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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
cludes Michigan in the Northwestern Territory, formed by act......July 13, 1787 First American settlement established on the river Raisin at Frenchtown, which becomes a depot for trade for the Northwestern Fur Company......1793 Jay's treaty with Great Britain fixing the eastern boundary of the United States, and calling for the surrender of Detroit and other Western posts held by the British before June 1, 1796, concluded......Nov. 19, 1794 Robert Randall, of Pennsylvania, and Charles Whitney, of Vermont, enter into an agreement with seven merchants of Detroit to endeavor to obtain from the United States government, by bribing members of Congress, a pre-emption right to nearly 20,000,000 acres of land in Michigan, but are exposed and receive a public reprimand......1795 Forts Mackinac (Mackinaw) and Detroit evacuated by the British; Detroit garrisoned by a detachment of General Wayne's army, and Captain Porter first raises the United States flag upon the soil of Michigan.