A scarce single sheet issue of the proclamation of the Legislature of Michigan charging all elected officials to use all legal means to prevent the expansion of slavery, utilizing the principles of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance.
Michigan House of Representatives. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous, No. 10. Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, Relative to the Application of the Principles of the Ordinance of 1787 to All the Territories of the United States. December 31, 1849. Laid Upon the Table, and Ordered to Be Printed. 1849. 1pp.
