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Land Ordinance of 1784, and Land Ordinance of 1785...
Land Ordinance of 1784, and Land Ordinance of 1785...
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June 09, 1785
THE NEW YORK JOURNAL & THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, June 9, 1785
* Land Ordinance of 1784 & 1785
* Congress of the Confederation
* Northwest territory expansion
A very notable issue as it contains two very significant documents from Congress on the westward expansion of the United States.
Page 2 contains the Land Ordinance of 1784, which called for the land in the recently-created United States located west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River, to be divided into separate states. The full text can be seen online and agrees perfectly with the text in this issue.
Page 3 contains the entire text of the Land Ordinance of 1785. It laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
The most important result of the Land Ordinance of 1785 was the opening up of the Northwestern Territory and the eventual settlement of this region into 5 future states in the United States.
The full text can be found online, just as printed in this issue taking over half of page 3. It is signed at its conclusion by Richard Henry Lee, President of Congress at this time under the Articles of Confederation, as well as Charles Thomson, Secretary.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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