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The Northwest Ordinance
An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio.
As it appears in the Supplement to the First Volume of the Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia, 1787.
Considered to be one of the most significant achievements of the Congress of the Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 put the world on notice not only that the land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi would be settled but that it wou ...
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