Research Catalog

Title

History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory : a supplemental text for school use / prepared for the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission under the direction of a committee representing the states of the Northwest Territory, Harlow Lindley, chairman, Norris F. Schneider, and Milo M. Quaife ; the Federal Writers' Project cooperating.

Publication

Marietta, Ohio : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission, 1937.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lindley, Harlow, 1875-1959
• Schneider, Norris F. (Norris Franz), 1898-1993.
• Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
• Blazier, George Jordan, 1886-1970.
• Northwest Territory Celebration Commission (U.S.)
• Federal Writers' Project.

Description

95 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm

Subject

• United States
• United States. > Bibliography
• Ordinance of 1787 (United States)
• Northwest, Old > History
• Northwest, Old > History > Bibliography
• United States > Old Northwest

Genre/Form

• Commemorations (events)
• Bibliographies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• "Condensed bibliography of works on the Ordinance of 1787 and the history of the Northwest Territory, compiled by George J. Blazier, historian to the Commission": p. 85-90.

Contents

Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. Pre-Ordinance summary -- 2. History of the Ordinance of 1787 -- 3. The first settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 -- 4. The beginnings of government -- 5. Growth of settlements -- 6. Evolution of the Northwest Territory -- 7. Significance of the Ordinance of 1787 -- Bibliography -- School contests.

LCCN

37028275

OCLC

• ocm01393485
• 1393485
• SCSB-246173

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library