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Illinois Territory in 1818
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The Virginia Colony originally claimed the land of present-day Illinois through its Second Charter to the Treasurer and Company, for Virginia, erecting them into a Corporation and Body Politic, and for the further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of said Company and First Colony of Virginia, 1609 [click here for more information].
The claim to the northwest lands was later vacated in 1783 by the Act to authorize the delegates of this state in congress, to convey to the United States, in congress assembled, all the right of this commonwealth to the territory north westward of the river Ohio, 1783 [click here for more information].
At the time of the cessation of land by Virginia, a Federal committee suggested dividing the area into ten states in the Plan for the Temporary Government of the Western Territory, 1784 [click here for more information].
Three years later, the land of Illinois was organized into the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio under the An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio, 1787 [click here for more information]. and subsequently a part of Indiana Territory [click here for more information]. Later the Illinois Territory [click here for more information] was organized on March 1, 1809. The following clause from the act separating it from Indiana Territory defines its boundary:
From and after the first day of March next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash River and a direct line drawn from the said Wabash River and Post Vincennes due north to the territory line between the United States and Canada shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory and be called Illinois. (Tenth Congress, second session.)
Census (click on a year below to view information on the population of the area)
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Date | Population | Change |
1818 | 33,740 | ----- |
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