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Letter to Editor
November 29, 1783
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A letter from Princeton dated October 11 reports on the pending U.S. Congressional act for a new state west of Pennsylvania, including proposed boundaries from the Ohio and Miami Rivers to Lake Erie, allocation of bounty lands, and upcoming Indian treaty. Congress to admit Dutch minister.
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HARTFORD. November 17.
Copy of a letter from a gentleman at Princeton, to his friend in this town, dated October 11.
SIR,
I received yours of the 8th inst. requesting a copy of the act of Congress for the erecting a new state, &c. That act is not yet completed: there must first be a treaty with the Indians, which will be held as soon as may be.--The commissioners are not yet appointed, but will be in a few days.--The boundaries of the new state are proposed to begin at the confluence of the great Miami River and the Ohio--thence up the great Miami to the mouth of the Mad River--thence by a straight line to the Miami Fort and village of that name--thence by the little Miami River to the lake Erie, comprehending all the lands lying between the lines aforesaid on the west, lake Erie on the north, Pennsylvania on the east, and the Ohio on the south east; it being a territory of about three fourths of the bigness of Pennsylvania.--Out of it will be laid the bounty lands to the lines of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the other states determining to pay their own lines out of their own lands.--Congress are this day to admit M. Van Berkel, the Dutch Minister Plenipotentiary, to an audience.
No news from abroad of late.
Copy of a letter from a gentleman at Princeton, to his friend in this town, dated October 11.
SIR,
I received yours of the 8th inst. requesting a copy of the act of Congress for the erecting a new state, &c. That act is not yet completed: there must first be a treaty with the Indians, which will be held as soon as may be.--The commissioners are not yet appointed, but will be in a few days.--The boundaries of the new state are proposed to begin at the confluence of the great Miami River and the Ohio--thence up the great Miami to the mouth of the Mad River--thence by a straight line to the Miami Fort and village of that name--thence by the little Miami River to the lake Erie, comprehending all the lands lying between the lines aforesaid on the west, lake Erie on the north, Pennsylvania on the east, and the Ohio on the south east; it being a territory of about three fourths of the bigness of Pennsylvania.--Out of it will be laid the bounty lands to the lines of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the other states determining to pay their own lines out of their own lands.--Congress are this day to admit M. Van Berkel, the Dutch Minister Plenipotentiary, to an audience.
No news from abroad of late.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
New State
Congress Act
Indian Treaty
Bounty Lands
Miami River
Lake Erie
Dutch Minister
What entities or persons were involved?
Sir
Letter to Editor Details
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Sir
Main Argument
reports on the status of the congressional act for erecting a new state, including proposed boundaries and prerequisites like an indian treaty, and notes congress admitting the dutch minister.
Notable Details
Proposed Boundaries From Miami And Ohio Rivers To Lake Erie
Bounty Lands For Multiple States
Treaty With Indians Required
Admission Of M. Van Berkel