The Congress Lands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various cities, and through the United States General Land Office. It consisted of three groups of surveys:[1]
The CongressLands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various...
William E. (1918). Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision. W.E. Peters. p. 153. 7 Stat. 49 - Text of Treaty of Greenville Library of Congress 7 Stat. 87 - Text of...
lands. The western border of Pennsylvania, previously assumed to run in a north by northeast zigzag, was resolved in 1780 by the Continental Congress...
The Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It...
passed repeated resolutions and requests asking Congress to take up the matter. In 1812, Congress approved a request for an official survey of the line...
woodsman and surveyor, to explore the Ohio Valley in order to identify lands for potential settlement. He surveyed and estimated the area drained by...
the First Grant. Ohio Lands Historic regions of the United States 1 Stat. 442 - Text of Act of March 3, 1795 Library of Congress 6 Stat. 35 - Text of Act...
uproar that Congress was forced to act and on May 27, 1880, passed legislation limiting the rights of the college to unappropriated lands. Some provisions...
second, by the Act of October 23, 1787, which authorized Congress to make contracts of public lands for not less than one million acres. On October 27, 1787...
by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey in 1788 from the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Benjamin Stites, a friend of Symmes, was visiting Limestone...
The CongressLands East of Scioto River was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century. It is located...
Canal Lands College Lands College Township CongressLands (or Congressional Lands, 1798–1821) CongressLands North of Old Seven Ranges CongressLands West...
domain for a college. They chose a township in the first range in the CongressLands, namely R1E T5. The village of College Corner takes its name from its...
position of the 41st line of latitude, the northern boundary of the CongressLands, north of which is the Connecticut Western Reserve, was unsettled. Hutchins...
Constitution (Article 4, section 3, clause 2), Congress has the power to retain, buy, sell, and regulate federal lands, such as by limiting cattle grazing on...
coordinates) In 1796, Congress passed two pieces of legislation to regulate the surveying and sale, or other dispersal, of public lands northwest of the Ohio...
The CongressLands West of Miami River was a land tract in southwest Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century. It is located...
The CongressLands North of the Old Seven Ranges was a land tract in northeast Ohio that was established by the Congress early in the 19th century. It...
victims had not participated in massacres on settlers as previously thought, Congress acted to provide reparations to them. The Land Ordinance of 1785 established...
The College Lands were a tract of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Congress donated for the support of a university. Ohio University...
of Congress Knepper, George W (2002). The Official Ohio Lands Book (PDF). The Auditor of the State of Ohio. Peters, William E (1918). Ohio Lands and...
Turnpike Lands were a group of land tracts granted by the United States Congress to the state of Ohio in 1827 along the path of a proposed road in the...
Maumee Road Lands were a group of land tracts granted by the United States Congress to the state of Ohio in 1823 along the path of a proposed road in...
(secondary coordinates) On June 1, 1796, Congress created the United States Military District, sometimes called the USMD Lands, or USMD Survey. The boundaries...
The Ministerial Lands were tracts of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Congress donated for the support of clergy. In the contracts...
to later 1821 CongressLands surveys that surround the reserve, known as North and East of First Principal Meridian. In 1807, Congress directed that every...
Netherlands, and lands in Italy) became extinct in 1700. The Austrian branch (which ruled the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Bohemia and various other lands) was itself...
1835 Library of Congress 5 Stat. 624 - Text of Act of March 3, 1843 Library of Congress Knepper, George W. (2002). The Official Ohio Lands Book (PDF). The...
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