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Book

History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory : (a supplemental text for school use)

Call Number

  • H 977 H67392 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Signal Mountain, Tenn. : Mountain Press, 2004.

Physical Description

94 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: Marietta, Ohio : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission, 1937.

Contents

  • Pre-Ordinance summary
  • History of the Ordinance of 1787
  • First settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787
  • Beginnings of government
  • Growth of settlements
  • Evolution of the Northwest Territory
  • Significance of the Ordinance of 1787.

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