Illinois, historical and statistical, comprising the essential facts of its planting and growth as a province, county, territory, and stateDerived from the most authentic sources, including original documents and papersTogether with carefully prepared statistical tables . he same,shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the saidterritory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states thatmay be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. Art. V. There shall be formed in the said territory not less than thre
Illinois, historical and statistical, comprising the essential facts of its planting and growth as a province, county, territory, and stateDerived from the most authentic sources, including original documents and papersTogether with carefully prepared statistical tables . he same,shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the saidterritory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states thatmay be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. Art. V. There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three, nor morethan five states; and the boundaries of the states, as soon as Virginia shall alter heract of session, and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as fol-lows, to wit: the western state in the said territory, shall be bounded by the Missis-sippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and PostVincents, due north, to the territorial line between the United States and Canada;and by the said territorial line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi. Themiddle states shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash, from Post Vin-cents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of 8. ^ >^ %^ fe .t\ > -i J ^?
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