Marylands Influence Upon Land Cessions to the United States
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Massachusetts ceded her western lands, together with juris- diction over the same, April 19, 1785, and Connecticut followed September 14, 1786, reserving, however, certain lands south of Lake Erie for educational and other purposes. ' This was the so-called " Connecticut Reserve, " a tract nearly as large as the present State of Connecticut. Washington strongly condemned this compromise 2 and Mr. Grayson said it was a clear loss to the United States of about six million acres already ceded by V...irginia and New York. Connecti- cut granted five thousand acres of this Reserve to certain of her citizens, whose property had been burned or destroyed during the Revolution, and the lands thus granted were known as the Fire Lands. The remainder of the Reserve ' was sold in 1795 for $1, 200, 000, which sum has been used for schools . And colleges. Jurisdiction over this tract was finally ceded to Congress, May 30, 1800, and thus, at the close of the century, the accession of the northwest territory ' was complete.
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Massachusetts ceded her western lands, together with juris- diction over the same, April 19, 1785, and Connecticut followed September 14, 1786, reserving, however, certain lands south of Lake Erie for educational and other purposes. ' This was the so-called " Connecticut Reserve, " a tract nearly as large as the present State of Connecticut. Washington strongly condemned this compromise 2 and Mr. Grayson said it was a clear loss to the United States of about six million acres already ceded by V...irginia and New York. Connecti- cut granted five thousand acres of this Reserve to certain of her citizens, whose property had been burned or destroyed during the Revolution, and the lands thus granted were known as the Fire Lands. The remainder of the Reserve ' was sold in 1795 for $1, 200, 000, which sum has been used for schools . And colleges. Jurisdiction over this tract was finally ceded to Congress, May 30, 1800, and thus, at the close of the century, the accession of the northwest territory ' was complete.
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