Richard Henry Lee

2 documents

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  Proclamation Forbidding Sale of Lands West of Ohio River

  06/15/1785 Copy of Signed Document

  A Congressional Proclamation issued to warn settlers on unappropriated lands west of the Ohio River to depart immediately or stay at their own peril.

  Arthur Lee Papers
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  Land Ordinance of 1785 for ascertaining the mode of disposing Lands in the Western territory

  05/20/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Congress publishes the Land Ordinance of 1785 on 20 May. Congress issues guidance for the marking, mapping, subdivision, and sale lands in the western territory. An Ordinance for ascertaining the …

  Printed Versions