Governor and Judges Journal, 1915
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Excerpt from Governor and Judges Journal, 1915: Proceedings of the Land Board of Detroit On June 11, 1805, the village of Detroit was reduced to ashes. The real cause of the fire was never discovered, but it was attributed to the carelessness of someone who lighted a "segar" in the stable of John Harvey´s bakery, near the center of the town. The fire broke out about 9 a.m., and by noon only two buildings were left standing. Even the citadel, which was quite detached from the town and contained barracks, officers quarters and contractors stores, was wiped out. Detroit at that time was the seat of government of the Territory and contained about 300 houses built of wood and all huddled together within the space now bounded by Griswold, Cass and Larned Streets. Congress, by an act of January 11, 1805, had set off Michigan as a separate territory and had appointed Gen. William Hull, governor of the new territory. Rev. Stanley Griswold, secretary, and Augustus B. Woodward and Frederick Bates, judges. This act was not to go into effect until July 1, 1805, and the new officers were to enter upon their duties at that time; therefore it was this scene of desolation and confusion which confronted them. Bates had been living in Detroit prior to the fire and was in business there. Judge Woodward arrived on the 29th of June, and Governor Hull the evening of July 1 st, in company with Secretary Griswold. Upon their arrival they found that the inhabitants had begun to lay out a new town nearly on the lines of the old one, but including the common, which they had used as a "common" pasture since the settlement of the country. Hull and Woodward persuaded them against such a plan and showed them the advisability of enlarging the town, widening the streets and making a more beautiful place. They agreed to wait for the governor and judges to draw up a plan. In a letter to Madison, August 3 rd, 1805, Hull writes: "We immediately fixed up a plan, and employed the best surveyor we could find in the country to lay out the streets, squares and lots. If possible the plan shall be transmitted by this conveyance. I hope it will be approved by the government. The principal part of the grounds embraced by the plan belong to the United States without a question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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