The history of the state of Indiana : from the earliest explorations by the French to the present time, containing an account of the principal civil, political, and military events, from 1763 to 1897 . by theGovernor of that State to a seat in the United States served as Governor of Indiana until it was admittedinto the Union as a State, when he removed to Illinois, wherehe died in 1818. Governor Posey arrived at Vincennes on the 25th ofMay, 1813, and at once entered upon the discharge of hisduties. In December of that year the Legislature met atCorydon, when Governor Posey delivered
The history of the state of Indiana : from the earliest explorations by the French to the present time, containing an account of the principal civil, political, and military events, from 1763 to 1897 . by theGovernor of that State to a seat in the United States served as Governor of Indiana until it was admittedinto the Union as a State, when he removed to Illinois, wherehe died in 1818. Governor Posey arrived at Vincennes on the 25th ofMay, 1813, and at once entered upon the discharge of hisduties. In December of that year the Legislature met atCorydon, when Governor Posey delivered his first this message the following passage appears: The pres-ent crisis is awful, and big with great events. Our land andNation is involved in the common calamity of war. But weare under the protecting care of the beneficent Being whohas, on a former occasion, brought us in safety through anarduous struggle, and placed us on a foundation of indepen-dence, freedom, and happiness. He will not suffer to betaken from us what he, in his great wisdom, has thought ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 207 proper to confer and bless us with, if we make wise andvirtuous use of his good STATE HOUSE AT CORYDON. The State House, built for the use of the Territorial Leg-islature and officers, was erected at Corydon, in ISll, but 208 HISTORY OF INDIANA. not entirely completed until 1815. It still stands. It is fortyfeet square, and two stories high. The material is blue lime-stone, taken from the neighboring hills. The walls of thefirst story are two and one-half feet thick, and of the secondstory two feet, showing that it was intended to last. Thelower story was used as a hall for the House of Representa-tives, while the Senate occupied one of the two rooms in thesecond story. In this building the Legislature met annuallyuntil 1825. On the 34th of December, 1815, the Territorial Legisla-ture adopted a memorial asking Congress to admit Indianainto the Union as a State. The
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