Territorial Papers

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Territorial Papers - Northwest Territory

Images: contributed by Ruth Hattendorf 24 Jul 2003. The page numbers provide a link to an image of the individual pages.
Source: Carter, Clarence Edwin,1881-1961,Compiler,The Territorial Papers of the United States,(1934; 28 volumes, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office),vol 3. Volumes 2 and 3 covers "The Territory northwest of the Ohio River, 1787-1803.
Repository: Norlin Library, Colorado University, Boulder, CO
Surnames: The "signers" of the memorials gives us a long list of names of early settlers in both Warren and Hamilton County.
Comments: Ruth has kindly scanned a number of pages for us. Theses give us some insight into the land sales prior to statehood and the problems faced by the early settlers as a result of the mismanagement of the sales of lands in the Symmes Purchase.

111 112	Implementation of the act of 10th day of May 1800, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entituled an Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory North West of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River"
113	The Secretary of the Treasury to Rufus Putnam Esquire Surveyor General 8 Oct 1800 regarding the survey of the 7 ranges of townships
114 115 116	Memorial to Congress from Citizens of the Territory (October 22, 1800) petitioning congress regarding purchases of land from John Cleves Symmes or his associates and for relief from the effects of a new survey. Half of page 115 and all of page 116 contains a 2 column list of early settlers who signed the Memorial.
177 178	The Secretary of the Treasury to James Findlay Esquire Receiver of public monies Cincinnati dated October 8th 1801. Appointment of William Goforth of Columbia and John Riley of Cincinnati to be commissioners under the 4th Section of the Act of Congress passed March 3d 1801 entituled "An Act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes, or his Associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers in the Territory of the United States North west of the Ohio
191 192 193 194 195	Memorial To Congress From Citizens of the Territory [no date, 1801] Memorial from purchasers and settlers on the lands originally contracted for by John Cleves Symmes asking for an extension in time to pay the government for their lands (which they had already paid Symmes for). The Memorial is on pages 191 and 192. The list of memorialists starts on page 192 and continues through page 194. Page 195 indicates the memorial was referred to committee on 26 Jan 1802 and contains a second list of memorialists.

If anyone would like to trancribe any of these pages, I would be happy to add the results of their efforts.