Washington County, and the Early Settlement of Ohio: Being the Centennial Historical Address, Before the Citizens of Washington CountyP.G. Thomson, 1877 - 83 páginas |
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... session . . The year 1787 was an eventful year . The present Constitution of the United States was framed , the ordi- nance for the government of the Territory North - west of the River Ohio was enacted , and the purchase of land was ...
... session . . The year 1787 was an eventful year . The present Constitution of the United States was framed , the ordi- nance for the government of the Territory North - west of the River Ohio was enacted , and the purchase of land was ...
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... session of the State legis- lature in March , 1803 , eight new counties were made , viz : Scioto , Warren , Butler , Montgomery , Greene , Col- umbiana , Gallia , and Franklin . The dates of others near us are , Muskingum , 1804 ...
... session of the State legis- lature in March , 1803 , eight new counties were made , viz : Scioto , Warren , Butler , Montgomery , Greene , Col- umbiana , Gallia , and Franklin . The dates of others near us are , Muskingum , 1804 ...
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... Sessions . At the March session of the Court in 1797 , the county was divided into townships , with the following boundaries : " Marietta , from the seventh range to the western boundary of the ninth range , and bounded north by the ...
... Sessions . At the March session of the Court in 1797 , the county was divided into townships , with the following boundaries : " Marietta , from the seventh range to the western boundary of the ninth range , and bounded north by the ...
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... session March 1st . As Washington was the first county established in the North - west Territory , so Marietta was the first town incorporated . As a township it was established by the Court of Quarter Sessions in 1790 ; as a town it ...
... session March 1st . As Washington was the first county established in the North - west Territory , so Marietta was the first town incorporated . As a township it was established by the Court of Quarter Sessions in 1790 ; as a town it ...
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... Sessions with many of the powers now exercised by the county commissioners , showed the influence of the other system . General Putnam and his associates from New England were able to incorporate into the new communities of the West ...
... Sessions with many of the powers now exercised by the county commissioners , showed the influence of the other system . General Putnam and his associates from New England were able to incorporate into the new communities of the West ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acres appointed April Arius Nye Athens Belpre Benjamin Ives Gilman built Caleb Emerson citizens Colonel colonies committee Common Pleas Congress constitution county commissioners Court of Common court-house Daniel David Putnam December Devol directors dollars Douglas Putnam Dudley Woodbridge early Ebenezer Battelle edifice elected Ephraim Cutler erected established February formed George Governor Griffin Greene Hamilton Harmar Henry incorporated Isaac Pierce James January John Mills Joseph Barker Joseph Buell Judge July June land Levi Barber Manasseh Cutler March McIntosh meeting Nahum Ward North-west officers Ohio Company ordinance of 1787 organized Palmer Paul Fearing present president purchase R. J. Meigs Religious Society representatives Return Jonathan Meigs river Robert Oliver Rufus Putnam S. P. Hildreth Samuel Sardine Stone schools Second street secretary Senate settlers taxation Thomas Timothy Buell tion township tract Union United vote Washington County Waterford William Woodbridge worship
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Página 36 - These little republics would be the main strength of the great one. We owe to them the vigor given to our revolution in its commencement in the Eastern States, and by them the Eastern States were enabled to repeal the embargo in opposition to the Middle, Southern and Western States, and their large and lubberly division into counties which can never be assembled.
Página 23 - Beginning on the bank of the Ohio River, where the western boundary line of Pennsylvania crosses it, and running with that line to Lake Erie ; thence along the southern shore of said lake to the mouth of the...
Página 17 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Página 23 - Laurens ; thence with a line to be drawn westerly to the portage of that branch of the Big Miami, on which the fort stood that was taken by the French in 1752, until it meets the road from the lower Shawanese town to the Sandusky ; thence south to the Scioto river, thence with that river to the mouth, and thence up the Ohio river to the place of beginning...
Página 8 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Página 35 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation.
Página 32 - In the mean time, and on the 7th of January, 1803, the Senate had passed a resolution directing a committee to inquire " whether any, and, if any, what legislative measures may be necessary for admitting the State of Ohio into the Union, and for extending to that State the laws of the United States.
Página 13 - ... Ohio River and Lake Erie into consideration, or be in a situation to decide thereon, the going to Philadelphia to negotiate the business with any of its members, or committee to whom the petition may be referred, is a measure none of the petitioners will think of undertaking. The part...
Página 36 - O yes,' that a court is opened for the administration of even-handed justice, to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the innocent, without respect of persons ; none to be punished without a trial by their peers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case.
Página 12 - That your petitioners are informed that that tract of country, bounded north on Lake Erie, East on Pennsylvania, southeast and south on the river Ohio, west on a line beginning at that part of the Ohio which lies twenty-four miles west of the river Scioto, thence running north on a meridian line till it intersects with the river Miami, which falls into Lake Erie, thence down the middle of that river to the lake...