Title: An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory
Subtitle: Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by individual states to the United States, which has been purchased of the Indian inhabitants, shall be disposed of in the following manner ...
First published: 1785
Subjects: Public lands, Surveying, History, Land settlement, Law and legislation, Territories and possessions, Land grants
Places: Old Northwest, United States
Time periods: 1775-1865