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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 An Act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain Lands to the Ohio Company of Associates

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04939 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document signed Date: 21 April 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Grant of land from the Second Congress of the United States to Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver, and Griffin Green of the Ohio Company of Associates. Authorized by Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Richard Henry Lee, President pro tempore of the Senate. Approved by President George Washington on 25 April 1792.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Oliver, Robert, 1738?-1810
Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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