Northwest Ordinance
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The Northwest Ordinance, enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It created the Northwest Territory, the new nation's first organized incor
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Ordinance 2 of 1787
Treaty of Penn with Indians by Benjamin West
Northwest Territory
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The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from part of the unorganized western territory of the United States after
Northwest Ordinance
…known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It created the Northwest Territory, the new nation's first organized incorporated territories between British North America and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the…
Check signed by Arthur St. Clair while governor of the Northwest Territory, 1796
Rufus Putnam, portrait miniature by John Trumbull, c. 1790
Campus Martius ("Field of Mars" in Latin) was named after the part of Rome of the same name. This site, including the Rufus Putnam House, is now part of the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, Ohio.
Seal of the Northwest Territory over a time capsule outside the Campus Martius Museum. The Latin phrase, "He has planted one better than the one fallen," signifies the replacement of wilderness by civilization.