A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . y Journal of Education, speaking of the operation of thislaw, as ascertaiued up to the year 1S34, remarks thus: It has already imparted the knowledge ofreading and writing, with all their moral tendencies, probably to 50,000 human beings ?, and, before manyyears, it will have conferred the same inestimable blessings on twice that number. 160 UNITED STATES GAZETTEER. In conclusion, it may be remarked, that no state of the American Union enjoys a more libera]share of natural advantages than has fallen to the lot of this favored commonwealth. Herce
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . y Journal of Education, speaking of the operation of thislaw, as ascertaiued up to the year 1S34, remarks thus: It has already imparted the knowledge ofreading and writing, with all their moral tendencies, probably to 50,000 human beings ?, and, before manyyears, it will have conferred the same inestimable blessings on twice that number. 160 UNITED STATES GAZETTEER. In conclusion, it may be remarked, that no state of the American Union enjoys a more libera]share of natural advantages than has fallen to the lot of this favored commonwealth. Hercentra! position, productive soil, vast mineral treasures, forests of valuable timber, navigablerivers, secure harbors, commodious ports, and a climate averaging a medium temperature, areamong those signal blessings of its inliabitants that demand a corresponding return of gratitudeto tlie Sui)r(!mc Giver, and the widest diffusion of his bounties among such of his rationalcreatures as are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of WISCONSIN (or Ouisconsin) was admitted by act of Congress, February 9,1847, as an in-dependent state of tlie American Union. Portions of its original territory were settled by theFrench as early as 1670. It passed from French to British jurisdiction in 1763, and soremained until 1794. After being connected with, and successively disconnected from, tlierespective States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, it was organized as a distinct ter-ritory of the United States in 1836. In 1838, it was further diminished in size by the separationfrom its present south-western border of what now forms the State of Iowa; and, in 1840, stillfurther lessened, by setting off the remainder of the region lying west of the Mississippi, nowknown as Mincsota Territory. Boundaries and Extent. — The state, as now established, extends from the Illinois line, inlatitude 42° 30 north, to latitude 45° 20, and reaches from Lake Michigan on the east to theMi
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