J. B. Holgate Letter Regarding the Ohio-Michigan Boundary Dispute

              Manhattan-June 24, 1836 
Dear father, 
I arrived here last evening. The com= 
modore Perry did not come in last night as I 
expected, and in which I was calculating to 
go to Buffalo, and so I took a passage in the 
Jackson to Toledo, and shall wait for a [crossed out] here 
for a boat to proceed down the lake. In regard 
to your matters; I called [crossed out] Mr. Chase has gone out 
of town, so that I have been unable to get the 
information which you wish about the stock. 
Plat Card has not been, was [crossed out] and [written above] is [caret] not [above caret] gone to Buffalo. 
He is in town yet, and I cannot learn that he 
is going. 
I was kept awake last night till 3 oclock in 
the morning, by the outrageous noise made 
by the rabble rejoicing at the settlement 
of the Boundary question. Firing of guns, an 
burning of rockets, and throwing fire balls was 
going on till 10 O'Clock in the evening, and after 
that, the tavern in which I slept rang with 
boisterous shouts and yells, and drunken songs 
and laughter, till near morning; such an 
outrageous noise I never heard before in my 
whole night [crossed out] life [written above]. I sent you a paper containing 
the congressional enactments upon the question; 
probably you will have received it before this time; 
you will see it is upon conditions that Michigan 
accepts of the terms imposed upon her, and 
it is generally believed that she is brought to 
such a pass, that she must accept [underlined] and 
in that case, the question is at an end. It is [crossed out] 
It will be known in a few weeks, probably,