. Michigan historical collections . honor. The first Legislative Council of Michigan met in June, 1824. On the15th of that month a committee was appointed to procure a map of theTerritory of Michigan for the use of the members of the LegislativeCouncil. .The following day the Committee reported certain proposals fromP. E. Judd for making said map, which were laid on the table. On June 17 the Committee was empowered and instructed to contractwith Mr. Judd for said map agreeably to the first proposition containedin his proposals, which motion was agreed to. The records do not in-dicate what this
. Michigan historical collections . honor. The first Legislative Council of Michigan met in June, 1824. On the15th of that month a committee was appointed to procure a map of theTerritory of Michigan for the use of the members of the LegislativeCouncil. .The following day the Committee reported certain proposals fromP. E. Judd for making said map, which were laid on the table. On June 17 the Committee was empowered and instructed to contractwith Mr. Judd for said map agreeably to the first proposition containedin his proposals, which motion was agreed to. The records do not in-dicate what this proposal was. July 23 Mr. Lawrence presented the account of P. E. Judd for mak-ing a map of the Territory, which was referred to the Committee onClaims, and on August 5 the claim fixed at $35 was included in theappropriation bill as passed. A copy of this map, drawn by Judd andengraved by J. O. Lewis, is now in the State Library, having been re-ceived from the State Land Office. It bears no date, but bears internal 1 i< A K il. PHILU K. JUDDS MAP OF MirilKJANFrom the State Library, Lansing. EARLY MAPS OF MICHIGAN 635 evidence of having been executed subsequent to 1822 and before 1826. It includes the counties of Monroe, Lenawee, Washtenaw, Wayne,Macomb, Oakland, Shiawassee, Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac and Saginaw,which, together with Michilimackinac county, embraced the whole Ter-ritory between 1822 and 1826. Its title is, Map of Michigan With Partof the Adjoining States, and the map is drawn upon a scale of twentymiles to an inch. Monroe and Lenawee counties extend far enough south to includeabout half of town 10 south. The entire Upper Peninsula apparentlyis given up to the Ohippeways (Indians), while the Potawatomies andOttawas occupy the western pai-t of the Lower Peninsula. Mr. Judd died in September or October of 1821, and his estate wasprobated in Wayne county. Included in the inventory of his estate weresixteen maps and plans, including a painted map of Michigan, and
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