Editing Timeline of the Toledo Strip (section)

====early 1830s====
*'''1832:''' Michigan Territorial Council petitioned Congress for an enabling act which would permit Michigan to call a constitutional convention. Congress refused the request because of the unresolved boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio. Congress passed a law providing for a third survey of the Ordinance Line to be completed December 31, 1835. [[Andrew Talcott]], captain of [[U.S. Army Engineers]] was commissioned to undertake the project, and the actual survey was made by Lieutenants [[Washington Hood]] and [[Robert E. Lee]].

Eastern capitalists had invested heavily in [[Port Lawrence]] real estate mistakenly guessing that the area would enjoy commercial success due to the construction of the [[Wabash and Erie Canal]] hoping that it would terminate in Toledo instead of Maumee thus keeping their holdings in wealthy and established Ohio.

Michigan capitalists wanted Port Lawrence in ''their'' state. Two sizeable railroad projects were being initiated in Michigan and due to terminate in the Toledo area.