, and south by the 
 present boundaries of the State, and on the west by the meridian of 17° 30'. Ceded by France. Transfers : from 
 the Territory of Missouri successively to the Territories of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and to the State of Iowa, 
 
 A(j. Iowa, now in the State of: estimated area, 18,325 square miles. Bounded on the north and south by the 
 present like boundaries of the State of Iowa, on the' east by the meridian of 17° 30', and ou the west by the Big 
 Sioux and IMissouri Ilivers. Ceded by France. Transfers : the same as Af. 
 
 Kansas, the Territory of, (obsolete:) area, 126,283 square miles. It consisted of ^, J,Aj, and A/v, Ceded by 
 France, except ^ and AJc and the part of J south of the Arkansas Eiver, which was ceded by Mexico, The por- 
 , tion ceded by France was originally in the " Troviuce of Louisiana ; '' the portion ceded by Mexico first appears in this 
 
 Territory. Absorbed by the State of Kansas and a portion of the Territory of Colorado. 
 I Kansas, the State of: area, 81,318 square miles. Consists of Aj and Al: Ceded, the part east of the 23d 
 
 meridian and north of the Arkansas Eiver,- by France ; the remainder by Mexico; 
 ] Aj. Kansas, now in the State of: estimated area, 73,512 square miles. Bounded north and cast by the present 
 
 ' boundary of the State of Kansas, on the south by the present boundary of the State of Kansas westward to the 23d 
 meridian, then northward on that meridian to and along the Arkansas Eiver, westward to the 25th meridian, which 
 bounds this parcel ou the west. Ceded by France, Transfers : from the Territory of Missouri successively to the 
 Territory of Kansas and to the State of Kansas, 
 
 Al: Kansas, now in the State of: estimated area, 7,776 square miles. Bounded on the north by the Arkansas 
 I Eiver, east by the 23d meridian, south by the 37th parallel, and west by the 25th meridian. Ceded by Mexico. 
 I TrausiVrs : from the Terrihory of Kansas to the State of Kansas. 
 
 i Kentucky, the State of: area, 37,080 square miles. Ceded by the State of Virginia, 
 Louisiana, the Province of, (obsolete j) estimated area, 1,100,577 square miles, (See French Cession, page 573.) 
 Louisiana, the District of, (obsolete:) estimated area, 1,122,975 square miles. Consisted of the then Territory 
 of the United States west of the Mississippi Eiver not included iu the State of Louisiana. (See Indiana, page 575.) 
 Loi'isiANA, the Territory of, (obsolete.) Same area as the District of Louisiana^ became the Territory of Missouri. 
 Louisiana, the State of: area, 41,310 square miles. It consists oi Am and An. Ceded by France and Sj:)ain, 
 Am. Louisiana, now in the State of: estimated area, 37,002 square miles. Comprehends all of the State of 
 Louisiana except the po^rtion east of the Mississippi Eiver and north of the " Elvers Iberville and Amite and Jjakes 
 Maurepas and I'ontchart.rain." Ceded by France. Transfers : from the Province of Louisiana to the Territory of 
 Orleans, to the State of Louisiana, 
 
 An. Louisiana, now in the State of: estimated area, 3,711 square miles. Being the part of the present State 
 t<| of Louisiana not included in Am. Ceded by Spain. 
 
 Maine, the State of: area, 35,000 square miles. Ceded by the State of Massachusetts. The portion of the State 
 
 of Maine west of the Eiver Kennebec and north of a right line connecting a point on that river one hundred and 
 
 ^ twenty miles from its m outh, Avith a point an equal distance from the mouth of the Piscataqua Eiver, and in the 
 
 U general direction of that river projected northerly, appears never to have been within the old British Province of 
 
 \ |]\Iain, or of Massachusetts Bay, or in the State of Massachusetts. If so, the title to this tract of land was vested 
 
 Indirectly in the United States by the Treaty of 1783, with Great Britain. 
 
 || Makyland, the State of: area, 11,124 square miles. One of the original thirteen States. Originally, was Ap 
 and Co. The District of Columbia, (Co,) 04 square miles, was ceded by the State of ^Maryland to the United States, 
 Massachusetts, the State of: area, 7,800 square miles. One of the original thirteen States, and then con- 
 sisted of Ao and Aq. (See- Maine.) After legislation granting and receiving sovereignty and jurisdiction by the States 
 jroucerned, and after con^-;ent to the cession by Congress, the southwestern extremity of the State of ^Nlassachusetts 
 lUnown as the District of Boston Corner was, by the Proclamation of the Governor of the State of Massachusetts, 
 I 'dated January 11, 1855, declared ceded to the State of New York, Pursuant to an Act of the Legislatm-e of Massa- 
 , j:;husetts, passed April 10, 1801, and to a Decree of the Supreme Court of the United State^ in the December term of 
 
 iSGl, the boundary between the States of Massachusetts and Ebode Island was so adjusted that these States inter- 
 hanged parcels of territory. These two transactions transferred areas too small for further description, or for 
 nscrtion in the succeeding table of parcels, or for delineation ou the map of parcels. 
 
