An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio.
Contributors: United States.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1787
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Northwest, Old -- Politics and government.; United States -- Territories and possessions.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Bristol B6614
Shipton & Mooney 45181
Journals of the Continental Congress, 582
A draft of the Ordinance of 1787.
Imprint from Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 33, p. 753. Bristol gives John Dunlap as printer and Philadelphia as place of publication.
LC copy has annotations in the margin which indicate changes made in the May 10, 1787 reading of the ordinance and ascribed to Nathan Dane (cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, 582). Accompanied by a ms. copy of  the 6th article of the ordinance (1 sheet ; 19 x 14 cm.) in Dane's hand. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, 582).