Title: Arthur St. Clair papers
Description: Arthur St. Clair served as a British Officer in the French and Indian War, rose to the rank of Major General in the Continental Army during the Revolution, was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Confederation Congress in the mid-1780s, and was appointed the first governor of the Northwest Territory. When the territory was divided in 1800, he became the governor of Ohio Territory.
Subjects: Correspondence, Politics and government, Courts, Sheriffs, History, Ohio Company (1786-1795), Land titles
Places: Marietta (Ohio), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Westmoreland County (Pa.), Northwest Territory
People: George Washington (1732-1799), Benjamin Talmadge
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1787-1865