History and government of Indiana .. . The Indiana Territory Indiana Territory was reduced in 1805 and again in1809. After the second reduction its boundarieswere nearly the same as the present state boundaries. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 489 the Indiana Territory commenced, William Henry Harrison hav-ing been appointed Governor, John Gibson, Secretary, WilliamClarke, Henry Vanderburgh, and John Griffin, Judges in ando\cr said Territory. Indiana Territory again Divided. In 1804 Governor Har-rison declared that the new Indiana Territory had a population. The Old State House at Corydon Th
History and government of Indiana .. . The Indiana Territory Indiana Territory was reduced in 1805 and again in1809. After the second reduction its boundarieswere nearly the same as the present state boundaries. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 489 the Indiana Territory commenced, William Henry Harrison hav-ing been appointed Governor, John Gibson, Secretary, WilliamClarke, Henry Vanderburgh, and John Griffin, Judges in ando\cr said Territory. Indiana Territory again Divided. In 1804 Governor Har-rison declared that the new Indiana Territory had a population. The Old State House at Corydon This building was the Capitol of Indiana from 1813 to 1825. It was built oflimestone from the adjacent bluffs and is a solid structure to-day. The wallsof the first story are two and a half feet in thickness. The building is forty feetsquare. It is now the Court House of Harrison County. large enough to entitle it to become a Territory of the secondgrade. That is, instead of the absolute government by Governorand judges a representative legislature should be elected and aCouncil (Senate) should be appointed. Congress consented tothis in 1805 and Indiana was again divided, Michigan being setoff as a separate Territory. In 1809 there was still anotherdivision and Illinois was set off and the Territory of Indiana was 490 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT reduced essentially to the size and limits that it now has as aState. William Henry Harrison continued to act as TerritorialGovernor until 1812, when he was succeeded by GovernorThomas Posey, a veteran offi
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