 3 
 
 1 1 
 
584 HISTORICAL NOTES. 
 
 Michigan, the Territory of, (obsolete:) at first cousisted of Ab, Ad, Ar, and Bs ; estimated area, 41,243 square 
 miles; next Ae, Cg, X, Y, and Z were added, and Ah was subtracted; estimated area then, 130,975 square miles ; 
 afterward Af, Ag, Ah, At, and N were added, iucreasiiig the area to 331,511 square miles. The Territory is now 
 covered by the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, by parts of the States of Ohio and Indiana, {Bs 
 and Ah,) and by the part of the Territory of Dakota which lies east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers. 
 Michigan, the State of: area, 50,451 square miles. Consists of Ad, Ac, Ar, and Y. Ceded by Great Britain. 
 Ad. Michigan, now in the State of: estimated area, 19,000 square miles. Bounded on the south by a line 
 drawn duo east through a point ten miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the eastern bound- 
 ary of tlic State of Indiana, on the 'east by said boundary of Indiana extended northward until it intersects the 
 western boundary of this piece of teiTitory, which begins on the southern boundary of this parcel and runs north- 
 wardly through the middle of that lake to the point of intersection witli its eastern boundary. Ceded by Great 
 Britain. Transfers: from. the Territory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio successively to the Territories of Indiana 
 and Michigan and to the State of Michigan. 
 
 Ar. Michigan, now in the State of: estimated area, 20,443 square miles. Being all of the State of Michigan 
 east of the eastern boundary of the State of Indiana extended northward to the international boundary line. Same 
 cession and transfers as Ad, 
 
 Ae. Michigan, now in the State of: estimated area, 7,iS0 square miles. Consists of all the territory (except 
 Cg) bounded on the east by the western boundary of Ar, on the north by the international boundary line, on the 
 west by the meridian of the eastern boundary of Illinois, on the south by the northern boundary of Ah. Same 
 cession and transfers as Ad. 
 
 Y. Michigan, now i'u the State of: estimated area, 9,828 square miles. Bounded on the east by the western 
 boundary of Ac, on the north and northwest by the international boundary line, on the south and southwest by the 
 State of Wisconsin. Ceded by Great Britain. Transfers : from the Territory Northwest of the Ifiver Ohio suc- 
 cessively to the Territories of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and to the State of Michigan; 
 
 Minnesota, the Territory ol> (obsolete:) area, 105,401 square miles. Consisted of N, Z, Ai, and ^1/;. Absorbed 
 by the State of Minnesota and that portion of the Territory of Dakota lying east of the Missouri Eiver. 
 
 Minnesota, the State of: area, 83,531 square miles. It consists of Z, Ah, and Ai. Ceded, east of the Missis- 
 sippi Itiver, by Great Britain; west, by France. 
 
 Z. Minnesota, now in the State of: estimated area, 20,000 square miles. Bounded on the north by the inter- 
 national bonudary line, on the east by the boundaries of the State, on the west by the Mississippi PJver and a line 
 drawn due north from its source to the international boundary line. Ceded by Great Britain. Transfers: from 
 the Tin-iitory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio successively to the Territories of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, WiscouFiu, 
 and Minnesota, and to the State of Minnesota. 
 
 Ai. Minnesota, uow in the State of: estimated area, 50,475 square miles. Bounded on the north by the inter- 
 national boundary line, on the east by a line drawn from the international boundary line due south to the source of 
 the Mississippi Kirer, and by the Mississippi Eiver, southward to and along the northern boundary of Ah, to and 
 southward along the meridian of 17° 30', to and westward along the parallel of 43° 30' to the western boundary of 
 the State of Minnes.ota, and on the west by the western boundary of the State of Minnesota. Ceded by France. 
 Transfers: from the Territory of Missouri successively to the Territories of MicLigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Min- 
 nesota, and to the State of Minnesotii. 
 
