Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, Volume 4Society, 1885 - Ohio |
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... an article on the Scioto Purchase , published in the Magazine of American History , December 1889 . Vol . IV - 1 English claim to which had been ceded to the United The Beginning of the Ohio Company and the Scioto Purchase MAJOR E C DAWES.
... an article on the Scioto Purchase , published in the Magazine of American History , December 1889 . Vol . IV - 1 English claim to which had been ceded to the United The Beginning of the Ohio Company and the Scioto Purchase MAJOR E C DAWES.
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English claim to which had been ceded to the United States by the preliminary articles of peace made known in America in March , 1783. Even there some of the States claimed prior rights . Hoping by successful revolution to acquire these ...
English claim to which had been ceded to the United States by the preliminary articles of peace made known in America in March , 1783. Even there some of the States claimed prior rights . Hoping by successful revolution to acquire these ...
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... claim and become actual settlers in the new State by the time above limited . " 7. These rights being secured , all the surplus lands shall be the common property of the State , and disposed of for the common good ; as for laying out ...
... claim and become actual settlers in the new State by the time above limited . " 7. These rights being secured , all the surplus lands shall be the common property of the State , and disposed of for the common good ; as for laying out ...
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... claims of the various States to the same territory . These claims were finally settled by the acceptance , March 1 , 1784 , of Vir- ginia's deed of cession . On April 23 , 1784 , an ordinance for the temporary government of the Western ...
... claims of the various States to the same territory . These claims were finally settled by the acceptance , March 1 , 1784 , of Vir- ginia's deed of cession . On April 23 , 1784 , an ordinance for the temporary government of the Western ...
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... claiming it , their title to what is now the State of Ohio . On May 20 , following , an ordinance was passed providing a method for the survey and sale of the lands in the western territory . This ordinance provided for the survey of ...
... claiming it , their title to what is now the State of Ohio . On May 20 , following , an ordinance was passed providing a method for the survey and sale of the lands in the western territory . This ordinance provided for the survey of ...
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acres act of cession Ancient appointed Archæological and Historical authority Board boundary line Brinkerhoff charter Chillicothe church Cincinnati claim College Colonel Duer colony Columbus commissioners committee Congress Constitution court deed of cession disputed EDWARD TIFFIN elected established extreme of Lake February February 19 Fort Ancient Gallipolis Galloway Governor Lucas Governor of Ohio Harris Hayes Historical Society honor hundred inches in diameter Indians interest intersect jurisdiction Kilbourn labor Lake Erie Lake Michigan land latitude Legislature letter Marietta marked Maumee Maumee Bay ment Miami River Michigan Territory miles northern boundary Ohio and Michigan Ohio Company Ohio River Ohio State Archæological Ohio State University ordinance of 1787 party passed present President purchase question Rickly says Scioto Secretary slaves southern extreme survey surveyor Surveyor-General tion Toledo Trustees United village Vinton Virginia western York
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Page 50 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 130 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 84 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 135 - That the limits and boundaries of this State be ascertained, it is declared that they are as hereafter mentioned ; that is to say: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line; on the south by the Ohio River to the mouth of the Great Miami River; on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid...
Page 130 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The western State in the said Territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, and...
Page 111 - Resolved, That copies of the several papers referred to the committee be transmitted, with a copy of the report, to the legislatures of the several states, and that it be earnestly recommended to those states, who have claims to the western country, to pass such laws, and give their delegates in Congress such powers, as may effectually remove the only obstacle to a final ratification of the articles of confederation ; and that the legislature of Maryland be earnestly requested to authorize their...
Page 296 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Page 174 - State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami Bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miami River as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and, by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.
Page 185 - ... provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Page 361 - No more in soldier fashion will he greet With lifted hand the gazer in the street. O friends, our chief state-oracle is mute : Mourn for the man of long-enduring blood, The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute, Whole in himself, a common good.