The Congress Lands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various...

Lands Canal Lands Miami & Erie Canal Lands Ohio & Erie Canal Lands College Township Congress Lands or Congressional Lands (1798–1821) Congress Lands North...

passed repeated resolutions and requests asking Congress to take up the matter. In 1812, Congress approved a request for an official survey of the line...

lands. The western border of Pennsylvania, previously assumed to run in a north by northeast zigzag, was resolved in 1780 by the Continental Congress...

The Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It...

William E. (1918). Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision. W.E. Peters. p. 153. 7 Stat. 49 - Text of Treaty of Greenville Library of Congress 7 Stat. 87 - Text of...

woodsman and surveyor, to explore the Ohio Valley in order to identify lands for potential settlement. He surveyed and estimated the area drained by...

uproar that Congress was forced to act and on May 27, 1880, passed legislation limiting the rights of the college to unappropriated lands. Some provisions...

second, by the Act of October 23, 1787, which authorized Congress to make contracts of public lands for not less than one million acres. On October 27, 1787...

The Congress Lands East of Scioto River was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century. It is located...