 Ah. Minnesota, uow in the State of: estimated area, 7,050 square miles. Bounded on the north by the par- 
 allel passing through the confluence of the Blue Earth or Maukato and the Minnesota Elvers, on the east by the 
 Mississippi Elver, on the south by the parallel: of 43° 30', and on tlie west by the meridian of 17° 30'. Ceded by 
 . Irauce.^ Transfers: from the Territory of aOssouri to the Territories of Mick'gan, ATisconsin, and Iowa, to the 
 
 State ot Iowa, again to the Territory of Iowa, to the Territory of I\Iinnesota, and to the State of Minnesota. 
 : Mississippi TekbitoPvY, (obsolete:) at first consisted of G and At; estimated area, 33,950 square miles: after- 
 Z^^tf' ^' ^^*'' ''^"^^ ^''" '^'^^'^ Jirttled; estiraat,ed area, 91,978 square miles: afters rard I) and Ait were added; area, 
 Ji,btS square miles. The eastern part becai ae the State of Alabama and the wes tern the State of Mississippi. 
 
 Mississippi, the State of: area, 47,150 s(iuare miles. Consists of ^s, At, An, and Cm. Ceded by the States of 
 South Carolina and Georgia, and by Spain. 
 l' Cm. Mississippi, uow in the State of:, estimated area, 1,700 square miles. A strip of laud twelve miles wide 
 
 I across tie northern part of the State of Mi: jsissippi, next the State of Tennessee. -Ceded by the State of South Car- 
 i o ma. Iransfers: from the Territory Sout h of the Eiver Ohio to Mississippi Territ Jry and the State of Mississippi. 
 Ir ^ ^ f' f ''^"'^'I'l*'' ™^^ '" ^he State of: estimated area, 20,900 square miles. Lh ?s south of Cm and north of A^ 
 l.eued by the State of Georgia. Transfers,- li-om Mississippi Territory to the State of Mississippi. 
 
HISTORICAL NOTES. 585 
 
 At. Mississippi, now in the State of: estimated area, 14,95G square miles. South of As, and bounded on the 
 north by a line drawn due east through the month of the Yazoo Eiver and on the south by the 31st parallel. Ceded 
 by the State of Georgia. Transfers: from IMississippi Territory to the State of ]Mi88issippi. 
 
 Ati. Mississippi, now in the State of: estimated area, 3,G00 square miles. All of the State of Mississippi 
 south of the 31st parallel. Ceded by Spain. Transfers : from JMississippi Territory to the State of Mississippi. 
 
 Missouri. Territory of, (obsolete:) estimated area, 1,122,975 square miles. Was a reorganization of the Terri- 
 tory of Louisiana with the same boundaries. Consisted of all of the " Province of Louisiana " except Am. 
 Missouri, the State of: area, 05,350 square miles. Consisted first ofAv; afterward Aie was added. 
 
 Av. Missouri, now in the State of: estimated area, G2,1S2 square miles. Is the State of Missouri east of the 
 
 imeridian passing through the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Elvers. Transfers : from the Province to the 
 
 District and Territory of Louisiana, and to the Territory and State of Missouri. Was the original State of Missouri. 
 
 Aw. Missouri, now in the State of: estimated area, 3,1GS square miles. Consists of all of the State west of Av. 
 
 Transfers; same as Av, except that it was not in the original State of Missouri. 
 
 Montana, the Territory of: area, 143,770 square miles. Consists of Ax and Aij. Ceded by France. 
 
 Ax. Montana, now in the Territory of: area, 27,507 square miles. Bounded north by the 49th parallel, east 
 oy the IJocky IMountains to their junction with the Bitter Boot Mountains, west by the Bitter Boot Mountains to 
 the 39th meridian, and on that merulian northward to the 49tli parallel. Ceded by France. Transfers! from the 
 jTerritory of Oregon to the original Territory of Washington, to the Territory of Idaho, to the Territory of Montana. 
 Ay. Montana, now in the Territory of : area, 110,209 square miles. Bounded north by the 49th parallel, east 
 by the 27th meridian, south by the 45th parallel to the 34th meridian, southward on that meridian to the parallel 
 if 443 30/, westward on that parallel to the Rocky Mountains, and on the west by the Rocky Mountains. Ceded by 
 France. Transfers : from the original Territory of Nebraska to the Territories of Dakota, Idaho, and Montana. 
 
 Nebraska, the Territory of, (obsolete.) At first consisted of Az, K, 0, Be, Bd, P, and Ay; ai-ea, 351,558 square 
 udes; then K was set off to the Territory of Colorado; area then, 335,523 square miles; next, 0, P, Aij, and Bd 
 cere set off to the Territory of Dakota, and at the same time Be was added from the Territory of Washington, Bf 
 rom the Territory of Utah; area then, 121,994 square miles; next, Be, Be, and i?/were set off to the Territory of 
 daho. The remainder of the Territory, area, 75,995 square miles, became the State of Nebraska. 
 Nebraska, the State of: area, 75,995 square miles. Ceded by France. 
 
