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and Extent

ninety three thousand square miles or sections, or
nearly twenty six hundred townships of six miles square
each. Wisconsin is therefore more than one half
larger than Virginia, the largest state in the Union, and
more than twice as large as the State of New York. This
calculation is however only an approximation to the truth for so little accurately known of the course
of the Menomonee, Montreal, and a part of the Mississippi
river, that no accurate estimate can be made of
the extent of territory [illegible] within the limits of
Wisconsin. The Menomonee has been ascertained to
have a course very different from what was
supposed, at the time it was selected as part of the
boundary; and a revision of that portion of the boundary
between Michigan and Wisconsin which lies between Green Bay and Lake Superior becomes necessary, and
will probably soon receive the action of Congress.
A Survey was made in 1840 & 1841 by Captain Crain
and it now only remains for Congress to