TOLEDO WAR, a dispute between the state of Ohio and the then territory of Michigan, which arose in 1835 from questions as to boundary. Congress in the ordi nance of 1787 had reserved the right to form new states out of the part of territory n.w. of the Ohio river " lying n. of an e. and w. line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan." Ohio was admitted as a state in 1805, the above line being described in the act as its n. boundary, though the state constitution claimed more ter ritory. The true latitude of the bend was not given in Mitchell's map, and when in 1805 Michigan territory was organized, and, later, Indiana and Illinois became states, the most confused ideas existed on the boundary question. A survey was made by order of congress in 1817 which established the present line. The old line had included in Michigan the city of Toledo, and this was the main point in dispute. In 1835 Ohio laid claim to all within the new or Harris line, and proceeded to organize townships. Michi
gan declared the intention of resisting such invasion, and the militia of both sides was called upon to maintain the alleged rights of their respective governments. An opinion of the U. S. attorney-general, B. F. Butler, favored Michigan; president Jackson sent cut a "peace commission" with no result, and serious conflict seemed imminent. In Sept., 1835, the Michigan troops occupied Toledo to prevent the formal organization of Wood co. by Ohio officers. The latter, however, accomplished their purpose secretly and withdrew. The trouble was finally settled by the admission of Michigan into the union on condition of accepting the Harris line, while as a make-weight that state was• given the upper Wisconsin peninsula, which afterward proved from its mineral wealth to be far more valuable than the disputed territory.