Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-09-19
TO THE EDITORS.

WAsHISeTos, Auousr %, ls46.
Messrs GALES q sxAros In your paper of the 18th in
slant have read the Of Congress Of adj
hitting Iowa and Wisconsin into the Union States.
have thought that brief article the relative position and
extent Of the members of the Confederation might be
ceptabe to the public and have therefore prepared the
closed and placed your disposal The deter
mined by the humbs best maps and may regard the
results sufficiently correct for general purposes.
The great region of United States territory the north
westward of Illinois and Missouri westward Of Lakes Mch
gan and Superior and eastward Of Missouri river comprises
in round numbers, 267, 900 square statute miles.
OF this large space about 20, 900 square miles between
Lakes Michigan and Superior forms the northwestern part Of
the State of Michigan Exclusive Of this fraction, extending
from the northern boundary Of Illinois, in nohwesery d
recton of nearly six hundred miles, spreads Of the Msss
sppi river space of SO, 600 square miles, and from the
southeastern part of which has been formed the State of
Wisconsin The whole extent including the part added to
Michigan, comprising 100000 square miles, formerly
spoken Of under the general Of Wisconsin, and the
extreme northwestern section Of the original territory of the
United States, according to the treaty of 1888.
Between the rivers Mississippi and Missouri and north
westerly from Illinois, extending 700 miles, with mean
width Of $780, and embracing Of 900 square miles,
spreads the region from the southeastern part Of which has
been formed the State of Iowa. which we now proceed de-
lineate separately and specifically.
Wisconsin, limited by of Congress- extends from
1872 TO 47ao north latitude, and in longitude from 100
To- 90 west of Washington The diagonal length from
the southeastern angle, Lake Michigan the northwest
ern, west of Lake Superior being about $40 miles, and the
area SO near 200 square miles that may that
amount the width will be hundred and thirty miles
This State has very extended outline proportion
toria surface Measured by general distances Of fifty miles,
the front Lake Michigan and Green Bay exceeds three
hundred miles, the extremity of Lake Superior
one hundred miles, and hundred along the Mississippi
rivers the whole outline exceeds by this general method
thousand miles.
direct air line from Washington the southeast angle
of Wisconsin bears north 6s degrees 670 miles,
excluding small fractions of angles and miles.
Iowa, limited by of Congress- Except on the south
ern unsettled boundary between and Missouri which,
course precisely speciy) extends from north la
tude 400 4O to 43o 30 and in longitude from 100 l0
l90 30 west OF Washington In direct with Wis
consin Iowa amongst the States the Union
The breadth from south to NORTH when the southern boundary
is decided, will not it is probable, differ much from hun
died miles The mean length from east to west, between
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers about $50 miles
5000 square miles By the general method adopted
gard to Wisconsin, the entire outline Of Iowa amounts
only about 900 miles, though in the latter exceeds the
former 8, 900 square miles Of its outline Iowa is bounded
according to the mode Of stated $50 miles on the
Mississippi and ITO the Missouri
direct air line from Washington to the southeastern angle
of Iowa. The mouth of the Des Moines river north s2
west distance $50 miles
The aggregate of the two States amounts to IO4 OO0
and extent 900 square miles and the suboned ia
Bile will enable the reader appreciate the relative extent Of
the whole organized territory of the Unon with the separate
sections and in particular the comparative the two
new and recent acquisitions:
Tabular Vew Of the respective organized sections of the
United Sfates