. Michigan historical collections . yearof a copyright notice dated August 30, 1825, but it was a commonpractice to file such notice and title some time in advance of actualpublication. After somewhat diligent search I have not been able tofind any copy of this map except one in the Library of Congress. Farmer subsequently issued many editions as the surveyed part ofthe Territory increased, and they became and were for many years thestandard maps of the State. Copies of the 1831 and subsequent edi-tions are not uncommon, but it would be highly desirable if the StateLibrary could obtain a compl
. Michigan historical collections . yearof a copyright notice dated August 30, 1825, but it was a commonpractice to file such notice and title some time in advance of actualpublication. After somewhat diligent search I have not been able tofind any copy of this map except one in the Library of Congress. Farmer subsequently issued many editions as the surveyed part ofthe Territory increased, and they became and were for many years thestandard maps of the State. Copies of the 1831 and subsequent edi-tions are not uncommon, but it would be highly desirable if the StateLibrary could obtain a complete series, as they represent in a graphicmanner the rapid and enduring growth, of the State, In 1843 there w^as published a map of J. Calvin Smith, covering theStates of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. This mapis 20 by 21 inches in size drawn on a scale of eight miles to an inch,and shows the counties of Wayne, Monroe, Lenawee and Oakland fullysurveyed and the counties of St. Clair, Sanilac, Lapeer, Saginaw, Shia-. JOHN FAHlNIKirS jNIAP of tlio Ioi-t Huron Fiiblic liibrary. m STURDY PIONEERS OF VAN BUREN AND CASS 637 wassee and Washtenaw partly surveyed, and a small part of the ter-ritory west of the meridian line surveyed but not laid out into of Indiana the south line of the Territory runs about three milessouth of Miami (Maumee) Bay. It contains many places named whichdisappeared as the country was settled up and is an interesting andvaluable map historically. This is the only map which I have seenwhich shows all of the Lower Peninsula divided into counties bearingthe names as given by the Legislature of 1840. Many of these nameswere of Indian origin and were changed by the Legislature of 1843so that they were in existence only for the period of three years. Douglass Houghton while State Geologist began the making of a setof county maps, which if completed would have been very interestingand valuable, but after finishing several
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