Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 85
not have been made without the Ordinance and the Ordi-nance could not have been enacted except as an essential condi-tion of the purchase. The act by Congress authorized the sale of five million acreslying north of the Ohio River, west of the seven ranges andeast of the Scioto River, one million… … Cellar, Rufus Putnams House. tion mentioned by Dr. Cutler was that of the Scioto Company.The total price agreed upon was $3,500,000, something like two-thirds dollar per acre, but the payments were to be made in pub-lic securities at their face value and such securities or conti-nental certificates…
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