 Nevada, the Territory of, (obsolete :) area, 73,574 square miles. Consisted of Bfj. Ceded by Mexico. Trans- 
 i'ers : from the Territory of Utah to the Territory of Nevada. 
 
 1 Nevada, the State of : area, 104,125 square miles. Consists of 5(7, £/i, and i?/, 
 
 I Bg. Nevada, now in the State of: area, 73,574 square miles. Bounded north and south by the 42d and 37th 
 
 ^ arallels, east by the 38th meridian, and west by a part of the eastern boundary of the" State of California. Ceded 
 iy Mexico. Transfers : from the Territory of Utah to the Territory of Nevada, to the State of Nevada. 
 
 Bh. Nevada, now in the State of: area, 18,320 square miles. Bounded north and south by the 42d and 37th 
 arallels respectively, east and west by the 37th and 3Sth meridians respectively. Ceded by Mexico. Transfers: 
 •om the Territory of Utah to the State of Nevada. 
 
 Bl. Nevada, now in the State of: area, 12,225 square miles. Bounded north by the 37th parallel, east by the 
 ith meridian, southeast l)y the Colorado River, and west by the boundary line of the State of California. Ceded 
 y Mexico. Transfers : from the Territory of Arizona to the State of Nevada. 
 
 New Uampshike, the State of: area, 9,280 square miles. One of the original thirteen States. It seems that 
 le portion ot the State of New Hampshire which is north of the 45th parallel was not in the British Province of- 
 I ,^ew Eampshire. If so, the title to this parcel was vested directly in the United States bv the Treatv of 178;j with 
 t reat Britain. 
 
 INew Jersey, the State of: area, 8,-320 square miles. One of the original thii-tecn States. 
 New Mexico, the Territory of: area, 121,201 square miles. At first consisted of Bm, Bi, B, and /; area, 215 807 
 luare miles; afterward were added Ck and CI, part of the first cession from 3Iexico; area then, 201,342 square 
 I nles ; tirst, I was set off to the Territory of Colorado ; area then, 247,342 square miles ; next, B, Bi, and CIc cut off 
 , > torin the Territory of Arizona. Ceded by Mexico and by the State of Texas 
 
 _ Bm. New Mexico, now in the Territory of: estimated area, 107,201 square miles. The Territory north of the Gila 
 _ iver and east ot the western boundary of the former Mexican Territory of Ne^r Mexico. Ceded by Mexico in 1848. 
 ■ n ^*^y ^^*^^;<=«' "o^v in the Territory of: area, 14,000 square miles. ' All of the Territory of New Mexico, except 
 ^ m. Ceded by Mexico in 1853. 
 
 ^ ^r^J^j^' ^^l ^^T ""^V'"-'"' '^''^^^ ''^""'^ ""^'-^'' ^"'^ ^f the original thirteen States. Originally consisted 
 • Bn and Bo. (See Massachusetts, a«fe.) 
 
 ■B 
 
536 IIlSTORICxVL NOTES. 
 
 :5f0RTH Carolina, the State of: area, oO,10i square miles. Oue of the origiual thirteen States. At first con- 
 sisted of Bj) and Bq. . , ^ „ 
 
 Ohio, the Territory Nortliwest of the Eivcr, (obsolete:) estimated area, 2G5,5.-,8 square miles. Consisted ot all 
 the parcels west of the western boundary of the State of rennsylvaiiia, and between the Ohio and Mississippi 
 Elvers, now covered by the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and that part of Minnesota 
 east of the Mississippi Eiver and of a line drawn north from the source of the Mississippi River to the international 
 boundary line. See the notes respecting each of the States included within the Territory. 
 
 Ouio, the Territory South of the Iliver, (obsolete:) estimated area, SS,1S0 s-piare miles. Consisted of the terri- 
 tory now covered by the States of Kentncky and Tennessee, and Cm, A, and T, now in the States of Mississippi, 
 Alabama, and Georgia. 
 
 Ohio, the State of: area, 39,901 square miles. Formed as a State from the Territory Northwest of the Eiver 
 Ohio. Consisted of Br. Afterward Bs was added. 
 
 Br. Ohio, now in the State of: estimated area, 39,364 square miles. The portion of the State south of a line 
 drawn due cast through the southernmost extremity of Lake Michigan. Ceded north of the fist parallel by Great 
 Britain, south thereof by the State of Virginia. Transfers : from the Territory Northwest of the Elver Ohio to the 
 State of Ohio. 
 
