Winthrop Sargent Proclamation Facsimile

Item Information

• Description
  Facsimile of original document, located at the Detroit Public Library in the Burton Historical Collection. Facsimile was produced in 1946. It is a reproduction of a proclamation written by Winthrop Sargent on Aug. 15, 1796, while acting as Governor of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio." The proclamation establishes the name and borders of Wayne County, Michigan.

• Item ID
  bdsmi11105
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Michigan
  Wayne County (Mich.)
  Detroit (Mich.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Winthrop Sargent Proclamation Facsimile
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1796-08-15
• Folder
  MI1
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
  circular letters
• Subject
  Speeches, addresses, etc.
  Politics and government

• Copyright & Usage
  None