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1) History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory

Author

Northwest Territory Celebration Commission (U.S.)

Pub. Date

1937.

Language

English

2) The Northwest Ordinance, 1787: a bicentennial handbook

Pub. Date

1987.

Language

English

3) Lessons on the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: learning materials for secondary school courses in American history, government, and civics

Author

Patrick, John J

Pub. Date

1987.

Language

English

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

Series

Genealogy and local history volume LH6403

Pub. Date

1937.

Language

English

5) Abstracts of obituaries in the Western Christian advocate, 1834-1850

Author

Waters, Margaret R

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

6) Banks of the Wabash

Author

VAN TREES, ROBERT V

Language

English

7) Pathways to the Old Northwest: an observance of the bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance : proceedings of a conference held at Franklin College of Indiana, July 10-11, 1987

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

8) Liberty's legacy: our celebration of the Northwest Ordinance and the United States Constitution

Pub. Date

[1987]

Language

English

9) Lessons on the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Author

Patrick, John J

Language

English

10) The Northwest Ordinance: a bicentennial handbook

Pub. Date

1987.

Language

English

11) The pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west

Author

McCullough, David G

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print, Playaway

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As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families...