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Petition of the Directors of the Ohio Company to Congress, March 2, 1792

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dc.contributor.author Ohio Company (1786-1796) en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Southeast Ohio en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Northwest Territory en_US
dc.coverage.temporal 1792-03-02 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-06-13T10:21:46Z
dc.date.available 2008-06-13T10:21:46Z
dc.date.created 1792-03-02 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-06-13T10:21:46Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MARIETTA/57
dc.description Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, and Robert Oliver, Directors of the Ohio Company, presented this petition to Congress requesting that the price per acre of their purchase be reduced from $1.00 to 22 cents, in view an act of Congress having reduced the price per acre of government land. The Ohio Company's second installment on their purchase was due, the Company was unable to pay, and without relief from Congress the Company's land must be forfeited. The petition includes a history of the Company and of settlement in the purchase. en_US
dc.language eng en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Manuscripts and Documents of the Ohio Company of Associates
dc.rights Marietta College en_US
dc.subject Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 en_US
dc.subject Oliver, Robert, 1738-1810 en_US
dc.subject Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 en_US
dc.subject Ohio Company (1786-1796)-Purchase en_US
dc.subject Ohio Company (1786-1796)-Petition en_US
dc.subject Ohio Company (1786-1796)-Contract en_US
dc.title Petition of the Directors of the Ohio Company to Congress, March 2, 1792 en_US
dc.type Printed document en_US
dc.publisher.digital Marietta College. Special Collections en_US
dc.date.digitized 1/16/2006 en_US
dc.relation.hasformat Printed document; 4 pages; 8 x 13 in. en_US
dc.repository.id mss001_series1_box4_folder03_item04_17920302 en_US
dc.permissions World en_US
dc.publisher.OLrepository Marietta College. Special Collections en_US
dc.publisher.OLinstitution Marietta College en_US

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