 Bs. Ohio, now in the State of: estimated area, 600 square miles. Bounded south by Br, and on the north by a 
 line from the .southernmost point of Lake Michigan to the northernmost point of Miami Bay. Ceded by Great Britain. 
 Transfers: from the Territory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio to the Territory of Michigan, to the State of Ohio. 
 
 Oregon, the Territory of, (obsolete:) area, 288,345 squarfe miles. Originally composed of Bt, Bu, Y, Bj, Be, 
 and Ax, being all of tlie then Territory of the United States north of the 42d parallel and west of the Eocky Moun- 
 tains ; next, Bu, Y, Ax, Bj, and Be were cut off to form the original Teriitory of Washington. The remainder of 
 the Territory became the State of Oregon. Ceded by France to the United States. Transfers : from the Territory 
 of Oregon to the State of Oregon. 
 
 OiJECxON, the State of: area, 05,274 square miles. Ceded by France. From the Teriitory to the State of Oregon. 
 
 Orleans, the Territory of, (obsolete :) estimated area, 37,002 scpiare miles. Ceded by France. Transfers : from 
 the " Province of Louisiana," and became the first State of Louisiana. 
 
 Pennsylvania, the State of: area, 46,000 square miles. One of the original thirteen States. "Was Bv; after- 
 ward Cj) WJis'aflded. 
 
 Bl< Pennsylvania, now in' the State of: area, 45,084 square miles. All of the State south of the 42d parallel. 
 Is the original State of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Q). Pennsylvania, now in the State of. All north of the 42d parallel and west of the State of New York: area, 
 310 square miles. By the cess::on of the State of New York in 1781, and of the State of 3Iassachusetts in 1785, the 
 United States acquired title to this parcel of territory. By Eesolution of Congress, passed June 0, 1788, the right of 
 soil was conditionally sold to the State of Pennsylvania, and a survey of the parcel was ordered. By Eesolution ot 
 September 4, 17SS, the right of .government and jurisdiction was relinquished to the State of Pennsylvania. By Treaty, 
 made January 9, 17S9, between the State of PennsylvauLa, and the Six Nations, the Indian title to this parcel was 
 vested in the State of Pennsyhrauia. By Act of Congress, passed -lanuary 3, 1702, the President was authorized to 
 issue letters-patent granting this parcel to the State of Pennsylvania. Such letters-patent were issued ]Maich 3, 1792. 
 
 Ehode Island, the State of: area, 1,306 square mUes, One of the original thirteeu States. See ^Massachusetts. 
 
 South Carolina, the State- of: area, 34,000 square miles. One of the original thirteen Statos. Previous to her 
 ratification of the Constitution of the United States cou.sisted of Bx, Cm, A, and T. 
 
 Tennessee, the State of: area, 45,000 square miles. Formed from territory ceded by the State of North Carolina. 
 
 Texas, the State of: area, 274,356 square miles. Once a province of Mexico ; achieved her independence from 
 Mexico. Was admitted -as a State, and ceded to the Uurited States her lands west of the 27th meridian, now in the 
 Territories of Colorado and New Mexico. 
 
 Unorganized Territory West of the Indian Ccittntry: estimated area, 10,800 square miles. Bounded by 
 30° 30' and 37° of lat itnde and the 23d and 2Gth meridiii.ns. Ceded by Mexico. (See Indian Country, page 570.) 
 
 Utah, the Terrifajry of: area, 84,476 stpiare miles. Originally included Bs, B<i, Bh, CO, Bf, and L; area, 220,196 
 square miles ; tirst^ L was set off to the Territory of Colorado; area then, 190,696 square miles ; next, Bf was set off 
 to the Territory of Nebraska, and Bg was set off to the Ti ;rritory of Nevada ; area then, 100,.382 square miles ; next, Bh 
 was set off' to the State of Nevada ; area then, 8S,05(; squ .arc miles ; next, Cd was set oft' to the Territory of AVyoming. 
 
 Vermont, the. State of: area, 10,212 squaa'c miles, i^rom the State of New York. New Uampshire also claimed 
 this Territory. 
 
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 HISTORICAL NOTES. 
 
 i" iilTl 
 
 587 
 
 Virginia, the State of: area, 38,348 square miles. One of the original thirteen States. Originally iucUuled 
 Ce, CJ, and Al, and the portions of the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois which lie south of the 41st parallel. 
 First, ceded these last-named portions of existing States and also the State of Kentucky ; uext, ceded 3G square miles 
 to become a part of the District of Columbia; this territory was afterward receded to the State; linally, the State 
 of West Virginia was erected from her territory. 
 
