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Title: Official guide of the Centennial exposition of the Ohio Valley and central states
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Cincinnati. Centennial exposition of the Ohio Valley and central states, 1888. (from old catalog) Mullen, John F. C., Cincinnati, pub. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cincinnati, J. F. C. Mullen
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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dicate, and in the far West they hoped toretrieve their fortunes sacrificed in their seven years struggle for theirliberties. The first purchase was a million and a half acres, lying onthe Ohio, including the mouths of the Muskingum and Hockhocking,for a million dollars. The first settlement was at Marietta. The sec-ond purchase resulted in the sale of 311,682 acres between the Great and 18 OFFICIAL GUIDE OF THE Little Miamis. These were the beginning of the settlement of theNorthwestern Territory; the first antedated, the last was subsequent to,the date of the Ordinance of 1787. The demand for these lands calledthe attention of Congress to the necessity of a proper government forthe new territory; hence the ordinance. The framer, says SalmonP. Chase, in his Statutes of Ohio, and, as to some most importantprovisions, the author of this great fundamental law, destined to exerta mighty and enduring influence upon the happiness and prosperity ofmillions, was Nathan Dane of Massachusetts.
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VIEW IN SECOND STORY PARK BUILDING, LOOKING SOUTH. The first provision established the territory in one territory, withthe proviso that it may be divided into two districts should Congress atany time thereafter deem it expedient. The second provided for thedescent of the intestates estate, the disposition of estates by will, ofreal estate by deed, and the transfer of personal property. The thirdestablished the territorial government, prescribing its duties and powersand terms of service of the incumbents. The fourth stipulated certainarticles of compact between the original States and the people andStates in the territory; and in six articles hereunder declares in favorof religious liberty; secure the benefit of habeus corpus, trial by jury. CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. 19 representation of the people and judicial proceeding according to thecourse of the common law; encourages education and the inculcationof religious and moral principles. It also ordains that the territory andSt

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