The treaty of Detroit, executed by Gen. William Hull at that place in 1807, was signed by the Ottawas, Chippewas, Wyandots, and Pottawatamies, and ceded lands surrounding and extending along Detroit River and Lake Erie down into Ohio as far as the Maumee River. This was the first public land to become available in what is now Michigan. The treaty line began at the mouth of the Maumee and proceeded up the middle of that river to the present site of Defiance, thence due north beyond the present limits of Ohio. The line north from Defiance later became the meridian for all public land surveys in Michigan. This meridian also governs that strip of land between the Fulton and Harris lines in Ohio, and is known today as the Michigan Meridian in the public land system of the United States.
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Ohio Land Subdivisions
C.E. Sherman Inspector 1925 Pages 133-134
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