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We then purchased the land where Owosso now stands; which, it will be seen by reference to a map of the State, was on the line of the Michigan Northern Railroad, one of the three roads established by the State under the " General Improvement Act," and is eighty-seven miles from the south line of the State, eighty-four miles to the north line of Bay county, ninety to Port Huron, and one hundred and eight to Grand Haven—showing it to be central to this portion of the State, all of which seemed to favor a possible future location of the capitol at Owosso.
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