 Cc. Virginia, now in the State of: area, 38,312 square miles. Deiug the present State of Virgiuia, less Cn. 
 Ceded by Great Britain. No transfers. 
 
 Gn. Virgiuia, now in the State of: area, 36 square miles. That portion of the State of Virginia which was 
 formerly a part of the District of Columbia. Ceded by Great Britaiu. Transfers : from the State of Vh-ginia to the 
 District of Columbia, and again to the State of V^irginia. 
 
 inJT.^f' ''''™''' *^^ ^^™t°»'^ «f= '^rea, 09,994 square miles. OriginaUV included Bu, 7, Ax, Bj, and Be; area, 
 1JJ,0<1 square miles: all parcels but Bh were taken into the Territot-y of Idaho. Ceded by France. Transfers: 
 hom the rrovince to the District, to the Territory of Louisiana, to the Territory of Missouri, to the Territory of 
 Oregon, to the Territory of Washington. 
 West Virginia, the State of: area, 23,000 square miles. Formed from the State of Virgiuia, 
 Wisconsin the Territory of, (obsolete:) area, 274,400 square miles. Originally included X, Cg, Af, Ac,, 
 /XT' '^^^V ""■''* ""^ ^''^ Mississippi Eiver was afterward included in the Territory of Iowa. The part 
 
 east ot the Mississippi Ifiver not included in the State of Wisconsin was afterward included in the Territory of 
 luinnesota. 
 
 UnledTteS. *^' ^^'^' '^' '™'''' ^^'^""^ ''^"'''' ""''''■ ^'"'''*' '^ ^""^ ^^- ^"^^^'^^ ^^ ^^-^^^ ^^"'-^i" t« the 
 the P..f:,f !!''°°''''' ""^^'^t^'^ State of: estimated area, 53,424 square miles. All of the State, except tliatpart on 
 
 Transi -f f T'^''' ''"'*'''' ^""''^^'"^ ^^ '^"^ ^*"^" ""^ '"'"°'^- ^e^ed by Great Britain to the United States, 
 iiansfeis : from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio successively to the Territories of IncUana, Illinois, Mich- 
 igan, and Wisconsin, and to the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 r.o. ?' ^^^'f^^f^'^o^i^the State of: estimated area, 500 square miles. Being that point of land between 
 l^reei l.ay and Lake Michigan which lies east of the eastern boundary of the State of Illinois extended northward, 
 oeaecl by Great Britain. Transfers: from the Territory Northwest of the Eiver Ohio successivelv to the Terri- 
 tories ot Indiana, iMichigau, and Wisconsin, and to the State of Wisconsin. Unlike the rest of the State of Wis- 
 consin, this parcel was never included in the Territory of Illinois. 
 
 Wtohing, the Territory of: area, 97,883 square miles. Consists of Be, Bd, Be, Bf, BJ, and Cd 
 41 =f ■„ , ^'*'"''"^"' ''""^ "' """ Territory of: area, 30,021 square miles. Bounded north and .south by the 43d and 
 
 4ist parallels respectively, east by the 27th meridian, west by the Rocky Mountains. Ceded by France. Trans- 
 tory of W omiu""^'''''^ territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Idaho, to the Territory of Dakota:, to the Terri- 
 
 l>v t,,.^-:,^'^''"','""' ''""^ ''' *^^ Territory of: area, 43,660 square miles. Bounded north by the 4oth parallel, east 
 Zln- -'^^'^'^f f "' ^<^"th by the 43d parallel, and west by the Rocky Mountains, mkI at the northwest by the 34th 
 T^'T' it ^^ '""'"• ^^^''^f*^^''^ = fi'O"^ «'« Territory of Nebraska to the Territory of Dakota, to the Terri- 
 toiy of Idaho, to the Territory of Dakota, to the Territory of Wvoming. 
 
 Monni^L^'lrTT^'T^!!] *^' ^''''*'''^ ''^'- "*"""' ^'''^^ '^"''"^ "^""■^- ^°""''-^'^ «'^ the northeast by the Rocky 
 inaTT^H ^r . n'^ '' ^"'""'^'' "°' ""''' ^^ '''' '''' ■"^"'^•'^"- ^'^'^"^ ^'•^' I^-nce. Transfers: from the orig 
 
 ond ho tn / 't T" *.' ''' '"^'"'' '^''''''''' '^ ^^^«^^i"gton, to the Territory of Nebraska, to the Territory 
 ox Idaho, to the Territory of Dakota, to the Territory of Wyoming. 
 
