Historical Map of the Old Northwest Territory, circa 1937

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17

Identifier: id228138

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Scope and Contents

"How the United States Came into Possession of Northwest Territory,"

Issued by The Northwest Territory Celebration Commission in collaboration with the participating states. Drawing by Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration of Ohio

F. Rentschler - artist

in color

2 copies

no scale given

58 cm x 44 cm

Map from the John Hart Collection, April 13, 1939 (Mss.Acc. 1939.240)

inset: How the Northwest Territory Became States

inset: Thomas Jefferson's Conception for the Subdivision of the New West

on verso: The Ordinance of 1787

Subject/Index Terms: United States--History--Northwest Ordinance, 1787--Maps.

Dates

Creation: circa 1937

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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