The Historical Geography of Detroit
The Historical Geography of Detroit
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, XXIV, 85.
DETROIT UNDER THE BRITISH 123 unlimited claims made to land by various people by virtue of Indian grants. ^^ Between 1763 and 1796 about four hundred families settled on grants of land obtained from the Indians. In 1765 Patrick Sinclair purchased foiu* thousand acres lying along the St. Clair River. Between 1771 and 1777 four thousand acres below Detroit were purchased by Canadians. Lii 1776 Pierre Combe bought four thousand acres on the La Riviere a I'Ecorse and settled ten familie...s on them. William Macomb in the same year purchased Grosse Isle and Stoney Island, six thousand acres, and established ten tenants on them.^^ A Canadian in 1779 purchased of the Indians eight thousand acres on Otter Creek. In 1780 Joseph Benac secured six thousand acres on La Creque (Sandy Creek), on which he settled in 1792. In the same year thirty-eight small tracts were settled along the River Rouge and at Point au Tremble. In 1782 nineteen families settled on land ad- jacent to that of Sinclair, and the next year twenty families settled near by.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, XXIV, 85.
DETROIT UNDER THE BRITISH 123 unlimited claims made to land by various people by virtue of Indian grants. ^^ Between 1763 and 1796 about four hundred families settled on grants of land obtained from the Indians. In 1765 Patrick Sinclair purchased foiu* thousand acres lying along the St. Clair River. Between 1771 and 1777 four thousand acres below Detroit were purchased by Canadians. Lii 1776 Pierre Combe bought four thousand acres on the La Riviere a I'Ecorse and settled ten familie...s on them. William Macomb in the same year purchased Grosse Isle and Stoney Island, six thousand acres, and established ten tenants on them.^^ A Canadian in 1779 purchased of the Indians eight thousand acres on Otter Creek. In 1780 Joseph Benac secured six thousand acres on La Creque (Sandy Creek), on which he settled in 1792. In the same year thirty-eight small tracts were settled along the River Rouge and at Point au Tremble. In 1782 nineteen families settled on land ad- jacent to that of Sinclair, and the next year twenty families settled near by.
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