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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
General John Robertson.
Tecumseh, January 27th, 1877.
Dear General: —Yours of yesterday as to the adoption of the Michigan State coat of arms by the Constitutional Convention of 1835 was received this morning. I reply with pleasure, and will say a word or two as to the situation of affairs at the time of its adoption. I have heard of late some persons criticising the mottoes of the State coat of arms; say that "Peninsulam ammnam" should have been in the plural, so as to include both peninsulas, and amongst them, at a University commencement dinner a few years ago, one who I believe was a graduate of the University, and at any rate had held an important State office. But if they look back at the act of Congress of January 11th, 1805, providing for the organization of the Territory of Michigan, and fixing its boundaries, and which remained the same as then established so long as Michigan was a Territory,
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