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eye een ae ue ee SE oy sR APE i a eae ie Ss 148 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. The present site of Detroit had been visited as early as 1610 ; from this time the country was visited by various adventurers until 1701. During this year an expedition was fitted out under the patronage of the French government, and the territory was under their control until 1760, when, by the capitulation of Montreal, Detroit and other western posts came into the possession of the English. In the year 1783 a definite treaty of peace was concluded between the English and American governments, by which the peninsula of Michigan was included within the boundaries of the United States. In August, 1812, Detroit was surrendered to the English by Gen. Hull, but was regained the following year, and Gen. Lewis Cass was appointed Governor. From 1818 to 1836, different portions of territory were ceded to the United States and annexed to Michigan, until she obtained her present boundaries. In October, 1835, a Constitution was submitted to and - ratified by the citizens, and the organization of the State was perfected ; but owing to some difficulty in defining the boundaries of the State, she was not admitted as one of the United States until 1887. Michigan has not been appreciated, because her resources and | advantages have not been examined, and consequently the tide of emigration has hurried on to the 'far west."? With her 60,000 square miles of surface, or nearly 40,000,000 acres, she possesses advantages excelled by no sister State, and elements of wealth that might well be coveted by empires. Her immense lake coast is indented with excellent harbors, which invite commerce from every quarter, and the innumerable streams which penetrate every portion of the Peninsula, some of which are navigable for steamboats for some distance from the lake, | are natural outlets for the products of the State, and furnish an amount of hydraulic power that gives almost unlimited facilities for manufacturing. Over $20,000,000 are already invested in manu- factures. 3 ! With nearly 1,000 miles of Railroad in operation in various parts of the State, and many more miles of projected Roads, some of which are being pushed forward, together with the numerous State roads with which the State is being intersected, there are ample facilities for carrying all kinds of produce as well as for