Beginning at the Mouth of the little Michilmakinack River, running thence Southerly in a direct Line to the Mouth of the little River above Fort Massac upon the Ohio River, thence with the said River Ohio to its Junction with the Mississippi, thence up the Mississippi to the Mouth of the Illinois River & so up the Illinois River to the Place of Beginning—with all the adjacent Islands of the said Rivers Illinois & Mississippi" Should be a County by the Name & Style of the County of St Clair. And on the same Day was issued the following Proclamation