 41.f nnffii y'^^'"^"^' now i n the Territory of: area, 10,740 square miles. Bounded nor,:h and south by the 42d and 
 
 ; ' T t' Z'^'"^''''^"' ^''* ^'^' ^^' l^°^'^'y Mountains, and west by the 33d meridian. Ceded by Mexico. Trans- 
 
 o tli. T "' > 7T^' ""'' ^*''^' *° *^' ^"'"^^^y ""^ ^^ebraska, to the Territory of Idaho, to the Territory of Dakota, 
 to the lerntory of Wyomiu r. ' '' ' 
 
 •tains .m;<i^7""!i"^''.'^7 ' " "'"^ T^'i-itory of: area, 4,038 square miles. Bounded northeast by the Rocky Moun- 
 Tr-^llrT \ ^^ .^' ''''"'''' ^^'''^ '""'^ '"'•"^ ^'^' ^^^ ^^'^ ''^"'^ 2^th meridians respectively. Ceded by France, 
 to Se TcrriJorrof Wyo^^ ^-^I^Territory of Oregon to the original Territory of Washin;.tou, to the Terriiory of Idaho, 
 
 4Ut n!'r!nT^'''"'"^'',"°'' ' "" ^^^ Territory of : area, 3,580 square miles. Bounded u. )rth and south by the 42d and 
 
 Transfors fliT't'''^' '''''^ '''^ ''"'^ ^''* ^"^ *^' ^^^^ ^"'^ ^^"' ^"^^'^^"■''"^ respectively. Ceded by Mexico, 
 iraustcrs . from the Ter ritory of Utah to the Territory of Wyoming. 
 
 '^^ ' ^iiiimaTiirii »j. ..:^ ^go^g^..^,, 
 
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588 TABLE SHOWING PARCELS OF TEllRITOUY OF WHICH EACH POLITICAL 
 
 Note. — TIio fi lot-notes to tlio secoiul pa.!;e of tins tabin, Iiavinj; tlie rc/uronce mnrks (;,) (§,) (Ti.) and (**.) arc on page 5 n. 
 
 — 
 
 
 17S0 
 
 1781 
 
 1781 
 
 1785 
 
 1787 
 
 1790 
 
 1791 
 
 1793 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Counecticut., tlio State of 
 
 M (*) 
 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Delaware, tlie State of 
 
 Q 
 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 U,I!,C,As,At. 
 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 "■I 
 
 Iowa the State i>f 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 KcDtuekj-, tbo State* of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Al 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 ilaiuc, tbe State of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ap,Co 
 
 Ao, Aq (♦)... . 
 
 Id.... 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Ao, Aq.. 
 
 
 Ap 
 
 I'd 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 
 /(( 
 
 14 
 
 ilicblgan, tbe Territory of 
 
 
 
 
 ■^^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1(1 
 
 Minnesota, tbe Territory of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 41 
 
 Missouri, tbe State of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4-:i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 41 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 41 
 
 Nebraska, tbe State of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4'i 
 
 Nevada, tbe Territory of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4fi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ek 
 
 Id .... 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 I'l 
 
 
 Bl 
 
 Id 
 
 
 41 
 
 New Me.\ico, tbo Territory of 
 
 
 
 
 
 sn 
 
 New York, tbe State of 
 
 l)n,lio(*) 
 
 Bp, Bq 
 
 Bn,Eo. 
 Id.... 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 En 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 Id 
 
 
 S1 
 
 North Carolina, tbe State of 
 
 Id 
 
 Bp 
 
 
 
 Obio, tbe Territory Kortbwcst of tlie Eiver 
 
 ■W,X,Y,Z,Ab,Ao,Ad, 
 Ae,Ar,Br,Bs,Cg. 
 
 Id 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eq,AI,T,A,Cm.. 
 
 Eq, T. A, Cm 
 
 rii 
 
 Obio, tbe State of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■i") 
 
 Oregon, tbe Territory of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 "ifi 
 
 Oregon, tbo State of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE SHOWING PARCELS OF TERRITORY OF WHICH EACH POLITICAL 
 
 NOTE.-Thc foot-nots-s to the tliiiJ and fourth pages of tliis table, having tho reference marks (*,) (V..) (II,) and (**,) are on page 587. 
 
 Al.ibama, the Territory of 
 
 Alabama, the State of 
 
 Alaska, the unorganized territory of. 
 
 Arizona, the Territory of 
 
 Arkanaaw Territory 
 
 Arkansas, the State of 
 
 California, the State of 
 
 Colorado, the Territory of 
 
 Connecticut, the State of 
 
 Dakota, the Territory of 
 
 Pelaware, the State of . . 
 
