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It will be remembered that Michigan was not admitted into the Union until 1837, although the State had in convention, two years previously, adopted a State constitution and established a State government, and put it in operation, and became a State in fact, though not a State in the Union. Under this constitution, Detroit was declared the seat of government (unless the Legislature should otherwise order) until 1847, when the Legislature should decide upon a permanent location. As the year 1847 drew near, the census of 1845 had been taken and published, showing the population of the State to be 296,489, of which 253,061 were in the three southern tiers of counties, while the next three tiers of counties (extending to the north line of Midland) contained but 42,490, leaving less than a thousand for all the rest of the State.
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