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SOURCES EARLY MICHIGAN HISTORY
province, which was then advocated in Parliament by a strong party, substantially on account of the great distance which the members of the Legislature would have to travel to Quebec. He says: "I beg leave in the point to bring to the recollection of this honorable house that the distance from Quebec to Niagara is about 500 miles, and that Niagara may be considered as the utmost extent westward, of the cultivable part of the province, for although there is a small settlement at Detroit, which is and must be considered of great importance as a post to trade with the Indians, yet it
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