In Senate of the United States. December 4, 1816. Mr. Morrow, from the committee appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what, legislative measures may be necessary for admitting the state of Indiana into the Union, or for extending the laws of the United States to that state, report ....
[Washington D.C.]: n.p., 1816. 2 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Very good, edge wear and tear, with War Department Library stamp on title. American Imprints 39456. Item #37601
Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), later Governor of Ohio, was on the committee considering the act for admitting Indiana. "Until 1763 Indiana formed part of the French colonial empire, after which it spent twenty years under nominal British control. George Rogers Clark captured Vincennes in 1778, and in 1787 it became part of the Northwest Territory. In 1800 Indiana Territory was created, with William Henry Harrison as governor. Settlement was slow, primarily due to persistent Indian troubles. The United States did not truly bring the area under control until the War of 1812. In the meantime, Michigan Territory and Illinois Territory had been carved from Indiana. After the war colonization began to speed up, and the population report, showing 60,000 inhabitants, induced Congress to grant statehood to Indiana on December 11, 1816, as the nineteenth state," Jenkins. (1976).
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