 Dish'ict of Columbia 
 
 Florida, the Territory of. 
 
 Florida, tho State of 
 
 Georgia, the State of 
 
 Idaho, the Territoiy of. . 
 
 Illinois, the Territory of . , 
 
 Illinois, tho State of 
 
 Indiana, the Territory of. . 
 
 Indiana, the State of 
 
 Indian Country 
 
 Iowa, the Territory of — 
 
 Iowa, tho State of 
 
 Kansas, the Territory of .... 
 
 Kansas, the State of 
 
 Kentucky, the State of 
 
 Louisiana, the Province of . . 
 
 Louisiana, the District of 
 
 Louisiana, the Territcry of. . 
 
 Louisiana, the State of 
 
 Maine, the State of 
 
 Maryland, the Sta te of 
 
 Massachusetts, t'ue State of. 
 Michigan, the Territory of .. 
 
 1S19 1820 1S31 
 
 Michigan, the Stat« of.. 
 
 Minnesota, the ?i.'erritory of. . 
 Minnesota, the r.5tate of 
 
 Mississippi Temtory 
 
 Mississippi, t'ne State of . . . . 
 Missouri, the. Territory of. . 
 
 Missouri, t'ae State of 
 
 Montana, the Territory of. . 
 Nebraska, the Territory of . 
 
 Nebr ista, the State of , 
 
 Nev ada, the Territory of , 
 
 N evada, the State of 
 
 Wew nampshire, the State of . , 
 
 iSTew Jersey, the State of , 
 
 New Mexico, the Territory of. 
 
 New York, the State of 
 
 North Carolina, the State of 
 
 Oh io, the Tcr. Northwest of the Eivei' 
 Ohio, tho Territory South of the KlVef 
 
 Ohio, the State of 
 
 Oregon, the Territory of 
 
 Oregon, the State of 
 
 Orleans, the Territory of 
 
 Pennsylvania, the State of . . , 
 
 Ehode Maud, the State of 
 
 .South Carolina, the State of. , 
 
 Tennessee, the State of 
 
 Texas, the State of 
 
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 Vermont, the State of 
 
 Virginia, the State of 
 
 Washington, the Territory of. . 
 
 West Virginia, the State of 
 
 Wisconsin, the Territory of — 
 
 Wisconsin, the St.ate of 
 
 Wyoming, the Territory of 
 
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DIVISION OF Till: UNITED STATES WAS COMPOSED, &c.— Continued. 
 
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592 
 
 HISTORICAL NOTES. 
 
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 NOTES TO THE PRECEDING TABLE OF PARCELS. 
 
 To the first and second pages of tlic table— 
 
 * And indefinitely westward. 
 
 t And the portions of Br, Ac, and W Ijing S(iuth of the list mei'idian, and extended indefinitely •westward. 
 
 t All of the then territory of the United States west of the Eiver Mississippi, and that part of the State of 
 Louisiana east of that river, and south of the " liivers Iberville and Amite and Lakes Maurepas and Pontehartrain." 
 
 § Same extent as the "Province of Louisiana" in 1803, less the portion of the Province within the boundaries 
 of the present State of Jjouisiaua. 
 
 11 After the admission of the State of Tennessee, in 179G, these parcels were styled "the territory of the Uiuted 
 States south of the State of Tonnessee,'' until 1804, when they were added to Mississippi Territory. 
 
 II The Spanish Province of East Florida was S, now the State of Florida, and of West Florida was D, ,l)(. and 
 An, respectively in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. • 
 
 ** Also the District of Louisiana, being all of the French cession except the State of Louisiana, was committed 
 to the .covernmeut of the ofQcers of the Territory of Indiana. 
 To the third and fourth pages of the table — 
 
 * Unorganized and identical in extent with the Territory of Missouri, being all the then territory of the United 
 States Avest of the Eiver Mississippi not within the present boundaries of the States of Louisiana, Missouri and 
 Ai'kansas. (See Indian Country, page 57G.) 
 
 t Less F. 
 
 I Less Av. 
 
 § And part of Bm and of J, and of J south of the Eiver Arkansas. 
 
 H All the territory of the French cession between the' Eocky Mountains on the west and the Eiver and State 
 of Missouri on the east. 
 
 II Absorbed by the original Territory of Nebraska, the Territory of Kansas, and the Indian Country. 
 ** Ceded by the State of Texas, and not included in the Territory of New Mexico. 
 
 ft See Massachusetts, page 583. , The transfer of 1855 is placed in the column of 1851 to save space. 
 tt No changes in organization or area from 1808 to 1870. 
 
 
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