Past and Present of Wyandot County, Ohio: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1Abraham J. Baughman Clarke Publishing Company, 1913 - Wyandot County (Ohio) |
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... east , to the Scioto on the west . This was known as the United States Military tract . Congress gave to Connecticut what was called the Western Reserve or New Connecticut . It extended one hun- dred and twenty miles from east to west ...
... east , to the Scioto on the west . This was known as the United States Military tract . Congress gave to Connecticut what was called the Western Reserve or New Connecticut . It extended one hun- dred and twenty miles from east to west ...
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... eastern division of the territory and it was found to contain 45,028 persons of both sexes . The ordinance of 1787 ... east and west through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan as they might deem proper , although in express terms ...
... eastern division of the territory and it was found to contain 45,028 persons of both sexes . The ordinance of 1787 ... east and west through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan as they might deem proper , although in express terms ...
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... eastern division . The ordinances of May , 1785 , and July , 1787 , were passed before settlements began north of the Ohio , and were held out to emigrants as inducements to settle in a wilderness , with all the dangers and hardships ...
... eastern division . The ordinances of May , 1785 , and July , 1787 , were passed before settlements began north of the Ohio , and were held out to emigrants as inducements to settle in a wilderness , with all the dangers and hardships ...
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... eastern state of the said territory , when formed , for their free acceptance or rejection ; which if accepted by the convention , shall be obligatory upon the United States . First - That the section number sixteen , in every township ...
... eastern state of the said territory , when formed , for their free acceptance or rejection ; which if accepted by the convention , shall be obligatory upon the United States . First - That the section number sixteen , in every township ...
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... eastern divis- ion of the territory northwest of the river Ohio , being assem- bled in convention , pursuant to an act of congress , entitled ' An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river ...
... eastern divis- ion of the territory northwest of the river Ohio , being assem- bled in convention , pursuant to an act of congress , entitled ' An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river ...
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Page 24 - 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...
Page 21 - ... the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the legislature : Provided, That no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative, unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years...
Page 22 - ... be eligible or qualified to act as a representative unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years and be a resident in the district or unless he shall have resided in the district three years and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right in...
Page 25 - Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line...
Page 22 - ... fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...
Page 31 - Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, This strange appearance viewing, First damn'd his eyes, in great surprise, Then said,
Page 50 - The general boundary line between the lands of the United States, and the lands of the said Indian tribes, shall begin at the mouth of the Cuyahoga river, and run thence up the same to the portage between that and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum; thence down that branch to the crossing place above Fort Lawrence...
Page 25 - That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper, and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.
Page 51 - Kentucke or Cuttawa river. And in consideration of the peace now established ; of the goods formerly received from the United States ; of those now to be delivered ; and of the yearly delivery of goods now stipulated to be made hereafter; and to indemnify the United States for the injuries and expenses they have sustained during the war...
Page 12 - An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes...